Queensbury St in the red zone of Burwood – formerly Queen Street and Queensberry Street.Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1907. Queen Street and Queensberry Street both appear from 1913. Re-named Queensbury Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933 when the problem of duplicate names was addressed with a number of streets.
A small amount of information from the library website.. Found the entry on Papers Past about changing the name from Queens St to Queensbury St but I actually wondered if they were two different streets and Queens St merged with Queenbury St. In 1921 there was a request for Queens St and Queensbury St to be signposted so that people could tell which street was which. Drainage issues are frequently mentioned. 1954 was a busy year as there were sections for sale and then there was more renaming of the street. Queensbury St North remained as Queensbury St. Then Queensbury St South between New Brighton Rd and McBratney’s Rd renamed Fleete St. Queensbury St South between McBratney’s Rd and Birchfield Ave renamed Madge St. I couldn’t find a Madge St and if you look at a map you will see how confusing this is.
In 1955 it was announced that State Housing will be built on Queensbury St. Papers Past show that some of the families who lived on the street were Reaby, Liggins and Goodman. The streets named after these three families run off Queensbury St.
I walked this street in January last year and obviously there are no longer any houses here. When I looked at street view most houses looked like they were 1950s and 1960s houses but a couple looked like 1920s cottages.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 