Witbrock Crescent in the suburb of Burnside, Christchurch

Witbrock Crescent in Burnside – Named after Annie Elizabeth Witbrock, née Ell, (1868-1947).Annie Witbrock is listed in street directories from 1939 living at 184 Burnside Road (later

Memorial Avenue). This was near Grahams Road. [Her daughter, Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991), sold the 22 hectare property for $1.2 million to City Realties Ltd in 1989. It was one of the last original family properties left in the area and was particularly noteworthy because a raised section running across the land was an old bank of the Waimakariri River.] Witbrock Crescent first appears in street directories in 1977. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock and niece of Mabel Winifred Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I personally don’t think that this street was included in the block of land sold in 1889 as most houses were built in the 1970s. My gut feeling is that Grangewood Lane and the area around that street is where the land that was sold in 1989 was situated as the houses there were built in the 1990s.

Only 29 properties here and they all have a different design. A couple really stood out for me but not sure that I actually liked them. Nothing on Papers Past for this street. It is a pleasant tree lined street but I suggest that you watch very carefully where you walk as the tree roots have badly damaged the footpath in places. When walking along Arlington St becomes Witbrock Crescent and the road is very narrow at this part. There is a wee reserve here and I went back today to check it out as I totally missed it yesterday. It is a tiny reserve and not obvious and I noticed it when checking google maps.