Westenra Tce in Cashmere – Named after the Frances Sarah Wilson, née Westenra, (1831- 1903).Frances Wilson was the eldest daughter of Captain Richard Westenra (1794-1880) and the wife of Frederick Herbert Wilson (1831- 1902), who was the eldest son of John Cracroft Wilson. They lived where this street was later developed. First mentioned in The Press in 1913 when land in the Cashmere Estate is advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1921.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Most of the entries on Papers Past were death notices and social items. In 1914 there were sections offered by Charles Clark. Charles Clark owned Thorrington Estate. There were more sections available in 1966. In 1932 the Westenra Street in the city had its name changed. Gordon Ogilvie wrote an article in 1979 and it included information about Mary Ursula Bethell living on the street in a cottage called Rise Cottage. She lived there from 1924 to 1934.
A mixture of older houses and more modern ones. One of the older wooden villas is being renovated and surrounded by scaffolding. Many of the properties on the upper side of the road had stone walls. I had an interesting conversation with a young man here. There is part of the street that looks like a footpath but is actually a parking area. There are no signs saying that it a parking spot. He said that they often get parking wardens trying to give them tickets but they get reversed. Further along the road there was a car parked on the footpath and it was right on the corner by Dyers Pass Rd and I had to walk onto the road including part of Dyers Pass Rd. Not sure if I liked this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 