Wrights Road -Named after James Wright (1817- 1891). Wright farmed on a 100 acre dairy farm called Palm Tree Farm on Lower Lincoln Road. He was there as early as 1860. It is advertised for sale in The Press in 1864. It cannot have sold as Wright advertises his dairy cows at Palm Tree Farm for sale in 1880. His property is said to be “adjoining Hillmorton”. A letter from Wright was received by the Riccarton Road Board in 1872 asking it to gravel the road leading from “the Lincoln road” to his farm. The request was denied. Wrights Road first appears in street directories in 1896.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Many of the buildings look fairly new and it is mostly businesses until you get closer to Lincoln Rd where there are houses. One side side of the road had nice houses and on the other side many of the houses looked rundown. There is also an entrance to Horncastle Area on this street. About 18 years ago I looked at buying a property on this street but it didn’t really appeal to me and there was a rumour of a drug house in the block of flats. I didn’t feel that I would be safe as a single woman living here. One of my photos is of a letterbox that I know that I have previously taken photos of. Another photo is of a business and I know that one of my friends will be amused that I took a photo of this business. I also popped into a business called Warren Agencies and I can’t believe that they are still there. I used to buy lots of beads etc for jewellery making at this shop. Note this street is on the border of more than one suburb but I have included it in my Addington streets.
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