Rydal St in Hoon Hay – Named after Rydal Hall, an early 19th century Grade II listed house near the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the Lake District, England. The Le Fleming family owned Rydal Hall. Isabella Maria Le Fleming (1830?-1900) met Edmund Henry Ensor (1840-1884) when they emigrated to Canterbury on the William Miles in 1860. They married in 1861. The street was developed on land farmed by their descendants from 1911. Named on 29 March 1956. First appears in street directories in 1964.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. I will research the Ensor family when I walk Ensors Rd.
Not a huge amount on Papers Past and there were sections for sale in 1966 and 1967. Between 1969 and 1973 there were complaints about the state of Rydal Reserve.
Nothing stood out for me on this street and the houses were built between 1940s and 2016 but most were built in the 1960s. There was one modern toilet block style house. The reserve looked good. The street has been narrowed at the Sparks Rd end and you can enter the street at Sparks Rd but you can no longer leave Rydal St at the Sparks Rd end.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 