Sedgwick Way in Westmorland – Named after Sedgwick, a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. First appears in street directories in 1980.
A small amount of information from the library website. Sedgwick means dwelling of farm of a man called Sieg.
A few entries on Papers Past and there were sections for sale in 1983 and 1984. In 1982 a W J Francis applied for planning consent on this street. He was the son of James George Francis who farmed Happy Home Farm.
It is a pleasant street with a nice reserve that has a playground. Most houses were built in 1980s with a few built in 1990s.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 