Dobson Street – Named after Arthur Dobson (1841-1934). Dobson was city engineer for Christchurch and also a surveyor, geologist and explorer. Developed in a Government housing subdivision. Name submitted by A. Tyndall, Director of Housing Construction, at the suggestion of the Canterbury Centennial Historical Committee. Named in 1938. First appears in street directories in 1941.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I was surprised that there was only one article that I could find on Papers Past about Arthur Dobson . Most the houses on this street are dated from 1940 with a couple from 1990. I didn’t take any photos on this street but did find a photo that I had taken of Arthur’s grave at Linwood cemetery back in 2017. The street is a dead end street that runs off Selwyn St but there is a walkway through to Milton St.It is a tree lined street but the roots of these trees have cracked the footpath quite badly so I had to be careful walking.I don’t usually say this about a street but I didn’t like the street and would hate to live here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 