Fairfield Avenue – Information from the the library website -Named after Fairfield, a large house which stood where Fairfield Avenue was later developed. – H. J. Tancred, a member of the General Assembly, lived at Fairfield –
A reasonable amount of information from the library website,
This street is looking run down and shabby. The most interesting feature on this street is a plaque about the first drains in Christchurch. There is an entrance to Addington Cemetery from this street and there is a reserve that runs from Fairfield Ave to Burke St. I don’t believe that the original house that the street was named after is still standing as there isn’t any houses that are large enough or old enough to be this house. Much of the housing here are ownership flat style of housing.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 