Sherwood Lane – First appears in street directories in 1957. A small amount of information on the library website.
I searched Papers Past and the Ancestry website and couldn’t find any information about this street. QV website had 18 properties on the street ranging from 1915 to 1990. I couldn’t get information for all the properties as QV website said information unavailable. There is an entrance to Ngaio Marsh’s house on this lane.
There were several people in Christchurch with the surname Sherwood but they all lived in either Sydenham or New Brighton. There also used to be a Sherwood Lane in St Albans.So it is either named after a person or after Sherwood Forest. Take your pick.
I only walked part of this lane and I realised that I have been here before visiting a bookcrossing friend who is now back home in Germany.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 