Stoddart Lane in the suburb of Cashmere, Christchurch

Stoddart Lane in Cashmere and nothing on library website for this tiny street. On Papers Past I found several entries for Agnes Stoddart saying that she lived on the Cashmere Hills. I found her obituary from 1956 which said she was 87 and the youngest daughter of Mark Stoddart the first settler in Diamond Harbour. She lived on Hackthorne Rd. I possibly still have the correct person except that she lived at 15 Hackthorne Rd which is right down near the Cashmere Rd end. Her niece who inherited her property continued living at the Hackthorne Rd address. I searched the Ancestry website and couldn’t find anyone with the surname Stoddart living where this street was formed. It could have been named after her sister Margaret Stoddard the artist. Agnes and Margaret are buried together at Bromley.

Only 11 houses here and they were built in 1990s and 2000s. Great views.

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