Gleig Place in the suburb of Spreydon, Christchurch

Gleig Place in Spreydon- Named after the George Robert Gleig (1796- 1888). Gleig was a member of the Canterbury Association from 27 March 1848 until he resigned 25 November 1851. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Canterbury Association and, especially, the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817- 1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847- 1913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1950.A reasonable of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Nothing in Papers Past about the street and most the houses here have the appearance of being state houses. Most date from 1950s with 7 properties dating from 1990s. There is a wee walkway at the end of the street that takes you through to Lyttelton St. I didn’t really like this street or feel safe here and was pleased it was a short street. At the end next to the walkway was a large properties with high fences, locked gates and you had to ring a bell to be let in. A huge sign about dogs on the property and I think that there were cameras. The dogs sounded ferocious. Rev George Robert Gleig was born in Stirling and his father was a minister in the Scottish Episcopal Church. George fought in France under Wellington and then in the USA. After the wars he returned to studies and became a minister. I was surprised to find someone from Scotland connected to the Canterbury Association as that was a strong Anglican Association. A bit of googling and the Scottish Episcopal Church was linked to the Anglican Church. George died in England and lived close to Winchester