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Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information Saltaire Named after the North New Saltaire is referred to as a Saltaire Street “Proposed tramway”, “The late Sir Titus property, Brighton Saltaire. This was named after “district” in the Star in 1891. Land for sale there in 1901 is described as being in the Star, 5 October 1891, p 3 Salt”, New Zealand Herald”, 4 January 1877, p 2 Saltaire, a 19th century English “suburb of Saltaire”. “Advertisements”, Star, Saltaire 9 December 1901, p 1 model factory town established by Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876). “Garden fete at Saltaire”, The Press, 20 September 1915, p 9 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 116 “Business broker broke”, NZ trust, 24 September 1921, p 6 Rich man, poor man, environmentalist, thief: biographies of Canterbury personalities written for the Millenium and for the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement
Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information The Sandhills The name given Runs 9, 72, 239: In 1852 William Chisnall and Sandridge Early Canterbury runs, "Fatal Accident", to much of the the country William Wood took over 5000 p 61-62 Star, 26 April east of between the Styx acres of what was known as 1877, p 2 Christchurch River and the the Sandhills Run (Run 9) Church on a sandhill : from the 1850s Estuary. from the Waste Lands Board. All Saints- Burwood, "Town and on because of the In 1853 they added Run 72. 1877-1976 Country", The sandy nature of Later they handed over the Lyttelton Times, its land. station to Dr Thomas Richard Avonside Parish leaflet, 27 April 1877, p 2 Moore (1816-1860) and Peter July 1930, pp 3-4, held Kerr (1814-1877), their at Anglican Archives "News of the manager, who later also took day", The Press, up Run 239. By 1865 Kerr "Growth of New 28 April 1877, p 2 owned over 6000 acres of Brighton from a sandy leasehold as well as several waste to a prosperous G. R. Macdonald hundred acres of freehold community", The dictionary of land. When people purchased Christchurch Star, 19 Canterbury property from Crown in this December 1958, p 2 biographies: K109 area, the district was called 'Peter Kerr's sandhills'. The name 'Sandhills' appears as a place of abode in early Holy Trinity, Avonside baptism books. & M564 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 117 Cont. below:
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