Hanworth Avenue in the suburb of Hornby, Christchurch

Hanworth Avenue in Hornby. Nothing on the library website about this street and googling it didn’t give me much information. It is in the industrial area of Hornby and runs off the Main South Rd. The main industry here was Ravensdown. There was one familiar business and that was Maryland Motors and I remember when this business was on Lincoln Rd in Addington. I didn’t find anyone with the surname Hanworth ever having lived in Christchurch or even in Canterbury. My theory about the name of the street is that it is named after Hanworth Aerodrome in England. My reason for this theory is that this street is fairly close to Wigram. The street on google maps seems longer than what I could walk. There was a big locked gate blocking me from walking any further. I had no luck finding a nearby geocache.

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