Scarlet Lane in Redwood – Named after scarlet, a variety of apple. Developed at 45 Tuckers Road on the site of an orchard and named after an old variety of apple once grown there. Originally to be named Robbies Lane after Robbie Deans, a Canterbury rugby player and coach, but the developer changed his mind. Named in 1999.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. The property at 45 Tuckers Rd was owned by W G Freeman and he inherited it from his father E Freeman. The property also grew vegetables and there were lots of ads on Papers Past. W G Freeman when he was younger had a lot of traffic offences. He died in July 1995 and it was after his death that the street was developed.
The 16 houses here were built in 2000 and there wasn’t a footpath on the street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 