Proctor Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner, née Proctor, (1836?-1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner, a blacksmith. She died at her home at 6 Horner Street. John Proctor Horner (b. 1869) was one of her sons. First appears in street directories in 1887.
A small amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Pasts apart from birth and death notices. Several ads for the sale of sections in 1887. In 1904 and 1905 the drainage ditch in the street was mentioned frequently. Issues with stagnant water and foul smells plus waste from a pigsty drains into the drain. The residents requested a bridge to be erected over the drain. In 1940 there was a new drain for the street so it took a few years. In both 1922 and 1971 there were complaints about the state of the street.
The houses cover every decade from 1905 with most houses built in 1940s, 1990s and 2000. The house from 1905 looks rather sad but the house from 1910 looks lovely. The street is narrow where it cross a wee creek which was possibly the ditch mentioned in Papers Past. A wee walkway starts here but I didn’t have time to walk this yesterday. The weather was changing rapidly yesterday. Probably a pleasant street but it was full of road cones yesterday.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 