Halswell Commons and I decided to do all the streets and lanes under one heading. The streets are too new to be on the library website. The streets are bordered by Hendersons Road and Halswell Rd and could fall into either Halswell or Hoon Hay suburbs. The houses are very new and many are still being built. There is a community garden and a playground. The playground doesn’t have the normal swings and slides but has interactive play equipment whatever that means. If there weren’t people around I might have been tempted to play on the mini trampolines. There is also a Montessori School in the subdivision.
The subdivision is on the site of the original Spreydon Lodge Stables and in the 1980s Wayne Francis set up Franco Harness Racing Stables and Franco Breeding here. The Racing Stables are now in West Melton and the family of W J Francis is developing the subdivision. Franco Road is obviously named after Wayne Francis and the Franco Racing Stables. The rest of the names are connected to racing and mostly the names of racehorses. There is Holmes Hanover Lane, Nostradamus Lane, Nevermore Place, Wimbledon Lane, Enforce Lane, El Patron Lane, Preferred Lane, Seelstar Lane, Brancion St, Manarola Rd and Monsaraz Blvd. There is one tiny street that I am not sure what the name is as different maps have different names. One map had Bellagio Place and street view showed a signpost with that name. Another map showed it as Evora Place. Council minutes about the names for the new subdivision gives both names. I just can’t remember and I only walked it yesterday. What I do remember is how confusing the layout was for the streets and especially the lanes. Not helped by houses all looking exactly the same.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 