84 Pendarves Street was one of five homes constructed by Thomas and Grace Hirst for each their adult children - Annis Hamerton, Jane Marshall, James Hirst, Mary Devenish, and Harriet Fookes.
This section of Pendarves Street became known as York Terrace, after the Hirst's homeland, and 84 Pendarves Street was known as No. 5 York Terrace - home to Harriet Fookes and her family.
Related items:
Town Section 1645, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 page 267. (Archives New Zealand)
They Live in a Street That is Not on Any Map (Taranaki Herald 7 May 1955)
Do you know York Terrace (Taranaki Herald 2 December 1967)
Five little cottages nestled in the sun (Daily News 9 June 1979)
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