Sefton Place and Kinver Place in the suburb of Spreydon, Christchurch

Sefton Place formerly Sefton Street – Sefton Street first appears in street directories in 1947. Becomes Sefton Place in 1987.
Kinver Place – Named in 1966.

The library website had very little information. Both streets looked like they had old Housing Corp houses on them. Sefton Place had some brand new houses that were really small but were of an interesting design.

Couldn’t find any information on Papers Past. Kinver Place is possibly named after a place in Staffordshire and there were at least two houses with that name in Christchurch. Edited as I found out that Kinver is a place not far from Hagley Hall so it is highly likely that this is the reason for the name as many other streets in this area have a Lord Lyttelton connection.

I found an Arthur Sefton living on Strickland St in 1900 so this is a possibility for Sefton Place. Edited to say that there is a Sefton in the UK but it is in the Liverpool area and nowhere near Hagley Hall area.

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