Orrick Cres in Avondale – Named after James Orrick Thompson (1904-1976). Thompson was a seaman, turned builder, of 270 Wainoni Road. He served on the Heathcote County Council 1947-1953. First appears in street directories in 1952. The street was extended through to Hulverstone Drive in the early 1970s. Information supplied in 2008 by Gwendoline Hilda Agassiz in an interview with Richard Greenaway.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Past. In 1960 it is mentioned that was objections to the land being rezoned from rural to residential. There were sections for sale between 1963 and 1966. More sections for sale in 1970 and 1971 and this would have been when the street was extended as part of the Cedarwood Estate. Several entries between 1973 and 1975 with complaints about heavy trucks using the street. The main issues about the trucks were driving at high speed and dirt falling off the trucks and into properties. James Orrick Thompson was bankrupt in 1963 and discharged from the bankruptcy in 1965. It is amazing how many streets in Christchurch are named after men who went bankrupt. I actually walked this street way back in April and I am a little bit behind in writing up streets. Most houses were built in the 1970s with a few in 1960 and 1980. There is an older house from 1910 but it wasn’t anything startling. When I looked at older street views on google maps there was some sort of church but it is now a community garden for a church group. Just checked my photo and it says Church of Jesus Christ whoever they are. There are no longer any houses at the river end of the street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 