Woodbridge Road in Cashmere – First mentioned in The Press in 1904 when Thorrington, “one of the oldest estates in the vicinity of Christchurch” was “disposed of in lots”. First appears in street directories in 1908.
A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had several birth and death notices. There were sections for sale in 1904, 1907 and 1909 plus a subdivision approved in 1973. In 1967 the name Thorrington was approved for a new Post Office on the corner of Colombo St and Woodbridge Rd. It officially opened in 1970. There was was horrible incident in this street in 1964 where a woman burnt to death in her kitchen. Going by the details in the report it sounded like a suicide.
There are still several houses here from the 1910s and 1920s plus another group of houses from 1970s. The older houses are lovely and there is one house from 1910 that is being renovated.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 