Benjamin Lane in Huntsbury – Named after Kate Elizabeth Benjamin (1868-1938). Kate Benjamin was the matron of the Cashmere Sanatorium 1911-1915 and 1919-1924. Named in 1993.
A small amount of information from the library website. I am pleased that this woman has a street named after her as she sounds like a great person. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin of Templeton. She trained at Christchurch Hospital. During World War One she took leave from the Sanatorium to work for the Red Cross at the front. She was working at Cook Hospital in Gisborne when she retired in 1933. She is buried at Bromley Cemetery. There was an obituary on Papers Past for Kate Benjamin.
I didn’t actually walk this street as it looked like a private driveway and there wasn’t a footpath. When I checked google maps the street was bigger than I thought and has seven houses here and most were built in 1990s. I don’t normally like modern houses but one house I really loved. Obviously well beyond my budget plus I like living within walking distance of the central city.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 