Bartlett St formerly Manning Street. Named after Kenneth Hardwicke Bartlett (1904- 1974). Manning Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1892. First appears in street directories in 1896. Re-named Bartlett Street on 27 September 1948. Bartlett was a jeweller and a member of the Riccarton Borough Council.
A small amount of information from the library website and I didn’t find out anything more. The earliest mention on Papers Past that I could find was in 1909. Manning St was possibly named after a Joseph Manning but couldn’t find proof of this. I also didn’t find any information about Kenneth Bartlett but I did find a Mrs Ken Bartlett living on Manning St. Nothing on Papers Past for the renaming in 1948.
I walked this street a couple of days ago when I went to take a photo of the deserted Riccarton Rd. Bartlett is a short street that runs from Riccarton Rd to Deans Ave. Restaurants at the Riccarton Rd end and hotels/motels at the Deans Ave end. A mixture of older wooden villas and new modern houses on this street. Margaret Stoddart Retirement Home is on this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 