Burnbrae Street in the suburb of St Martins, Christchurch

Burnbrae St in St Martins- formerly Burnbrae Road. Named after Burnbrae, a house in St Martins in the early 20th century In 1903 an advertisement appears wanting a “strong girl to assist with housework” at “Burnbrae, St Martin’s, near new bridge”. Burnbrae Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1910 in the Lost and Found column when a gold bangle is reported lost there. Burnbrae Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1917. First appears in street directories in 1934.A small amount of information from the library website. I didn’t find much information on Papers Past. In March 1917 the street was included in the city for fire protection. In 1930 there was a petition from the residents requesting that the street be included in the Drainage Board area. In 1931 Mr Beasley wanted his house to be connected to the sewer that ran down the middle of the street. Council said not possible unless all the residents in the area were willing to agree to this. The street was tar sealed in 1935. I walked this street on the first day of level 2. I was surprised that this short street had a separate name as I always thought it was part of Tennyson St. It runs from Tennyson St to St Martins Rd. There are only 10 properties and the oldest is from 1930 and the others from 1950 and 1960. The houses looked lovely what I could see but it was hard to see them because of the well established gardens.