Drake St in New Brighton – Named after Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596). This name continues the theme of naming streets in New Brighton after British Admirals, explorers and fighting seafarers. Named on 26 February 1964. First appears in street directories in 1966. Date of naming supplied in 2000 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer for Christchurch City Council.
A small amount of information from the library website. Mostly just death notices on Papers Past. When looking at Papers Past I found lots of entries for Drake St going back as far as 1914 so checked old maps and I couldn’t find a Drake St plus Papers Past said that it ran off Estuary Rd. I checked information on library website for the nearby streets and found that Falcon St used to be named Drake St.
This street has only been in existence since 1960s but there are at least two houses that date from 1920s. The street was probably built around the original houses.
The street looks fairly rundown but one house looked looked fairly modern.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 