Maldon Street – formerly Matson Street Probably named after Maldon in Essex. Matson Street first appears in the Star in 1876 in an inquest report. First appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Maldon Street on 24 May 1926 when 21 streets were renamed.
A small amount of information from the library website. A small street and every business here was related to the car industry except for a cleaning business. No photos and nothing stood out for me here.
I have now checked Papers Past and this street had more interesting information than the other Sydenham streets that I looked up. The reason that the street name was changed from Matson St to Maldron St was because there was another street called Matson St in Papanui. No reason given for why Maldon was chosen.There was excitement on this street in 1932 when someone tried blowing up a dairy with gelignite.This wasn’t a corner shop but a milk company called Milk Coupon Company This was an act of sabotage possibly by a rival company. There was a milk price war and the Milk Coupon Company was selling their milk cheaper than other companies. In the 1930s there seemed to be a mixture of houses and businesses. By the 1940s there were car businesses on this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 