Mary Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner (1836?- 1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner (1833-1905), a blacksmith. She died at her home in Horner Street. First appears in street directories in 1890.
A small amount of information on the library website. There was very little information on Papers Past and mostly just death notices. Houses cover all decades with the oldest one dating from 1905. At the Main North Road end there is the Police Station plus a couple o businesses. None of the houses stood out or me but it looked like a pleasant street to live on especially at the end furthest away from the main road. A lovely seat and mosaics on one of the corners. On the corner by the Police Station there is a noticeboard with information about Mary Horner and there was an interesting fact about her cooking sparrow pies. This is what the council call a living street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 