Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lacebark Named after a row Northcote Developed off 105 “Horncastle Holdings Lane of protected Sawyers Arms Road. new subdivision,” The Press, 6 October lacebark trees that Named in 1994. line the Sawyers 1994, pp 36 & 37 Arms Road end of the subdivision. Lachie Named after Lyttelton A local identity known “A keeper of the Griffen Rise Lachlan Ross unofficially as the bay”, The Press, 8 Griffen (1922- "mayor" of Governors September 2007, p D6 2014). Bay. "Honour unsought", Formed post-1997. The Press, 7 May 2008, p A17 Growing up & growing old in Governors Bay "Unofficial mayor was a community stalwart", The Press, 13 December 2014, p C13 © Christchurch City Libraries Page 1 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lady Isaac Named after Diana, Mairehau Lady Isaac was a Shirley/Papanui "Diana, Lady Isaac Way Lady Isaac, née conservationist, Community Board dies", The Press, 24 Gilbert, (1921- businesswoman, agenda 14 March November 2012, p 2012). philanthropist and arts 2012 patron. Named by Ryman Healthcare, developers of the Diana Isaac Retirement Village. Named in 2012. Lady Named after the Halswell The Lady Nugent was Halswell. Also Riccarton//Wigram Early Wellington, p Nugent Lady Nugent. an immigrant ship Edmund Storr Community Board 80 Lane which brought Road, Forgan agenda November Edmund Storr Lane, John 1999 Halswell to New Olliver Terrace, Zealand in 1841. Marsack Crescent and The street names in the William Brittan Milns Estate Avenue. Also subdivision all have an Milns Estate. historical connection with the Halswell area. Named in 1999. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 2 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lady Polson Named after Mary Cashmere Mary Polson was a Report to council of Lane Victoria Cracroft politician and the Polson, née Grigg, community leader. Spreydon/Heathcote (1897-1971). Developed at 64 Community Board 21 November 1995 Hackthorne Road. View the biography An existing right-of- of way further developed Mary Victoria in 1995 and named Cracroft Grigg in the then by residents. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Mary Polson had lived there. Lagan Wilson Road Formerly Wilson Belfast Formerly Wilson Chaney’s “H. Matson & Co for “Death”, The Press, Street or Wilson Road and Wilson Road. Wilson, a Corner. Also sale column”, The 20 March 1888, p 4 Street and Street. Named after labourer, and his Heslington. Lyttelton Times, 5 "Obituary: Mr John Fleming Robert Wilson family arrived on the July 1882, p 8b Treleaven", The Street. (1815?-1890). Charlotte Jane in 1850. "Road Boards", Star, Press, 14 June 1933, p Re-named Fleming Also formerly Fleming 9 June 1896, p 3 7 Street. Street. Mentioned in A history of the Re-named Lagan The Lyttelton Times Belfast Schools, Street. as early as 1882. 1859-1978, p 13 Officially formed in “Belfast street name”, 1896. It is then The Press, 18 May described as being in 1957, p 4 Heslington. By 1900 it is in Belfast. Waimairi life, p 14 Re-named Lagan © Christchurch City Libraries Page 3 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Street in 1957 despite objections from Bertha Ethel Treleavan (1898?-1961) who wrote to the Waimairi County Council saying that her late father, John Treleaven (1852?-1933), a farmer of Marshland, son of early settler, Samuel Treleaven (1815?-1888), and also proprietor of the Peg Hotel, Belfast, had given the land for the street and also the Orange Hall. She also objected because she believed Lagan was an Irish name and her father had been a staunch Protestant. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 4 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Laguna Lit. Spanish: a Shirley The streets in the Cayman Close Report of the Gardens lagoon. Clearbrook Palms Havana Shirley/Papanui subdivision are named Gardens, Community Board to after places in Florida Montego Close, the Council 29 March or the Caribbean. Palm Drive and 2000 Sanctuary Named in 2000. Gardens. Laing Named after Heathcote Laing was a Heathcote Information supplied “Mr W. B. Laing, port Crescent William Baillie Valley County Councillor for in 2008 by William personality”, The Laing (1899-1971). over 20 years. Laing’s daughter, Press, 6 October Janice Weir, in an 1971, p 19 First appears in street interview with directories in 1972. Margaret Harper. Lakebridge Named by the In the Waitikiri Stage Waitikiri Burwood/Pegasus "Waitikiri Place development 3 (Lake stage) Community Board subdivision", The company to be in subdivision. minutes 29 August Press, 7 November keeping with the Named in 2011. 