Brockworth Place in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Brockworth Place – formerly named Hagley Street and Park Lane. Named after Brockworth in England. Park Lane first appears in street directories in 1896, Hagley Street in 1902. The two were amalgamated on 27 September 1948 to become Brockworth Place. Henry John Washbourne (1816-1898) purchased Rural Section 10, 50 acres “west of Hagley Park” in 1851. This land ran from the Plough Inn (later Nancy’s Hotel) to the Addington Sale Yards. Brockworth in Gloucestershire was the birthplace of his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Washbourne, née Jones, (1823?-1887). [A 1948 newspaper report said that Park Lane would be re-named Reynolds Street. This was not done.]A reasonable amount of information from the library website. In Papers Past I found Park Lane was mentioned in 1882 plus sections for sale in 1881. In 1895 residents wanted to change the name but it had to be referred back to Henry Washbourne as he was the original owner of the land and nominator of the name.Hagley St had sections for sale in 1899 and in 1928 the Christchurch Council requested that the Riccarton Council change the name of Hagley St as it was too confusing because of Hagley Ave. Riccarton Council refused as Hagley St had been around a lot longer and the Christchurch Council had only recently named Hagley Ave.Henry Washbourne’s house was called Brockworth after Brockworth in the UK. I found several different spellings for Henry’s surname including Washbourn and Washburn.I am not sure why is is a place as it is more of a crescent. Houses date from 1915 to present day. The older houses were probably quite spacious but now all the houses are crammed today and would be considered high density housing. There is a back entrance to Margaret Stoddard retirement home here. I would hate to live here because of the high density style of housing plus this street has a bad reputation. The reason for the bad reputation is high number of students living here.