Named after the Mazzola family who were market gardeners in the area since 1942. Pictured is Francesco Mazzola in 1968. The nearby street Cataldo Mews is named after a member of the Mazzola family, Cataldo Mazzola.
A new subdivision was created on the land at 959 High Street, which had formerly belonged to Mr Cataldo Mazzola. The new street joined High Street on the property that was previously numbered as 963 High Street. The original driveway to 959 High Street was retained as a private right of way. During the development […]
Avery Grove in Avalon is named after the Avery family, who arrived in New Zealand aboard the “Bolton” in 1840. The family consisted of Thomas, Elizabeth, and their children, who hailed from Kent. By the mid-1860s, Thomas had acquired land in Waiwhetu, while his son George farmed in Taita, which is now part of Avalon. […]
Mabey Road in Avalon takes its name from the Mabey family, who owned this land in the 1863. Job Mabey, had leased the land from absentee owner John Stancliffe since the 1840s, and in 1863, Job Charles purchased three acres from him on the western side of High Street, where Mabey Road is today. Job […]
Athlone Crescent is a residential street located in the Avalon suburb of Lower Hutt. The street was named by James Stellin, who was the subdivider of the area in the 1920s. At the time, King George V was on the throne and the first and last Earl of Athlone, Alexander Cambridge (1894-1957), was a prominent […]
Allen Street in Avalon, Lower Hutt is believed to have been named after William Allen, the bugler for the garrison at Boulcott Stockade. The stockade was a fortified defensive structure built by the British colonial forces during the New Zealand Wars in the mid-19th century. The stockade was located in what is now Boulcott, a […]
Named after Harcourt Chenoweth Werry a Lower Hutt City Councillor from 1950-86, the longest serving in this local authority. He was twice Deputy Mayor 1962-68 and 1974-77, had long spells on Town Planning and Works and Drainage Committees and chaired both at times. He was also on Drainage Board, Hutt River Board and Wellington Regional Council. […]
Percy Cameron lived in one of the few houses on the site of the present Fraser Park. He was Chief Clerk of the Wellington Meat Export Company located in Ngauranga.
John Daysh arrived with his wife Eliza in the ”Gertrude” in 1841 and farmed in the Park Avenue/Taita area. He donated the trees for the grounds of Christ Church, Taita, in 1854.