Maelor Place in Bryndwr – Named after a 38km walkway near the village of Penley in Wales.The land where this street was developed was purchased about 1937 by Frederick Charles Williams (1887- 1963), a builder. He grew tomatoes commercially on this site and also used the land as a ready supply of topsoil. This land was compulsorily acquired by the government for Aorangi Primary School in the 1950s. It was offered back to the Williams family after the school was closed in 2010. The street was formed on the final subdivision of Williams’ land. [The Williams family had wanted the street to be named Penley Place because Fred Williams had been born in Penley in east Wales. This name was declined by Christchurch City Council as there were other similar street names and there was potential for confusion.] Named in 2015. Information about Fred Williams supplied in 2015 by his great grandson, Mason Williams.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and the walkway in Wales is called Maelor Way. When I checked it on the map I realised that I have walked a small portion of the walkway that is near Chirk. This is a very new street and the houses are from 2019 and 2020 with houses still being built. There are some seriously ugly modern houses here and the best thing about the street is the name. I was geocaching in the area last night.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 