Belfield Street in the suburb of Dallington, Christchurch

Belfield St in Dallington – Probably named after Belfield in Dublin, Ireland. First appears in street directories in 1955.

A tiny amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. There wasn’t much information on Papers Past apart from a few death notices. I was surprised that I couldn’t find any ads for selling houses. In 1955 the kerbing and channelling was being done on the street. In 1969 the street was extended to Strathfield Ave which explains the 4 or 5 houses dating from 1960s and 1970s. The rest of the houses are from the 1950s. There is new social housing being built on the street and 3 houses are going onto a site that used to have only one house. There is another block of about 3 or 4 houses that are fairly new and also social housing. Some houses look a bit rundown on the street but a couple were in really good condition and I quite liked them.