Derrett Place – Named after Selwyn Noel Ellison Derrett (b. 1908) and his wife, Valarie Zoraide Evelyn Derrett (1916- 1991). Derrett was farming at 200 Fifield Terrace in 1950 and his wife was running the Wharema Convalescent Home in Opawa. The street was formed on a subdivision of their land. First appears in street directories in 1950.
A small amount of information from the library website. Selwyn Derrett and his wife did live on Fifield Tce but Derrett Tce runs off Riverlaw Tce. If their property on Fifield Tce was subdivided to form a street surely it would run off Fifield Tce. The Heathcote River divides Riverlaw Tce and Fifield Tce. A bit confusing..
Selwyn was born in 1908 and seems to be known as Noel Derrett. He died in 1986 at Oxford. They were married in 1942 but possibly divorced in the 1950s.
The houses here date from 1950s but there are rebuilds here. At the end of the cul de sac there is a house being rebuilt and it looks like it is going to be huge. I was amused by a “giant cat” in someone’s window. Footpaths on both sides of the street and it looked like a nice street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 