Brightlings Rd in Hillsborough – Named after John Brightling (1842- 1928). Brightling established a brick works there in 1893. First appears in street directories in 1980.
A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had an obituary for John Brightling in 1928. He arrived in Lyttelton on the John Templar in June 1866. He was a butcher by trade but after his arrival in NZ he took up a night soil removal contract. He also acquired a paddle steamer known as Avon Steam Packet. He built tramlines and he built the first tramline in Christchurch. He owned two brickworks and the Port Hills one closed in 1928. His other brickworks in St Martins closed in 1963. See Brickworks Lane about the St Martins one.
There was an article in 1974 about the proposed road and for it to be called Brightlings Rd. In 1985 Coca Cola plant requested that they get their water from Christchurch as the water from the Heathcote County wasn’t good enough. Coca Cola is still on this street. There seemed to be a lot of shipping containers on land on this street.
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