Bellamy Ave in the suburb of New Brighton, Christchurch

Bellamy Ave in New Brighton – Fox Street was incorporated into Bellamy Avenue. Named after William Henry Bellamy (1858- 1923). Bellamy was a coachbuilder with Messrs Boon & Company. He served on the New Brighton Borough Council as a councillor over a period of 21 years. He also served as mayor. “He was responsible for the success of the negotiations which ended in the purchase of necessary land connecting Estuary Road with Fox Street, and the Council decided to name the road “Bellamy Avenue” in his honour”. Fox Street first appears in street directories in 1936, running off Pine Avenue. It was incorporated into Bellamy Avenue in 1954

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Reasonable amount of information from Papers Past and there were several Fox Streets in New Zealand. William Bellamy’s obituary in 1923 mentioned Bellamy Ave being named after him. I found Fox St mentioned as early as 1892. Several mentions between 1916 and 1918 about extension to Fox St. Fox St was on a map from 1922 but not Bellamy Ave. There was an opening ceremony in 1923 at McClinlock’s Store on Estuary Rd. In 1926 Mr D McClinlock asked for permission to erect a petrol bowser at his store. Permission was granted. In 1954 there was a tiny entry saying that Fox St was changed to Bellamy Ave as the two streets were practically continuous. There was an article in 1922 about New Brighton which said that Fox St was one of the earliest streets in New Brighton.

I wasn’t sure if I liked this street or not. The houses here date from 1920s to 1990s but the one that I really liked is from the 1940s. I am assuming that it has been altered as it definitely isn’t a typical style from the 1940s. There was also a cute cottage that I liked. There is a very definite kink in the street here and it is obvious it was originally two different streets.