Holmcroft Court in the suburb of Cracroft, Christchurch

Holmcroft Court – nothing on the library website for this street. With a bit of googling it looks like most of the houses were built in the 1970s so it isn’t a new street. It is a small cul de sac that leads to the Old Stone House. I haven’t been able to find out how it got the name Holmcroft but as it is so close to the Old Stone House and where Cracroft house used to stand the best guess is that the name is associated with the Cracroft-Wilson family. On Papers Past I did find a property called Holmcroft but it was out in Halswell somewhere. My photos are of the Old Stone House and a sign in the garden of one of the houses. There was a woman busy gardening in the street and lots of people at the open day for the Old Stone House today.