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 />
Tara Street Named after the<br />
hill of Tara<br />
which was once<br />
the religious,<br />
cultural and<br />
political capital<br />
of Ireland.<br />
Taramea<br />
Place<br />
Tasman<br />
Place<br />
Elliott<br />
Street and<br />
Taramea<br />
Street.<br />
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further<br />
information<br />
The name<br />
commemorates<br />
the first trans-<br />
Tasman flight<br />
from Sydney to<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> on<br />
10 September<br />
1928.<br />
Riccarton First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />
directories in 1943.<br />
Addington Elliott Street first appears in<br />
<strong>street</strong> directories in 1905.<br />
Re-named Taramea Street in<br />
1908. Becomes Taramea<br />
Place in 1983.<br />
Burwood Continues the aviation theme<br />
of <strong>street</strong>s in the area.<br />
First appears in <strong>street</strong><br />
directories in 1968.<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong> Page 9 of 95<br />
8 August 2013<br />
Altair Lane,<br />
Jean Batten<br />
Place,<br />
Kingsford<br />
Street,<br />
Mascot<br />
Place,<br />
Moncrieff<br />
Place, Ulm<br />
Place and<br />
Viscount<br />
Place.