Vernon Tce – Named after Helen Vernon Morten, née Downes, (1834?- 1906). Helen Morten was the wife of Richard May Morten (1823-1909), a sheepfarmer. In the 1880s Morten subdivided land in St Martins, land which he had previously farmed.
A small amount of information from the library website.
Mostly new houses here and they would have been rebuilt after the earthquakes. Still some empty sections from where houses have been demolished. There is a fridge library in an old stone bus shelter at the beginning of the street and I forgot to get a photo today.The houses on one side have fairly high retaining walls. There was one old wooden house that looked original but I couldn’t get a photo as the owner was standing in the driveway. A couple of fun letterboxes here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 