Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Sabine Street Shirley First appears in street directories in 1950. Sabys Road Named after John Halswell The road once led to Banks “Advertisements”, The “Deaths”, Star, 16 Thomas Sabey Peninsula. Press, 14 July 1914, p February 1899, p 3 (1800?-1882). First mentioned in The Press in 11 [Honora Sabey’s 1914. “Old Halswell”, death notice.] Halswell Courier, Vol [The “e” was omitted from the 4, No 6, July 1958, pp street name.] 12 & 14 Saddleback Halswell Named to continue the equine Stallion Riccarton/Wigram Green theme of street names in the Avenue Community Board subdivision. agenda 3 March 2004 There is rural post and rail fencing in the Kirkwood subdivision and a sculpture of an abstract horse in the Stallion Reserve which runs between Stallion Avenue and Saddleback Green. Named on 3 March 2004. © Christchurch City Libraries 1 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Saffron Bishopdale, Named in December 1966 by the Information on date of Street Bryndwr developer. naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966. "Three new street names", The Papanui Herald, 14 December 1966, p 5 Sails Street Sail’s Road Named after Papanui Sail arrived in Canterbury on the Sail’s land, Papanui G. R Macdonald James Sail (1819- Charlotte Jane in December 1850 Junction: land for all dictionary of 1908). and lived on Harewood Road, classes Canterbury Papanui for 54 years. He helped "Advertisements", Star, biographies: S11 form the Bridle Path and was for 4 September 1909, p 5 “Obituary”, The some time employed by the Hon. Press, 5 December John Watts-Russell at Ilam. He 1908, p 11 also helped print the first issue of The Lyttelton Times. Sail’s Road appears on an 1880 map. Sails Street first appears in street directories in 1901 with a see ref. to Harewood Road. First appears as a separate listing in 1906. Referred to as Sail's Road in an advertisement in the Star in 1909. © Christchurch City Libraries 2 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Salisbury Named after the Central city One of the original streets of Reproduction of G. R Macdonald Street English bishopric Christchurch named in 1850 by Edward Jollie's 1850 dictionary of of Salisbury. Captain Joseph Thomas (b. map of the proposed Canterbury 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825- city. Department of biographies: J169 1894). The names were taken Lands and Survey, & T144 from bishoprics listed in Burke's Christchurch. Historical “Obituary”, The Peerage. Maps Press, 9 August First mentioned in The Lyttelton "Advertisements", The 1894, p 5e Times in 1858 when land for sale Lyttelton Times, 5 June “Obituary”, Star, 9 there is advertised. 1858, p 6 August 1894, p 1 Reminiscences of a View the biography surveyor, runholder and of Joseph Thomas politician in Canterbury in the Dictionary of and Otago, 1841-1865, New Zealand pp 28-29 Biography. The evolution of a city, p 13 Early days of Canterbury, p 27 Old Christchurch in picture and story, pp 50- 51 “Street names in Christchurch”, The Press, 6 December 1952, p 3 © Christchurch City Libraries 3 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Salmond Named after John Hoon Hay Salmond was a lawyer, university Alpers Place, “Judges’ names”, The View the biography Road William Salmond professor, law draftsman, Barrowclough Press, 17 September of John William (1862-1924). solicitor general and judge. Road, Callan 1968, p 1 Salmond in the Place, Dalglish In a 145-acre housing subdivision Dictionary of New Place, Fair Zealand Biography. planned by the housing division Place, Haslam of the Ministry of Works. The "New Halswell Crescent, land was purchased from the subdivision", The Herdman Church Property Trustees and the Press, 8 December Road, Loughnan estate. 1960, p 19 Leicester In 1968 the street names sub- Crescent, "Hoon Hay committee of the council felt that McCarthy subdivision as Halswell was named after a Street, Myers provides 570 prominent English Queen's Place, sections", The Counsel it would be appropriate Northcroft Press, 30 to record the names of judges in Road, O'Leary September 1964, p street names. Many of them had Street, Ostler 1 been QCs or KCs before Place and appointment to the Bench. Stanton Crescent. Saltaire Named after the North New The property was owned by Saltaire “Advertisements”, The “The late Sir Titus Street property, Saltaire, Brighton William Allan Hopkins (1857- Press, 27 May 1911, p Salt”, New Zealand on Racecourse 1933) from the 1880s until his 14 Herald”, 4 January