Wilmer Street – Named after George Wilmer (1816-1904). Wilmer imported horses and cattle, leased Packer’s brewery and founded the Christchurch Veterans’ Cricket Club. He lived in Durham Street near where this street was developed. In 1903, he was supposedly the oldest cricketer in the world.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website.
A car sales one side and the new New World supermarket being built on the other side. Note I walked this a year go and the supermarket is now open.
George Wilmer owned the land and put it up for sale by auction in 1874 as residential sections. Article in 1877 with a complaint about the condition of the street. In 1880 there was an article about forming and channelling the road. Found the same article about George being the oldest cricketer in the world.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 