Brickworks Lane in Huntsbury – Named after the brick makers who operated in Centaurus Road. Wigram Bros., maltsters & brickyards, operated there from 1886. Their business was taken over by the Murphy Bros. (Chch) Ltd, brick and drain pipe manufacturers in 1924. Their premises were on the intersection of Port Hills Road (later Centaurus Road) and Whakakake Road (later Whaka Terrace). In 1928 Charles Thomas Trebilcock (d.1974), journeyman bricklayer, operated on the site where Brickworks Lane was later developed. Brightling’s Brick Works were near the intersection of Port Hills Road and St Martins Road. First appears in street directories in 1991.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I was slightly confused at first as I thought that Henry Bland Kirk was on this site. A quick check on Papers Past and T N Horsley had taken over Henry’s business and then in 1903 T N Horsley and Wigram Brothers amalgamated. The new company name was The Christchurch Brick Company. I am not sure what Charles Trebilcock has to do with it as he was just an employee.
The houses here date from 1980 onwards and I liked a couple of them but well above my budget. The footpath was on only one side of the street and we all know how much I dislike this.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 