Denman Street formerly Denham Street – Named after Edward Denham (1834-1925). Denham was a mayor of Sumner in the early 1900s. Sections for sale in Denham Street, “close to Lyttelton Road”, are advertised in the Star in 1905. The street appears as Denham Street in 1906 street directories but the name was misspelt during a later street naming project.
A wee bit of information from the library website. On Papers Past there were lots of ads for sections in 1905 but I did find an entry dated January 1904 about someone being fined for letting his donkeys wander. I found entries using the name Denham St as late as 1920 and entries using the name Denman as early as 1917. Edward Denham worked for Land Registry and became mayor of Sumner when he retired. Obituary for him in February 1925 and he was a busy man.
Note I walked this before lockdown but didn’t get around to writing it up. A pleasant street with a mixture of brick houses and lovely wooden villas. The street goes from Wakefield Ave and then curves around and becomes Duncan St. Part of it borders a park which is possibly called St Leonards.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 