Cranmer Square – Named after the Oxford martyr Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) – Cranmer was Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII and Edward VI and was burnt at the stake during the reign of Queen Mary I. Latimer Square, Cranmer Square and Ridley (later Cathedral) Square are all named after martyred bishops. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage.
A reasonable of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it.
So many memories for many of us. Christchurch Girls High stood on the corner of Montreal St by Cranmer Square and we used to sit in Cranmer Square to have lunch. Sadly the building has been demolished and it is an empty section. The most famous or should I say infamous pupils were Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme. Juliet Hulme is now known as Anne Perry the author and it amuses me that she writes murder mysteries as she is a real life murderer. Can’t stand her books and only managed to read one of them.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 