Talfourd Place in Waltham – formerly Talfourd Street. Named after Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795- 1854). Talfourd was a judge and dramatist. Named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham. The streets were named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council in January 1880. The construction of Talfourd Street is mentioned in the Star in 1881. First appears in street directories in 1894. Becomes Talfourd Place in 1946.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. Several entries on Papers Past and in 1881 there was a request for the formation of the street. There were delays and in 1882 it still wasn’t formed. Lots of death notices. In 1892 there was a letter of complaint about the state of Jacksons Creek and that the area between Talfourd St and the railway was seething filth. In 1934 the council passed a resolution that exempted Talfould St from widening. In 1908 the residents complained about the Lancaster Park Windmill because of the noise. The street seemed to be known as both Talfould Street and Talfould Place after 1946. There were still houses and people living here in the 1950s and 1960s but from 1970s it was only businesses. There was an entrance to Lancaster Park from this street and there were frequently issues because of the street being so narrow.
It wasn’t possible to walk on the footpath here as the businesses here were using the footpath as extension of their workshops. At the end of the street there is entrance to the park.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 