Battersea St – Formerly part of Third Street. The streets south of, and parallel to, Moorhouse Avenue were named in numerical order. Re-named Battersea Street. Probably renamed after St. John’s Training College at Battersea, England.
The section from Harper Street to Colombo Road was re-named Battersea Street officially on 2 August 1880, when the Street Naming committee of the Sydenham Borough Council recommended that “Second, Third and Fourth streets be respectively named Sandyford, Battersea Gladstone streets, these being the names under which they are dedicated to the public, and which were chosen by the first residents in those streets. St. John’s Training College at Battersea, England, was founded in 1844 to supply superior teachers for Church of England schools. It had associations with the Canterbury Association. A former principal, Thomas Jackson was, briefly, Bishop-Designate of Lyttelton. Ex-student John Bilton was sent out as a schoolmaster and the Cathedral organist designate. Battersea Street is in an area where a number of streets have associations with the Church of England.
A lot of information from the library website and there is nothing that I can add.
This is in the business area of Sydenham and many of the businesses are connected to the car industry. Still a couple of empty sections and there is a pub at the Colombo St end. Nothing stood out for me here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 