Snell Place in Dallington Red Zone – Named after Sir Peter Snell (1938- ).Snell was an athlete. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1960.
A small amount of information from the library website. Note Peter Snell died in December 2019 in the US and there is a Wikipedia page for him. Papers Past had an article in 1971 about streets in the area being named after athletes who were closely linked to the 1974 Commonwealth Games. There were ads in 1961 for houses in the subdivision that were being built by International Homes. There were a few death notices for the street but not much else on Papers Past. In 1967 it is mentioned that a new footbridge is to be built that is opposite Snell Place. This footbridge was badly damaged in the earthquakes and today I walked over the replacement footbridge.
I looked at street view for 2007 and it looked like a pleasant street with typical 1960s houses. There are obviously no houses here any longer as this street is in the red zone.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 