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New Zealand / Re: Understanding NZ Directories street orientations
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In my experience older street numbers in our cities were often inaccurate and it may be that a plot number from a very early or original subdivision was used to identify a property. Alternatively a Rating Roll number may have been used. There is even the possibility that an extraneous number such as the area on a subdivisional plan became used as a "street" number.
We visited an ancestors home in London some years ago and were confused with street numbers until we noticed that the stained glass windows above he doors of the Terrace housing told a different story from the street numbers on the doors. This housing was of a similar age to older housing in Christchurch.
Amalgamation of old Boroughs into our Cities was another source of street name changes and it is not always clear what numbers have been used by Postal authorities and these were different from Council Rates, Drainage Boards, Roading Boards, Electricity Boards and other "official" designating authorities. Like BDM records Electoral Rolls rely on information supplied and no cross-checking is usually done.
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We visited an ancestors home in London some years ago and were confused with street numbers until we noticed that the stained glass windows above he doors of the Terrace housing told a different story from the street numbers on the doors. This housing was of a similar age to older housing in Christchurch.
Amalgamation of old Boroughs into our Cities was another source of street name changes and it is not always clear what numbers have been used by Postal authorities and these were different from Council Rates, Drainage Boards, Roading Boards, Electricity Boards and other "official" designating authorities. Like BDM records Electoral Rolls rely on information supplied and no cross-checking is usually done.
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