Storr Close in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Storr Close in Halswell and the street is too new for the library website or google maps street view. Reasonable amount of information from the council website. Edmund Storr Halswell (1790 – 1874), born Edmund Storr Haswell, was an English barrister. He came to New Zealand on behalf of the New Zealand Company and lived here from March 1841 to April 1845. He held some official positions, including Commissioner of Native Reserves and judge. After he had returned to England, he became a member of the Canterbury Association and was one of just two people in England at the time who had actually seen the Canterbury Plains. Some landmarks are named after him, including the Christchurch suburb of Halswell and Point Halswell in Wellington Harbour.

There is also a Edmund Storr Road in Halswell and I will have to walk this street fairly soon. Edmund Storr Halswell might have visite Canterbury but he lived in Wellington during his very brief stay in New Zealand. There is a Wikipedia page about him.

The houses on this street were built in 2023 and 2024 and they are still being built. I was surprised to see that the footpath was on both sides of the street as many recent subdivisions have only put a footpath on one side of street. I will probably come back to walk this street again once the subdivision has been finished. My reason is that I want to know what is going to happen to a narrow strip of land at the end of the street. The narrow strip of land goes from this street to Sparks Rd and I am wondering if it is going to form a reserve or a walkway. Managed to get a street view look at the strip of land from Sparks Rd. If my memory is correct there used to be a lovely brick wall and entrance way to a property here before the subdivision.

Edited as I found that a Walter and Charlotte Storr lived here from about 1968 to 1990. Sadly Walter died in 1968 and he was a gardener. Charlotte applied to build a dwelling on the property in December 1968 which was only a couple of months after her husband died. The property was 5 acres of land. Personally I would prefer the street to be named after Charlotte Storr rather than Edmund Storr Halswell.