Cheyenne Street in the suburb of Sockburn, Christchurch

Cheyenne Street in Sockburn – formerly Cheyenne Place. Named after Cheyenne, a racehorse. Cheyenne was a racehorse that won the Winter Cup in 1958 and 1960. Named because it is near the Riccarton Racecourse. Cheyenne Place first appears in street directories in 1968. Becomes Cheyenne Street in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add to it. Very little information online about this horse. The street runs from Carbine Place to Bucknell St and the houses were mostly built in the 1960s to 1980s with about 5 built in 1990s. I suspect that the street was extended in the late 1970s but couldn’t find a map online to prove this. Some nice gardens on this street and there was one house that I liked that was an older style but it was actually built in the 1970s. I was amused by the house that had a fake gravestone saying RIP sitting in the window. Note I am the person who frequently drives around with a skeleton in the passenger seat. I didn’t recognise any of the houses but I was quite sure that I used to know someone who lived on this street.