Whitchurch Place in Harewood – Named because it runs behind St James Anglican Church in Harewood Road. Named in 1970. [Boeing Place was another name suggested because of the street’s proximity to Christchurch Airport.]
A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past. Mentioned as a new street in 1970 and in 1972 a new well was mentioned.
Apart from the church which is technically on Harewood Rd there are only three properties here. I couldn’t see the one from 1916 as it was down a long driveway. The Asian Garden Cooking School took up a large part of the street. The church has a carpark entrance on this street but if you look at old street views this carpark is fairly recent. Google maps show a bit change in the street between 2008 and 2022. At the end of the street there is now a subway that takes you under the extremely busy main road. Lovely wee church and cemetery here. My first thought when I saw the name of the street was that it would have been named after a place in the UK. There are at least three places with that name in the UK.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 