Piper Lane in the suburb of Beckenham, Christchurch

Piper Lane – Named because early informal names for Tennyson Street were Pipers Lane and Pipers Road. Named after George Piper (1843- 1909), also known as Whistling Piper. Formed off 46 Birdwood Avenue. Named in 2002.
A reasonable of information from the library website and nothing that I can add regarding the naming of this lane. Another private lane that runs off Birdwood Ave and I didn’t walk it. I did spend quite a big of time looking at Papers Past and the ancestry website as I had a mysterious Piper family pop up on my DNA with strong links. George Piper lived on Tennyson St in a house called Pioneer House. He was a brickmaker in business with his brothers. He died suddenly and the newspaper description is that he fell down dead on Fisher St while out walking with his daughter. It didn’t say which daughter and he had at least seven daughters. Coroner’s report said that he suffered from heart disease.
The houses date from 200 to 2005.