Ash Street – formerly Elm Street and Beech Street. Elm Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1892 when the Christchurch City Council made it a public street. First appears in street directories in 1906. Re-named Beech Street in 1926 when 21 streets were re-named. Re-named Ash Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. No information on Papers Past.
I didn’t take photos here as it just looked like a gloried alleyway. It runs from Poplar St to Madras St and there was at least one cafe here.
I am assuming that the street is named after a tree going by previous names. No trees here these days just concrete.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 