Beckford Rd – Named after William Beckford (1760-1844). Beckford was an English novelist, bibliophile, traveller, collector, and builder. First mentioned in The Press in 1884. First appears in street directories in 1892.
A small amount of information from the library website and it surprised me. I assumed because of being close to Ford Rd and the Heathcote River that the name would have been related to fords and water. There is a Beckford in the UK on the northern edge on the Cotswolds and is about 30 to 40 km from Hagley Hall.
Found article from 1884 where shingling of the road was up for tender. This road starts at Wilsons Rd where there is a supermarket and a few shops. Some lovely older wooden houses on this road plus a few newer houses. It then crosses the Heathcote River and ends near Hansens Park.Is in both suburbs of St Martins and Opawa. I found a cache on this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 