Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries
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<strong>Christchurch</strong> Street Names: T to V<br />
Current<br />
name<br />
Trafalgar<br />
Street<br />
Former<br />
name<br />
Crescent<br />
Road and<br />
North<br />
Crescent<br />
Road.<br />
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further<br />
information<br />
Formerly<br />
Crescent Road<br />
and North<br />
Crescent Road.<br />
Named because<br />
of the bend in<br />
the road.<br />
Re-named<br />
Trafalgar Street.<br />
Named after<br />
Admiral<br />
Nelson’s naval<br />
victory at the<br />
Battle of<br />
Trafalgar.<br />
St Albans Crescent Road is first<br />
mentioned in the Star in<br />
1873 in an advertisement.<br />
First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />
directories in 1887.<br />
Re-named North Crescent<br />
Road on 7 March 1904-<br />
1909.<br />
Re-named Trafalgar Street in<br />
1909 at the suggestion of<br />
Councillor Williams.<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Page 55 of 95<br />
8 August 2013<br />
Z Arch 387, When<br />
the <strong>street</strong> was a<br />
village, p 4<br />
“Advertisements”,<br />
Star, 1 November<br />
1873, p 1<br />
“Re-naming <strong>street</strong>s”,<br />
The Press, 8 March<br />
1904, p 5<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Council minute book,<br />
June 1903-October<br />
1904 held at<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Council archives.<br />
“Street<br />
nomenclature”, The<br />
Press, 20 October<br />
1909, p 4<br />
“Street naming”, The<br />
Press, 3 November<br />
1909, p 3<br />
“Street <strong>names</strong>”, The<br />
Press, 6 October<br />
1909, p 6
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