Ailsa Place in the suburb of Mairehau, Christchurch

Ailsa Place in Mairehau – Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Named on 24 June 1948. First appears in street directories in 1950.A small amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers Past apart from a yacht with the name Ailsa. The meanings for the word that I found were a German name meaning God of plenty or noble or a Scottish Gaelic word with a similar meaning. I walked this street back in May. There was only one house on this small street dated from 1990. Looked like more houses but the addresses for those houses were on the neighbouring streets.