Hewers Lane in Kennedys Bush – Named in recognition of the quarry workers known as the “hewers” New subdivision at 685 Cashmere Road (Halswell end). Named in 2016.
A small amount of information from the new streets of Christchurch library website. It isn’t on the old website. I was surprised that it was on the new website as streets in a nearby subdivision aren’t on the website. I was expecting this street to have been named after a person so I was pleasantly surprised by the reason for the name.
The lane was longer than expected and I didn’t walk the full length as there wasn’t a footpath. It also felt like you are walking too close to the houses. The houses here were built between 2018 and 2023 and there seemed to be some sections still available. The houses were ugly modern houses.
I don’t know why all the streets in this subdivision are in the suburb Kennedys Bush as all the surrounding streets are in Halswell. Kennedys Bush is the next valley over from this valley.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 