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Old Streets of Levin

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:50:35+00:00
What are levin Streets named after? - This topic tries to answer. It will grow over time ... perhaps YOU have some information you want to include here...? Fortunately the origins of Levin Street names was researched around the year 2000 by David Harris and published in the Weekend Chronicle. These articles have been scanned and included here.
Article Street Names discussed
Men who served New Zealand Grey, Weld, Vogel, Featherston, Kebbell, Kirkaldie, Fergusson, Bledisloe, Norrie, Cobham
Pioneers and a slice of Scotland Clyde, Forth, Firth, Dunbar, Dougas, Ryder, Lakewood Grove, Adkin Avenue

Travelling the royal block

 Royal Place, Regal Street, Kings Drive, Charles, Windsor, Huia Place, Buller Road, Puriri Place, Walnut Grove

Seafarers' section of town

 Raleigh, Grenville, Drake, Cook, Rodney, Nelson, Trafalgar, Collingwood, Beatty, Keepa, Kings Drive.

The challenging stories

 Morgan, Wilton, Power, Martin Harvey, Winiata, Dellys, Rugby, Harrow, Eton, Guilford, St Anne, Stanley, Fairholme, Penny, Awatea, Beechwood, Central, South and North lanes, Rosedale Place, Linley Place, Meadowvale, Bowen, Reeve

Levin's treefellers

 Totara, Karaka, Kowhai, Nikau, Miro,

Heros of the 20th century

 Gardener, Charles, Hobson, Clifford Close, Gordon, Paisley, Glen Street, Burn Street, Roslyn Road, Edinburgh, Cardiff Street, Conway, Harlech, Hereford, Roosevelt, Churchill, Eden, Avon, Montgomery, Halsey, MacArthur, Truman, Kennedy, Nansen

Farmers, footballers and the famous

 Bowen, Winchester, Kent, Liverpool, Parker, Playford Park, Goldsmith, Quinn, Ryder, Dover, Cornwall, Rutland, Middlesex, Baden, Highbury Drive

Eels, Europe and early settlers

 Tiro Tiro Road, Kawiu, Lancaster, Read Street, Dudley Street, Graham Street, Argyle Avenue, Hillview Terrace, Dee Street, Claremont Heights, Hillcrest Lane, Amberleigh Place

Milkmen and missionaries

 Lancaster, Broadbelt, Prouse, Parsons, Vincent, Guy, Webb, Easton, Wright, Lynch, Aitchison, Gimblett, Marsden, Selwyn, Hadfield

In addition we want to try to document the old streets - the first to be documented here is Stuckey Street - photographed by a young contributor to Kete in 2007.

Victoria Street runs into the Show Grounds from Weraroa Road and has some nice houses - we photographed the street in May 2007.