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Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Tweed Street Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Tay Street Named after the Scottish river, the Tweed. Richmond Tay Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Tweed Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom. Christchurch City Libraries Page 70 of 95 8 August 2013 “Re-naming streets”, The Press, 8 March 1904, p 5 Christchurch City Council minute book, June 1903-October 1904 held at Christchurch City Council archives.
Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Twigger Street Former name Westenra Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Named after John (sometimes known as Jacob) Twigger (1817- 1885). Addington Westenra Street first appears in The Press in 1909 when the sale of the first subdivision of the Twigger Estate on the Lincoln Road took place. Re-named Twigger Street in 1934 although “Twigger Street – see Lincoln Road” appears in street directories from 1913. John Twigger was the heir of the Rev. Joseph Twigger (1802-1855) who purchased Rural Sections 128 & 132, 300 acres on the Lower Lincoln Road near Christchurch. John Twigger, who farmed in Lincoln Road, donated six acres of land - where the entrance to the showgrounds was off Lincoln Road - and also sold land - to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association for what was, for a long time, their showgrounds. Christchurch City Libraries Page 71 of 95 8 August 2013 Hillmorton Province of Canterbury, New Zealand: list of sections purchased to April 30, 1863, p 4 “The new Agricultural Showgrounds”, Star, 11 June 1885, p 4 “Deaths”, Star, 9 November 1885, p 2 “Local & General”, Star, 9 November 1885, p 3 "Land sale", The Press, 26 November 1909, p 9 G. R. Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: T489 Beyond the city: the land and its people, Riccarton, Waimairi, Paparua, p 15
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