Dublin Street in the Central City, Christchurch

Dublin Street – formerly Carlton Street Named after Dublin, capital, county borough, and seaport of the Republic of Ireland. Carlton Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1879 in a report of a meeting of the Municipal Committee. First appears in street directories in 1885. Re-named Dublin Street on 7 March 1904 after amalgamation of St Albans with the city in 1903. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom.A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Didn’t find a huge amount of information on Papers Past. Found the same information about the renaming of the street. Carlton Street was taken over as a public street in 1878 and the channelling of the street was finished in 1879. In 1882 there were sections for sale from the Barker Estate and in 1886 there were more sections available. In 1888 things get very confusing as several letters to the council and the editor about the name of the street. A petition from Mr Black complaining about the street being named Carlton St as it should be Barker St. Then there are letters about the street name should stay Carlton St as that is what is on the titles. One letter made a comment about being a battle between Carltonites and Barkerites. To add to the confusion there was a Barker St that became Onslow St in 1889, In 1904 Carlton Mill Rd became Carlton St and then returned to Carlton Mill Rd name. I would need to look at a map from 1880s to be able to figure it out. This street has one house from 1910 and one from 1915 but most are from 1990s. One is from 2017. The back entrance to Parkbridge is on this street but technically they are on Park Terrace. I like the location but not really sure what it would be like to live here. I remember years ago taking ages to find a cache here.