Atom Lane in Woolston – Named because of its proximity to Rutherford Street. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) was a scientist who is widely credited with first “splitting the atom” in 1917. First appears in street directories in 1987.
A small amount of information from the library website and I honestly wasn’t expecting any information on their website as this lane just looks like a driveway to a couple of businesses. Nothing that I can add about the name of the lane and nothing on Papers Past as that only goes up to 1971.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 