Brabourne St in the suburb of Hillsborough was not mentioned on the library website or in Gordon Ogilvie’s book. It was a fairly ordinary street of brick or summerhill stone houses. It would have to be a 1950s to 1960s subdivision as when I worked for Mrs Popes in the 1970s my manager lived on this street.The street didn’t really do a lot for me. Cars blocking the footpath didn’t help as we all know how I feel about that situation.
I still don’t know how this street got this name but there is a Brabourne in the UK plus there is a Lord Brabourne who was a Governor General in India. In India there is a cricket ground called Brabourne. I suspect that the reason for the street name is Lord Brabourne because of the Indian connection. I am thinking of a possible link to the Cracroft family.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 