Boonwood Close in Westmorland – Named after a combination of the applicants’ family names, Boon and Wood. Developed at 280 Cashmere Road by Laurence Dann and Lindsay Macbeth. Laurence Dann is the son of Molly Dann, a niece of Charles Edwin Boon (1878-1951) who established Boon’s Bakery. Lindsay Macbeth is the daughter of Marion Macbeth, née Wood, who is a granddaughter of William Derisley Wood (1824-1904). One family milled the flour, the other baked bread. Named in 1999.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. I covered William Derisley Wood fairly fully when I wrote up Wood Lane. I notice that I didn’t write up much about the Boon family when I wrote up Boon St.
The houses here are huge and were built between 2000 to 2018. This street is on the opposite side of Cashmere Rd to all the other streets in the suburb of Westmorland. It wasn’t easy to cross Cashmere Rd to get to this street as it is near the corner of Cashmere Rd and Hendersons Rd.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 