Dallas Street in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Dallas St in Riccarton- Formerly Edward Street. Named after Edward Mulcock (1837- 1915). Re-named Dallas Street. Named after William Dallas Bean (1865-1955). Edward Street first appears in street directories in 1908. Mulcock owned the land where this street was formed. Re-named Dallas Street on 27 September 1948. Bean, a teacher of Southbrook, married firstly, in 1891, Thurza Ann Mulcock (1866?-1920), and later, in 1923, Thirza Olivia Thompson (1884?-1959). Information on naming of Edward Street supplied by Paul Mulcock in 2008 in an interview with Margaret Harper.A reasonable amount of information and as it was a member of the Mulcock family who supplied the information it should be correct.The trouble is that I couldn’t find any members of this family living in Riccarton or owning land here,Edward Mulcock was born Hartfield Peverals in Essex and he settled in Flaxton where he had a farm that he called Peveral / Peveril. Papers Past used both spellings. Edward was a member of the Manderville and Rangoria Drainage Board until he resigned in 1901. In 1906 Peveral Farm in Flaxton was up for auction as Edward was retiring from farming. Yet the property was still in Mulcock family in 1936 as Frederick Mulcock died there in 1936. Several photos online for Peveral PLace but sadly it was demolished in 2015 because of earthquake damage.When Edward retired he moved to Christchurch and I was amused that electoral roles had him down as out of business. He had a couple of addresses when living in Christchurch but they were in Sydenham and Cashmere before he died in Sumner in 1915.I found sections for sale in 1890 and 1903 for the Stamford Estate and in 1907 there were sections for sale in Edward St and these were part of the Stamford Estate. The only Stamford that I could find was William Edward Stamford and he died in 1880 but his wife died in 1899. William Stamford lived in Woolston. There are only 39 properties here and most are dated from 1990s but a few from 1960 to 1980. One from 1905 and one from 1920 but they didn’t stand out as being older houses. This street is very close to Riccarton Mall which is very convenient. Mostly residential flats with a couple of businesses at the Mall end of the street. I lived on this street for one year in 2000 to 2001 and I quite liked it. You get used to the noise from the Mall unless the fire alarm goes off. I ended up walking this street about three times as I kept forgetting to write it up.