New Zealand - Ponsonby - Ponsonby Road - 1909 Ponsonby - The area now referred to as Three Lamps was originally called Dedwood in 1845, after a farm in Shelly Beach Road, which was apparently named after a Captain Dedwood. - The name was changed to Ponsonby in 1873, apparently derived from Ponsonby Road which first appears on an 1850s Map of Auckland. Ponsonby is now applied to a larger area (as described above). - There are various people who might have inspired the name Ponsonby: - Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby (private secretary to Queen Victoria, 1870–1895) - The Honourable Ponsonby Peacocke, a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council - Colonel Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby - Major-General Sir William Ponsonby (Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponsonby,_New_Zealand) -------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1727-091 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/89028 Image Capture: Apr 2021 ©2021 Google https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.8492151,174.7439683,3a,75.3y,350.61h,96.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNHWZiOf4f87nw9qtg8WrWA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192