Webb Street in the suburb of St Albans, Christchurch

Webb St – Named after Henry Richard Webb (18
29-1901). Webb was a member of the Provincial Council 1869-1875 and secretary during its winding-up 1873-1875. His second daughter married Robert Ewing McDougall (1861- 1942); his second wife was a sister of the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827?-1905). The Webb family built a large house, Te Wepu, on Papanui Road with an entrance from Webb Street which was named by 1889 and first appears in street directories in 1890. [The house was renovated in 2005 becoming Merivale Manor.]

A reasonable of information from the library website. Merivale Manor is still standing and is on Papanui Rd. It had minor damage from fire in 1891. The earliest mention on Papers Past was in 1887 and in 1888 the council asked for tenders for sinking a well here. There was also a report about the name Webb St to be retained for the street. In March 1889 there was a petition from the residents of Webb requesting that the of the street to be Brooklyn St instead of Webb St. The petition was obviously rejected. It was described as a new street in the petition.
The QV website had at least one house built in 1890 and there are several older houses here but a few modern ones as well. A couple of rundown looking houses here. The St Albans Stream is here and I guessing that it is where the well was sunk. I also couldn’t find the cache here. Looked like a pleasant street and it runs from Papanui Rd to Bristol St.