Lane Street in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch

Lane St in Woolston – Junction Street. Junction Street first appears in street directories in 1890. Re-named Lane Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website. There was possibly two Junction Streets but not sure about this. There were sections for sale in 1897. Complaints about drains in 1885 and 1898. In 1900 a bakehouse was destroyed by fire. Jacksons Creek was mentioned and this creek must have travelled through several suburbs. In 1939 a new factory to be built for Christchurch Glass Company. A rubber company was also mentioned and there is still a building on this street with the words Dunlop on it. I couldn’t find out why the name change and couldn’t find anyone with that surname living on the street but it was a very common surname. If I was going to pick a person for the street being named after I would pick Frederick Lane who was a drainage inspector and he died in 1950s. There is a second possible reason for the name as I found Richard Thomas Lane who had a market garden on Princes St / Rutherford St. Street is still a mixture of factories and houses and runs from Rutherford St to Barton St. Most houses date from 1970s with a couple from 1940s and one from 1950.