Goldsmith Place in the suburb of Waltham, Christchurch

Goldsmith Place in Waltham -Oliver Goldsmith Street and Goldsmith Street. Named after Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774). Goldsmith was the author of The Vicar Of Wakefield. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories as Oliver Goldsmith Street in 1887. Becomes Goldsmith Street in 1892 and Goldsmith Place in 1983 when the Brougham Street Expressway was put through. A small amount of information from the library website. What a boring street as there was practically nothing on Papers Past apart from death notices. No complaints or drainage issues. The street used to be longer but got cut in half by the motorway. I walked this street on Friday and went through the tiny walkway from Brougham St. The oldest house is dated from 1880 but it is just a square box. I never thought that I would ever say this but the most interesting houses were the ones built this century.