Mabel Crescent in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Mabel is the name of two of the previous owners – Mabel Kearns (1930’s) and Nyra Mavel Symes (1980’s). First obvious mistake is that they have spelt Mabel incorrectly as Mavel. If Nyra Mabel Symes owned this land she had never lived there as she lived on Cashmere Rd including during the 1980s. There was a Margaret Patricia Symes who did live in this area. I had checked Ancestry and Papers Past. Personally I think that Mabel Kearns is the best reason for the name of the street.
There are a few houses built in 2023 and 2024 but also lots of empty sections. There is a footpath on both sides of the street which I like. No photos as nothing stood out for me.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 