Clarence Street South – Pigeon’s Lane and Clarence Road. Formerly Pigeon’s Lane. Named after Alfred Pigeon (1824-1893). Re-named Clarence Road, later Street. The name is derived from the honour of Clare in Suffolk (an honour is the estate of a tenant-in-chief of the Crown), Pigeon owned a farm in 1858 which ran from Riccarton Road to Lincoln Road. He also owned a wine and spirit store in Cashel Street. Pigeon’s Lane is first mentioned in the Star in 1881. Re-named Clarence Road in 1895 at the request of “Messrs Brown, Bell, Croll, Ruddenklau and others”. Becomes Clarence Street in 1946. A reasonably amount of information from the library website.
This street has businesses one side and older houses on the other side. Many of the houses look run down. The ANZ bank is on one corner and I worked here a long time ago.I have a cache hidden on a small reserve that is on the corner of Clarence and Walsall Streets.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 