Exeter Street in Merivale – formerly part of Winchester Street. Named after Exeter in the Southwest of England. Winchester Street was formerly Princes Street and had been re-named earlier
that year on 7 March 1904. Winchester Street from Andover Street to Carlton Road (later Carlton Mill Road) was re-named Exeter Street on 12 December 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom.
A small amount of information from the library website. Not many entries on Papers Past. A few death notices and in 1919 there were 3 houses being built that were being offered for sale. My main memories of Exeter in the UK is that I always seem to get lost in the area. There was an orange elephant and I always knew I was lost if it was on the wrong side of the road that I was driving down.
The houses date from 1990 onwards and many were multi dwellings. I didn’t particularly like this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 