Athol Terrace in Upper Riccaton – Formerly Godley Street. Named after John Robert Godley (1814-1861). Re-named Athol Terrace. Godley was a lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser and public servant. Godley Street first appears in street directories in 1930. Re-named Athol Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.
A small amount of inform the library website and couldn’t find out where the name Athol came from. It was either someone’s name or because it is in Riccarton it has been named after Atholl in Scotland but spelt wrong. Under the Godley name there was very little information on Papers Past. Under the Athol name most entries were about Carpet Manufacturing Company which was later known as Feltex Carpets. In 1963 University of Canterbury purchased 5 acres of land on the corner of Waimairi Rd and Athol Terrace and possible use to be a hostel for students. Where the Feltex Carpet Factory used to be is now Parkstone Retirement Village. I actually walked this just over a week ago when I was doing a geocaching lab adventure. The retirement village takes up a huge block of land here. On the other side of the road was a group of apartments called Athol Courts. I couldn’t find any information about these buildings but they are possibly student flats. The street is split in half by Peer St and the older houses from 1950s and 1960s seemed to be between Peer St and Waimairi Rd. I suspect that this street could be a nightmare because of the students and I personally wouldn’t like to live here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 