Poulson Street – Information from library website – Named after the Rev. George Robert Paulson (1800?-1869). Paulson, an absentee landowner, appears in a Clergy List published by George Cox dated 1869 as Paulson, George R., Rector of Addington, Kent. [Poulson is a mis-spelling of Paulson and his name appears in records in both forms.
A reasonable amount of information on the library website. This street has Salvation Army Hostel on it and high density housing. I know of people especially women who refuse to walk down this street but I have never had any problems. The street runs from Selwyn St to Church Square and then restarts the other side of Church Square and stops at Spencer St. Most of the houses look shabby.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 