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Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information Walkers Reach Named after the In South Brighton Walker and his family arrived The Estuary of “Three lives lost”, Walker family, in the area of the in South Brighton about 1860. Christchurch: a history Star, 2 March especially South Brighton He took up Rural Section of the Avon-Heathcote 1896, p 2 William Walker bridge. 24342, 10 hectares which lay estuary, its (1815?-1883). in a long narrow section communities, clubs, between Reserve 1579 and controversies and Herring Bay. He made a living contributions, p 172, fishing on the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. His son, Walter John Walker (1858-1951) was also a fisherman and spent 80 years fishing on that spot. Mentioned in the Star in 1896. 181-182 Walker Named after Mandeville Street Walker was a speaker of the “Workers’ Dwellings”, Settlement William Legislative Council and Star, 13 August 1909, p Campbell Walker Governor of Canterbury 1 (1837-1904). College and a former owner of this land. Beyond the city: the Comprised of seven houses, it land and its people, was probably among the first Riccarton, Waimairi, of the State Housing schemes. Applications for the dwellings were received at the District Lands Office until 31 August 1909. Paparua, pp 180-181 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 140
Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information Ward’s Brewery Named after Corner of This brewery was opened in “Advertisements”, Star, The Cyclopedia Hamilton James Kilmore Street, 1854 by Archer C. Croft and 11 December 1886, p 2 of New Zealand. Ward (d. 1865). Chester Street later H. J. Ward joined him. Vol. 3, p 292 and Fitzgerald For a time it was called Croft “Ward showed the Avenue. and Ward. way”, The Star, 3 Mentioned in the Star in 1886. Closed in 1955. January 1987, p 19 Wards Lane Named after Off Major Ward, a dentist, is a resident “Obituary”, The Wilfred Irving Hornbrook Road. of the street in 1957, the year Press, 14 Ward (1885- it first appears in street December 1963, p 1963). directories. Disappears from street directories in 1964. 12 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 141
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