Royds St – Named after John Ingledew Royds (1870- 1949). Royds was managing director of Royds Bros & Kirk, produce merchants. Royds bought his land when land owned by Annie Townend of Mona Vale was auctioned in 1915. The street was formed after Royds sold his property, Royden, at 136 Straven Road to Ernest Edward Coombes (1900- 1968). The street was developed through what had been a horse paddock and tennis court. Formed in 1936. First appears in street directories in 1939 with Coombes listed as its only resident. [Given a plaque in 1961 because of its first place in the street and gardens competitions conducted by the Christchurch Beautifying Association.]
A reasonable of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. Papers Past had ads for the new subdivsion in 1936. I just couldn’t find out where John Royds is buried and I searched several websites. The ancestry website has two reasons for him selling his land. One reason was that he was short of money because of the depression and the other reason was that he was downsizing because of his age. Mostly older houses here dating from the 1930s but one house is dated 2020. At least two really ugly modern houses which really don’t fit in as this street has a couple of quirky features including a fountain in the middle of the road. The street leads to Daresbury Park. The street runs off Straven Rd fairly near the Fendalton Rd end.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 