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Mostyn St

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 nameshttp://www.akcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/streets/streets.html

Davenport, John. (1990). Street names of Auckland: Their story. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton.


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