Lock Crescent in Hillsborough – formerly Lock Place. Named because the name “Lock” is a family name that has been prominent in the area “in past years”. Named Lock Place in 2 April 2002. It was later extended to continue out to Chapmans Road, creating a “Crescent”. The name change was requested in 2006 by the developer, Rookwood Holdings, and three existing businesses in the street to reflect the physical change to the road.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I thoroughly searched the Ancestry website and couldn’t find anyone with the Lock name or even Locke name living in the area. The closest that I came to was a William Lock who lived on Wilsons Rd in the early 1900s. He was a shunter so he did have a railway connection.
This street is in a business area off Port Hills Rd and the French Bakery is on the corner of this street and Chapmans Rd. I managed to resist the temptation to buy anything at this business.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 