Aynsley Terrace – formerly River Rd Named after Hugh Percy Murray -Aynsley (1828- 1917). Murray-Aynsley arrived in New Zealand in 1858. He owned Riverlaw 1863-1905, a property at what later became 81 Aynsley Terrace. River Road “from the Opawa Bridge to the Rapaki Road” was renamed Aynsley Terrace in 1916. First appears in street directories in 1917.
A bit of information from the library website. This street has houses one side and the Heathcote river the other side. Many rebuilds here but also many of the older wooden villas have been repaired and are gorgeous. Sadly the heritage house Riverlaw that belonged to Murray-Aynsley was demolished after the earthquakes as the owner at the time of the earthquakes was under- insured.
In Papers Past dated 12/01/1916 the council agreed to change the name of River Rd to Aynsley Tce but the council then recommend that it be called Murray Aynsley Tce. Interestingly it was rarely referred to as Murray Aynsley Tce. There were a couple of articles in 1929 and a few real estate ads in 1944 that used Murray Aynsley but every other article used Aynsley Tce.
I ended up chatting with a local here and she said that she loves the street. The photo of the big empty section is where the heritage house used to be.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 