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 />
Former<br />
name<br />
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further<br />
information<br />
Valley Road Cashmere First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />
directories in 1914.<br />
van Asch<br />
Street<br />
Queen<br />
Street<br />
Named after<br />
Gerritt van Asch<br />
(1836-1908).<br />
Sumner Queen Street first appears in<br />
<strong>street</strong> directories in 1914.<br />
Re-named van Asch Street<br />
on 1 September 1948 when<br />
120 <strong>street</strong>s were re-named.<br />
Van Asch was the first<br />
principal of the School for<br />
the Deaf in 1880.<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Page 81 of 95<br />
8 August 2013<br />
“New <strong>street</strong> <strong>names</strong>”,<br />
The Press, 24 July<br />
1948, p 2<br />
“New <strong>names</strong> for<br />
<strong>street</strong>s’, The Press,<br />
2 June 1948, p 3<br />
"Obituary", Star, 6<br />
March 1908, p 3<br />
Sumner, pp 23 &<br />
41-42
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