Kearneys Rd – First mentioned in The Press in 1906. First appears in street directories in 1913. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers Past to say how this street got it’s name. Found an article from 1902 where it said that the road was going to be metalled. There were ads or articles mentioning that Kearneys Rd was in an area called Sandilands. The street used to be Kearney’s Rd which suggest it was named after a person. Eventually found Michael Kearney who died 12/11/1881 and after his death there were 4 properties sold off. These properties were in the Linwood and Phillipstown area.
From the Ancestry website I found that he lived at a place called Sandhills and was a farmer. It is highly likely that this street was named after Michael Kearney but couldn’t find any information to back this up.
This street runs from Pages Rd to Ruru Rd and mostly older houses here. There is a park called Linfield Park on the street. There were several houses in this area which still had Christmas decorations on display. There was also a bowling club here with a flash entrance. Yes I was geocaching in this area.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 