Somers Place – Probably named after Thomas Somers Cocks (1815-1899). Cocks was the banker to John Robert Godley and also to the Canterbury Association. First appears in street directories in 1943.
A small amount of information from the library website and I believe that it is incorrect. Papers Past had nothing on their website about this street. I believe that the street is named after Baron Somers who died in July 1944. He was the Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth from 1941.
I didn’t manage any photos here. Most of the houses date from 1940s and were wooden boring square houses. Right at the dead end of the street were newer houses built in 2000 to 2006 and these are on leasehold land and belong to Stepping Stone Trust.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 