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Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Tucson Place Tudor Avenue Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Named after Tucson in Arizona. Burwood In a subdivision where all the streets were given American placenames. First appears in street directories in 1991. Ilam Formed on a private subdivision of land formerly belonging to Henry Alfred Leslie (Harry) Vale (1889- 1988). Vale, a Christchurch heating engineering pioneer, purchased 11 acres of land there in 1910 and later laid out and developed 4 acres of gardens himself at 203 Ilam Road. The property extended from Ilam Road to Waimairi Road. First appears in street directories in 1972. Christchurch City Libraries Page 64 of 95 8 August 2013 Idaho Place, Michigan Place, Oregon Place, Seneca Place, Utah Place, Wichita Place and Yellowstone Crescent. Gothic Place, Hanover Place and Tuirau Place. Information supplied in 2009 by John Vale, Harry Vale's nephew, in an interview with Margaret Harper. “Old property sold”, The Press, 21 February 1976, p 18 "Obituary", The Press, 6 June 1988, p 3
Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Former name Tui Street Dreumagh Avenue Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Fendalton Dreumagh Avenue first appears in street directories in 1911. Formed on land subdivided off Fendalton Road by James McCombs (1873-1933) who was a resident of the street in 1911. He was born in Ireland, hence the original Irish street name. He was later involved in land speculation in Christchurch. Tui Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1915 when a property on the corner of Tui Street and Weka Road is advertised for sale. Christchurch City Libraries Page 65 of 95 8 August 2013 My dear girl, p 41 "Advertisements", The Press, 1 October 1915, p 11 View the biography of James McCombs in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
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