Arkwright Place in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Arkwright Place – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find any more information about the naming of the street. It is possibly a person’s surname but I personally like the idea that the developer was a fan of Open All Hours. There is also a place in the UK called Arkwright Town. The street leads to an entrance to Westlake Reserve and all the houses seem to date from 1980s and 1990s. A mixture of styles with well kept gardens. A couple of the houses had an odd mixture of building materials that just didn’t look right. Looked like a pleasant street.