Arncliff Street in Bexley Red Zone – Formerly Alexandra Street. Named after HM Queen Alexandra (1844- 1925), consort of King Edward VII. Re-named Arncliff Street. Probably named after Arncliffe in North Yorkshire, England. Alexandra Street first appears in street directories in 1914. Re-named Arncliff Terrace in 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of the Heathcote County Council.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website but there is a mistake as the street wasn’t renamed Arncliff Terrace but was renamed Arncliff Street. The information on Papers Past from the Heathcote County Council very clearly states the name change as being Arncliff St and it was to avoid duplication. There was already an Alexandra Street in Richmond. Most entries on Papers Past were for the Alexandra St in Richmond but did find a couple of death notices for this Alexandra St. Possibly a dairy farm here as there were ads for cows in the 1930s. There was a poultry farm called Raecliff Poultry Farm on this street but the ads stop in the mid 1950s. Sewage was connected in 1963 and in 1966 there were ads for tenders for work on kerbing, channels and footpaths.
Several sections available in 1955 and I wondered if this was connected to the poultry farm no longer advertising in the same year. The year 1971 saw several ads for new homes and sections.
Street view for 2007 showed a variety of houses that looked liked they covered most decades. Street view for 2012 showed a road that was a huge mess with liquefaction and many houses had already been demolished. When I walked the street on Boxing Day it was very wet and flooded in some parts.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 