Road (later 1877, p 2 bankruptcy in 1920-1921. It was "Saltaire Street Bower Avenue). then bought by Charles Dixon of commemorates more Saltaire This, in turn, was Dixon’s Butchers. The house was than an era of gracious Rich man, poor named after eventually demolished and the living at Brighton", Saltaire, a 19th Roman Catholic Church opened a man, Pegasus Post, 20 century English Redemptorist Monastery on the environmentalist, © Christchurch City Libraries 4 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information model factory site in 1959. December 1978, p 1 & thief: biographies town established Saltaire Street is first mentioned 4 of Canterbury by Sir Titus Salt in The Press in 1911 when land personalities (1803-1876). for sale there is advertised. written for the Millenium and for First appears in street directories the 150th in 1915. anniversary of the Canterbury settlement “Garden fete at Saltaire”, The Press, 20 September 1915, p 9 “Business broker broke”, NZ trust, 24 September 1921, p 6 "Cardinal Gilroy Opens Monastery", The Press, 7 December 1959, p 14 "New Brighton monastery will be sold", The Press, 5 June 1999, p 4 © Christchurch City Libraries 5 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Samuel Hoon Hay First appears in street directories "Brave new life in the Street in 1953. suburbs", The Press, 8 May 1993, p 9 San Rafael Named after San Burnside Formed on land previously Flay Park Information supplied in Place Rafael, a cul-de- owned by Annette Flay, a 2009 by Peter Foster. sac in Los daughter of Professor Flay. Angeles. Peter Foster visited a magnificent cul-de-sac in Los Angeles named San Rafael and named the street after this. He felt it also seemed to go with other nearby street names, Rubens Place and Rembrandt Place. First appears in street directories in 1993. Sanctuary Shirley The streets in the Clearbrook Cayman Report of the Gardens Palms subdivision are named Close, Havana Shirley/Papanui after places in Florida or the Gardens, Community Board to Caribbean. Laguna the Council 29 March Gardens, 2000 Named in March 2000. Montego Close and Palm Drive. Sandalwood Waimairi First appears in street directories Place Beach in 1995. © Christchurch City Libraries 6 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Sandown Named after Aranui In an area where all the streets Information on date of Crescent Sandown, a town are named after places in the naming in a letter sent on the Isle of county of Hampshire. There is a to the City Librarian Wight, England. Christchurch city and a River from the Town Clerk Avon in Hampshire. When the dated 17 March 1961. Aranui Speedway closed in 1959 this street was developed. Named on 15 March 1961. First appears in street directories in 1964. Sandpiper Waimairi First appears in street directories Lane Beach in 1995. Sandra May Street South New May Street is first mentioned in “Advertisements”, The “New names for Street Brighton The Press in 1925 when land for Press, 10 January 1925, streets”, The Press sale there is advertised. p 20 2 June 1948, p 3 First appears in street directories "Street names changed: “New street in 1930. City council approves names”, The Press, 24 August 1948, p Re-named Sandra Street on 1 final list", The Press, 24 3 September 1948 when 120 streets August 1948, p 3 were re-named. © Christchurch City Libraries 7 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Sandringham Named after Bryndwr About 1963 Waimairi County “Street names”, The “Maurice Carter Place Sandringham in Council minuted a policy that all Papanui Herald, 17 leaves behind Norfolk, England. its streets be named after English April 1973, p 9 immense legacy”, The Press, 10 May place names. Information supplied in 2011, p A3 In a subdivision developed by 2008 by Maurice Carter Maurice F. Carter Ltd. (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret First appears in street directories Harper. in 1962. © Christchurch City Libraries 8 February 2016 Christchurch Street Names: S Current Former Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further name name information Sandwich Sandwick Named after Beckenham Stephen Temple Fisher (1818- Beckenham Province of Canterbury, G R Macdonald Road Road Sandwich in 1897) and his brother, James Street and New Zealand: list of dictionary of Kent. Temple Fisher (1828-1905), Fisher sections purchased to Canterbury emigrated from Sandwich. The Avenue. Also April 30, 1863, p 2 biographies: F135 brothers bought a large area of Beckenham. “Rural Sections & F139 land in the Beckenham area.