Battersea Street

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Battersea Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Tai Tapu.

From the air, then

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The numbered spots

• 46 Battersea Street, 1 report

What got reported

• Everything else, 1 report

Year by year

• 2024, 1 report

Documents that name it

Records on the shelf that name Battersea Street, 62 in total; the 12 earliest:

• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 August 1885) · Papers Past · 27 Aug 1885
  …ch can be purchased by small deposit balance at building society rates and terms sydenham battersea street section 30ft x 100 ft with stable battersea and harper street capital corner sec tion fenced…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 August 1885) · Papers Past · 28 Aug 1885
  …ch can be purchased by small deposit balance at building society rates and terms sydenham battersea street section 30ft x 100 ft with stable battersea and harper street capital corner sec tion fenced…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1885) · Papers Past · 5 Sept 1885
  …ch can bo purchased by small deposit balance at building society rates and terms sydenham battersea street section 30ft x 100 ft with stablo battersea and harper street capital corner sec tion fenced…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 September 1885) · Papers Past · 8 Sept 1885
  …an be purchased by small deposit i balance at building society rates and terms j sydonham battersea street-section 30ft x 100 ft with stable j battersea and harper street capital corner sec tion fonce…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 September 1885) · Papers Past · 9 Sept 1885
  …ch can be purchased by small deposit balance at building society rates and terms sydenham battersea street section 30ft x 100 ft with stable battorsea and harper street capital corner sec tion fenced…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 September 1885) · Papers Past · 10 Sept 1885
  …ch can be purchased by small deposit balance at building society rates and terms sydenham battersea street seotion 30ft x 100 ft with stable battersea and harper street capital corner sec tion fenced…
• THE BEARER OF THE LETTERS. (Star, 27 January 1886) · Papers Past · 27 Jan 1886
  …vious nov 4 donald cameron gave me two letters addressed to mr howard first brick cottage battersea street off colombo road sydenham mr cameron gave me some directions with the letters he said i waa t…
• DEATHS. (Star, 10 August 1887) · Papers Past · 10 Aug 1887
  …the beloved wife of fonntain barber of christchurch deeply regretted buhbert august 6 at battersea street syden ham james barbery formerly of kapunda south australia aged 70 years demfset au-zust 9 a…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 June 1890) · Papers Past · 2 Jun 1890
  …ts done a good paying business also four-roomed cottage situated north-east belt apply 32 battersea strent sydenham 304 to let 4-roomod cofctatre i-aere land sfc asaph strata ttastv barrett hotel 3185…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 December 1890) · Papers Past · 19 Dec 1890
  …down and re-building two chimneys labour only address mrs tarpey little queon street off battersea street sydenham 8144 wanted young man aged 23 wants situa tion in town sober aotive and intelli gent…
• COMMERCIAL. (Star, 26 March 1892) · Papers Past · 26 Mar 1892
  …g of four rooms and wa��h-house thereon to mr henry barrett sydenham corner of durham and battersea streets account trust and agency company about one rood land with three bouses one of five and two o…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 November 1892) · Papers Past · 17 Nov 1892
  …reep fenced wit h macro carpa ohoice building site to be bold in one or two lota sydenham battersea street next salvation army barracks seotion having frontage of 45 links by deptn of 163 links with c…

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Latest on record

• General Request at 46 Battersea Street, 14 May 2024