2011 2000, p 18 existing theme of Waitikiri water and water features. The name was also considered appropriate for the locality. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 5 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lake Named because the Burwood, A “terrace” is the Terrace road runs around Shirley name given to a street Road Horseshoe Lake. running alongside a river bank. First appears in street directories in 1914. Lakeview Halswell In the Oaklands Oaklands Place subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. Lakewood Named because of Burwood First appears in street Drive its proximity to directories in 1981. Horseshoe Lake. Lambeth Named after a Redwood, One of a group of Aldgate Street, “New streets in Crescent London Northcote streets named after Camden Street, Christchurch”, The Underground London railway Ealing Street, Press, 28 June 1955, station. stations. The Main Fenchurch p 6 North Railway passes Street, right by the area. Grosvenor Street, Named in 1955. Paddington Street and Uxbridge Street. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 6 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lambies Named after The development Burwood/Pegasus Crescent Lambies Lagoon, company chose a Community Board one of the nine theme of Canterbury agenda 21 September Ashburton lakes. lakes, rivers, lagoons 2015 and other water bodies Burwood/Pegasus for the street names in Community Board the subdivision. minutes 21 In stage 1 of the September 2015 Prestons Park subdivision on the south side of Prestons Road, opposite the Prestons subdivision. Named in 2015. Lamorna Parklands First appears in street Road directories in 1977. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 7 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Lancaster Named after Waltham Lancaster was an AMI Stadium Province of Street Benjamin Lancaster original owner of Canterbury, New (1801-1887). Rural Section 62, co- Zealand : list of founder of Price's sections purchased to Candles in 1830 and, April 30 1863, p later, the founder of History of the order of Anglican Canterbury, Vol 1, nursing nuns, St. 1957 Peter's Sisterhood. He retired to The origins of Bournemouth and, Lancaster Park while living there, sold The Return of the part of the property in Freeholders of New 1880, through Harman Zealand, 1882 and Stevens, for Lancaster Park, a Great days of sports ground where Lancaster Park the public would pay Trollope, Andrew, to see cricket, Inventory of the athletics, bicycle church place of riding and, later, Leicester, with some rugby. account of the First mentioned in The donors, 1890: e-book Press in 1892. websites of Price's candles, St. Peter's Sisterhood. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 8 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information "Advertisements", The Press, 22 December 1892, p 8 Lancewood Halswell In the Oaklands Drive subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987. Landscape Middleton Landscape Lane, a Riccarton/Wigram Lane right-of-way off Lunns Community Board Road, had been used agenda 29 October as an address by one 1997 of the larger companies using it for several years previously. The owners requested that the name be officially recognised in 1997. Landsdowne Cashmere First appears in street Terrace directories in 1964. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 9 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Landy Named after John Dallington Landy was an Halberg Street, “New streets in Street Landy (1930-). Australian athlete and Lovelock Christchurch”, The the second man to Street, Porritt Press, 28 June 1955, break the four-minute Place and Snell p 6 mile. Place. “General news. In a group of streets Athletic streets”, The named after athletes. Press, 22 September 1960, p 12 Named in 1955. Lane Street Junction Woolston Junction Street first "Street names “New names for Street appears in street changed: City council streets”, The Press, 2 directories in 1890. approves final list", June 1948, p 3 The Press, 24 August Re-named Lane Street “New street names”, 1948, p 3 on 1 September 1948 The Press, 24 July when 120 streets were 1948, p 2 re-named. Langdale Scarborough First appears in street Place directories in 1995. © Christchurch City Libraries Page 10 of 72 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: L Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional See Source Further information name name information Langdons Named after Northcote, Langdon was at first a G R Macdonald "Fatalities", Colonist, Road Thomas Langdon Papanui farmer and later a dictionary of 19 May 1904, p 3 (1832?-1904).