Waverley Street – formerly Templer Street Named after Waverley, a town in Surrey, England. Templer Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1888 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. First appears in street directories in 1894. Re-named Waverley Street in 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom.
A wee bit of information from the library website. There was an mention on Papers Past dated 1890 about closing off part of the street to form swimming baths. There was also a Templer St in Avonside which is a possible reason for changing the name.There was no reason given for the name change. There were several ads for selling sections in 1909 and they all mentioned Sydenham School being on the boundary. In 1921 there was a decision to make part of the street a footpath only as it was narrow and cars driving down the street were endangering the school children.
I hadn’t realised that this was a street and it goes from Colombo St to Buchan St. It is narrow and only suitable for walking and not for cars. One side of the street has the side walls of businesses plus a car park. The other side has brand new apartments and is part of the complex that faces onto Brougham St and I would hate to live in one of these apartments. I watched them being built and I wouldn’t feel safe living in them.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 