Derwent Street in Bryndwr – Named after the River Derwent, Cumbria. About 1963 Waimairi County Council minuted a policy that all its streets be named after English place names. In a subdivision by Maurice F. Carter Ltd. First appears in street directories in 1962. Information supplied in 2008 by Maurice Carter (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper.
A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name except that is is a lovely part of the UK.
Most houses were built in 1960s and are made of brick. Papers Past had ads for the sale of sections in 1960s. The street had entries in the best street competitions in the 1960s and in 1962 there was an article headed Take a Sunday Drive. It was promoting the streets in this area and the gardens of the houses. There is a reserve on this street and in 1960 the scouts had permission to place two old US army huts on the reserve. Because of protests and complaints from the residents the council put a time limit of three years for the huts to be in the reserve.
It was a pleasant street with nice and tidy houses and I quickly found a geocache in the reserve.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 