Packe Street – Named after George Packe (1836-1882). Packe was a lieutenant colonel who commanded the Canterbury Volunteers. Earlier he had served in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In 1873 he owned land in nearby Manchester Street.
A small amount of information from the library website. This street has many new houses and is looking good. It used to be a horrible rough street with lots of lowlifes living here so I was pleasantly surprised by the changes. There was a fridge library at the community garden and the books were just flung in any old how. I spent several minutes tidying it up.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 