Nicholls Road in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Nicholls Rd- Named after James Nicholl (1838- 1917). Nicholls was a gardener at Riccarton. He owned a store with a delivery round. He later moved to Halswell where he owned a block of land at the western end of what became Nicholls Road. First appears in street directories in 1912. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing about the naming of the street on Papers Past. A quick look at the ancestry website and James Nicholl was born in Ireland and came to NZ in 1866 with his wife. His death notice had him dying at his property on Junction Rd which I assume is now Halswell Junction Rd. He is buried in Addington cemetery.The houses on this street date from most decades with some very modern ones from 2017. There was the most gorgeous old wooden house and the gates had the words Santa Rosa on them. Research shows that this house was built in 1910 and was called Santa Rosa Stud Farm owned by a Canadian Robert Bunting McMillan. This house is still on a fairly large section but was obviously a lot bigger before being sold off and a nearby street is called Santa Rosa Ave. At the Halswell Rd end of the street is a pub and the car park entrance for a shopping centre. At the Halswell Junction Rd end is a church and the church looks very modern and I am sure that I can remember a much older church here. I have done a quick google but couldn’t find any information but it is possible that the original church was demolished after the earthquakes.