Ned Place in Halswell – Ned Paterson was Quarry Manager of Halswell Quarry from 1901 to 1938. Paterson House in the Quarry Park is named after Ned Paterson. Ned worked under owners R Pitcaithly and Son (1899 -1925) and Christchurch City Council from 1925 to his retirement in 1938. Under Ned’s watch the quarry development increased significantly from an annual output circa 10,000m3 to an output of circa 30,000m3.
A reasonable amount of information from the council minutes for the naming of the streets in the subdivision.
Not much information on Papers Past. There wasn’t anything on Papers Past under Ned Paterson but there was information under his name Edward Paterson. His wife died in 1934 and Edward died in 1956. He was mentioned in articles about a death at the quarry. I am not sure that the information from the council about R Pitcaithly and son is correct. Robert Pitcaithly was bankrupt in 1912 and charged with theft in 1915. There was an article that said Robert Pitcaithly association with Halswell Quarry was prior to 1910.
This street is too new to be on maps but there are some half built houses here. They looked like they will all be identical houses. There was a walkway that led to Whites Tramway Rd.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 