Nottingham Avenue in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Nottingham Ave – Named after Nottingham, a city in the English Midlands. In the Oaklands subdivision which was developed and named in 1957 by Karl Scott (1910- 1997), a journalist and developer. His father’s family had emigrated from Nottingham in the early 20th century. First appears in street directories in 1957.A reasonable amount of information from the library website. A Halswell Community website has Karl purchasing a property called Oaklands. The previous owner named it Oaklands because of the oaks trees on the property and previous name was Halswell House. Karl Scott was a sports journalist and was involved in horse racing. He wrote a book called Pillars of Harness Horsedom published in 1949. He was born in Gore but I just can’t find where Karl or his wife are buried and I have searched several websites.Most houses on this street seem to be built in the 1950s. This street runs from Wales St to Patterson Tce. There is also a park here called Scott Park and I am assuming that this is named after Karl Scott. I couldn’t find any proof that this street was named after the Nottingham family and information from an ancestry website has this family living on a road called Akaroa Rd, Halswell which would have been a good couple of kilometres or more from Oaklands.