Kilmarnock St – Stafford Street was incorporated into Kilmarnock Street. Named after the town in Ayrshire where the Deans family originated. Stafford Street was named after Edward William Stafford (1819- 1901). Kilmarnock Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1878 when 30 acres of land in the Riccarton Estate was subdivided and advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1906, running from the West Belt (later Deans Avenue) to Station Road (later Mona Vale Avenue) only. Stafford Street was incorporated into Kilmarnock Street on 27 September 1948. Stafford was Premier of New Zealand 1856- 1861, 1865-1869 and 1872. Stafford Street first appears in street directories in 1902. It ran from Straven Road to Station Road (later Mona Vale Avenue).
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can really add to this apart from the fact that there is an Edward Stafford Ave in Halswell
A mixture of old and new houses and at least one ugly toilet block style. Most were in reasonable condition. At the Deans Ave end there are motels/ hotel. I remember that there used to be sheltered workshop style of organisation here but didn’t see it today I googled and it has moved to Wigram.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 