Grigg Place in the suburb of Hillmorton, Christchurch

Grigg Place in Hillmorton – Named after John Grigg (1828?- 1901). Grigg was a runholder at Longbeach and Fellow of Christ’s College. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1970A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. There is a statue to John Grigg in Ashburton and lots of information about him online. The houses here were on leasehold land as it was church land. In recent years much of it has become freehold as owners of houses were able to buy the land. I don’t know which streets are still leasehold and which are freehold. Only 9 houses here and they were built in the 1960s and 1970s. Mostly summerhill stone and typical houses for the era. Being a slightly older street the footpath was on both sides of the road.