Dallington Tce in Dallington – Continuation of River Road. Named because it runs through the suburb of Dallington which, in turn, was named by Henry Joseph Campbell Jekyll (1844- 1913) after a family estate in Northamptonshire. River Road from Dallington bridge to McBratneys Road was re-named Dallington Terrace by the Waimairi County Council in 1926. First appears in street directories in 1928.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. In Papers Past there was an entry in 1939 which was a complaint about the state of the road. In 1927 there were several entries about a newborn baby’s body being found on the riverbank. I couldn’t find any entries to show that the baby was identified. Sounds like fish or an animal had nibbled on the body. The residents sounded like an accident prone lot as there were several entries about accidents suffered by residents involving cars and bicycles including at least two deaths. Occasionally cars managed to end up in the river. The houses were only on one side of the street and the river was on the other side. Only 37 houses left on the street with most built between 1940s to 1970s. A couple date from 1915. There are now only houses at the McBratney Rd end of the street and the rest have been demolished and is now part of the red zone. I walked this street on Sunday while doing a geocaching lab adventure.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 