Field Terrace in Upper Riccarton – Field Street and Spring Street both appear first in street directories in 1921. The two streets were amalgamated and re-named Field Terrace in June 1948.
A small amount of information from the library website. There was possibly a market garden here which possibly explains Field Street and highly likely that there was a spring in Spring Street.
Papers Past had lots of death notices under all the street names. Field St had sections for sale in 1919. In the 1930s and 1940s there were several ads for fruit pickers wanted. I walked this street a few weeks ago and managed to walk it again last night to get back to my car. Most houses here are brick ones from 1980s but there is at least one house from every decade. What surprised me was how many houses from 1920s and 1910s. There are still a couple of lovely 1920s wooden villas but the rest have been altered so that they are no longer recognisable as older houses. One huge house from 1910 is looking very sad and I expect that it will eventually be demolished.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 