Harrow Street in Phillipstown – formerly William Street. Named after Harrow, a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London. William Street first appears in street directories in 1896.Re-named Harrow Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom. Further information The Press, 2 September 1930, p 12 [This article lists Harrow Street as named by Redpath. This is incorrect as Harrow Street was named much earlier and is not mentioned in the 1909 article]
A small amount of information from the library website. On Papers Past as William Street there was just a few ads plus some death notices. The article in 1904 about the name change from William Street to Harrow Street stated that it was because of duplication of street names because of Sydenham, St Albans and Linwood amalgamating. Still lots of death notices as Harrow Street. The Aldwin family were mentioned a few times from 1920s through to 1940s.
There are still a few older houses on this street dating between 1905 to 1920. There is at least one house from every decade and several built in 1990s and 2000s. The older houses have been getting demolished and replaced by ugly modern houses. I got sidetracked on this street by a steampunk house and I especially loved the skeleton in the garden.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 