Hagley Avenue – formerly Part of Lower Lincoln Road, renamed Lincoln Road, from Moorhouse Avenue to Riccarton Avenue. In 1922 residents petitioned the Christchurch City Council for the name to be changed to Hagley Avenue. This was done in 1924. In 1928 the Riccarton Borough Council asked yet again for the name to be changed as they felt there was confusion with Hagley Street in Riccarton which had been named first. Residents of Hagley Avenue presented a petition and the request was declined. The Riccarton Borough council was asked to change the name of Hagley Street instead.
A reasonable of information from the library website but I am a bit disappointed with the library website as there is no mention of where the name Hagley came from. There is Hagley Park one side of the road and Hagley College on the other side. I don’t know which used the name Hagley first but the name comes from Hagley Hall in the UK which is Lord Lyttelton’s home.I have a photo of Hagley Hall on my old laptop. When I was in the UK I was driving to Ironbridge with a friend when I came across a pub called Lyttelton Arms so I had to stop. Hagley Hall was just up the road and the young man behind the bar was very knowledgeable about the area.
I walk here frequently when going into town to clear my PO Box.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 