NAME:
Mostyn St was known as Morrin St until 1938 when many streets in Mt Albert were renamed.
DESCRIPTION:
Mostyn St runs north west from New North Rd, crosses Aitken Tce and then becomes a cul de sac that terminates at the Northwestern Motorway.
On the north / east side of the road lie numbers 5 to 25. On the south / west side lie numbers 2 to 22.
FACTS ABOUT THIS STREET:
1937: “described as 18 chains long, with 17 residences, and one the first streets in the district of Glenmore” (Auckland Libraries, n.d.).
SOURCES FOR THIS PAGE:
Auckland Libraries. (n.d.). Auckland city street names. http://www.akcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/streets/streets.html
Davenport, John. (1990). Street names of Auckland: Their story. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton.