Caudron Road in the suburb of Wigram, Christchurch

Caudron Road – Named after the Caudron, an early light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, manufactured in France and used by the Allies during World War I. A name from the Wigram airbase preserved when the land was subdivided to form the Wigram subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987.A small amount of information from the library website. The street is named after the Caudron biplane which was the plane used for training pilots at the Canterbury Aviation Flying School. As the library website said the street is from 1987 I was surprised to find so many houses built in the 1930s. A few from 1990s, 2000s and 2005.I suspect that the reason for so many houses built in the 1930s is that they were airforce houses. With a bit of googling I found out that there were at least 159 houses on the base. Googling also gave me the information that they had two Caudron biplanes for training pilots in 1917 and 1918.A mixture of styles and conditions for the houses. A leafy tree lined street. I quite liked the 1930s houses.