Bond Street in the suburb of Waltham, Christchurch

Bond Street in Waltham – formerly Little York Street. Little York Street first appears in street directories in 1908. Re-named Bond Street on 1 September 1948 when120 streets were renamed.

A small amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Past. In 1928 there was a meeting to discuss exempting the street from road widening. In 1938 it was tar sealed. In the 1940s onwards the Opawa Baptist Church Hall was mentioned as being on the corner of Wilsons Rd and Little York St. It was also called Baptist Mission Schoolroom. It was a bit confusing as in the 1920s and 1930s this building is described as being on the corner of Hastings St and Wilsons Rd. Looking at the map of 1929 solves the mystery as the map shows Hasting St crossing Wilsons Rd to meet Little York St. Little York St was a tiny street that ran off Hassals Lane. It now runs from Hassals Lane and curves around to Wilsons Rd. Nothing in Papers Past about this change to the street. In 1961 there were several ads for buying new houses that had been built on the street. Out of the 20 properties on this street about 7 or 8 of them were built in 1960s. There are 3 ugly houses built in 2018. There is the most gorgeous wee cottage from 1890 and it is near the Hassals Lane end. There is no longer a church hall here and where it would have been are new houses. I walked this street yesterday on that very windy day and I was amused to see that No 7 had 007 on the fence.