Mayfair Street in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Mayfair St – Developed when the property belonging to Henry John Washbourne (1816-1898) was subdivided. First mentioned in The Press in 1883. First appears in street directories in 1896.A small amount of information from library website. I searched and searched and couldn’t find out why it was called Mayfair St but there was also a Park Lane nearby. I found the street mentioned in 1878 when sections along Hagley Park and the saleyards were sold by Henry Washbourne. There was a big section of 29 acres which was the homestead block sold off in 1898 after Henry’s death. It was sold to George Gould with George’s intention of cutting up and selling for housing. The ancestry website has his name spelt as Washbourn and he was born in Gloucestershire. Couldn’t find any connection to London and his home in Christchurch was called Brockworth House. His first marriage was at Down Ampney in Gloucestershire and I know this area well and had a client here.This is a short street that runs off Park Tce and only has houses on one side of the street. Most are modern houses but there is one cottage from 1915. The other side used to have houses but 8 houses have been demolished and it is now an overgrown wasteland.