Spalling Road in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Spalling Road in Halswell and is too new for library website. The council website said that it was named after a 16 pound hammer used to split and shape stone for building materials. I went googling expecting it to have been named after a person but I was wrong. Spall means chip or splinter of rock or ore. Spalling can happen through natural methods and the term was mostly used in the mining industry but it now used in other industries. This street runs from Hoyle Way to Cashmere St and it didn’t stand out for me. Many of the houses are occupied but they are too new to have developed any character.