Burlington Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Burlington Street in Sydenham – May have been named after Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694- 1753). Lord Burlington was an architect and patron of the arts. Probably named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council in January 1880. First mentioned in the Star in 1886 when “capital building sections” there are advertised for sale. A reasonable of information from the library website. There is another possible reason for the name of the street and that there is a connection to Lord Lyttelton’s area of the UK. Burlington in the UK is within 30 km of Hagley Hall. Not a huge amount of information on Papers Past apart from lots of death notices. In 1887 a group leased land on this street and set up Sydenham Lawn Tennis Club. In 1910 a shop was destroyed by fire. In February 1897 it was recommended that the street be asphalted but in September 1897 the council said that they couldn’t asphalt the street until a decision was made about using the land acquired by the late R Dawson for widening the street. Robert Dawson owned a property called Brucefield on Humboldt St. He was a partner in the business Dunstable House until just before his death in 1897. There are 47 properties on this street and they cover every decade from 1890 to 2019. Most are in reasonable condition and as usual the modern ones are ugly. The street runs from Brougham St and turns into Huxley St near a wee park. This is normally a very busy street but today at between 7am and 8am it wasn’t very busy.