Morris Street in the suburb of Avonside (red zone) Christchurch

Morris St – Carlyle Street – Carlyle Street first appears in street directories in 1914. Re-named Morris Street in 1917.

A small amount of information from the library website. This street is in the red zone and no longer has any houses.Found a council report on Papers Past about the renaming of the street. There were two Carlyle streets and the Sydenham one was older so they decided to rename the Avonside one. The report said that the street was named after William Morris the English poet. There was a William Morris Society.
In 1923 a footbridge was built across the river near Morris St.
In 1929 there was a report about deviating the Avon River at a corner called Bassett Corner to avoid having to pay huge compensation for taking land between Bracken St and Morris St for the riverside boulevard. This meant only three houses would be affected.
In 1939 and 1941 there was land set aside on Morris St for state housing.

Another street where I couldn’t walk on the footpath because it was too rough. There are remains of gardens here from where there used to be houses.