FW Delamain Drive in the suburb of Yaldhurst, Christchurch

FW Delamain Drive – Named after Frederick William Delamain (1835- 1910). Delamain, a horsebreeder, owned Yaldhurst, a racing stables and stud. He named it after his uncle’s place in Exeter, England. He sold this property in 1878. He was also a descendant of one of France’s great cognac making families. In the Delamain subdivision. Named in 2007.A park called Delamain Park goes the full length of one side of this street and I couldn’t find the cache here. I hate that tussock grass. The Council uses it in all parks and reserves and in the reserve next to my own house it is damaging my fence and I have ended up with it growing in my garden. The Council aren’t interested in fixing the issue. The other side had modern houses which were nice. Most had lovely gardens. Not sure how I managed to miss loading this street to this website as I walked it ages ago when I was geocaching in the area.