Ashbourne Street in Burnside – Named after Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. 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 1966. 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. Most houses built in the 1960s with a couple built in 2019. There was an ad in 1962 about sections and houses for sale in the Memorial Ave subdivision. Also mentioned that the area was the highest and driest in Christchurch. I was amused to see an ad from 1967 for a house being sold and it was described as being in Fendalton North. Locals will understand my amusement. Instead of saying typical 1960s style I probably should start describing the houses as typical Maurice Carter houses. Looked like a pleasant street with nice gardens. A few houses had been updated and looked a bit more modern. The street is tree lined and I really had to watch where I was walking as the tree roots had really damaged the footpath in many places.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 