Mathias Street in St Albans – Named after Archdeacon Octavius Mathias (1805-1864). Mathias was the vicar of Christchurch and the commissary of Bishop Selwyn. Formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Described as a “new” street in The Press in 1926 when the Church Property Trustees advertises sections for sale in their St Albans West subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1938.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Interesting that the library website calls him the vicar of Christchurch. Articles on Papers Past give him the title of Archdeacon of Akaroa. Previously he was Rector of Canterbury. He was living at Willow Lodge in Riccarton when he died aged 59.
Not a huge amount of information on Papers Past plus there was a street with the same name in Darfield. In 1926 there were several ads for the Church Property subdivision sections. There were still ads for the sale of sections in the 1930s plus mention of best garden awards. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s it was mostly best garden awards mentioned. A few death notices.
Most of the houses on this short street were built in 1930 and there was a house that was supposed to have been built in 2023 but it is probably a 1930s house that has been modernised. This was a pleasant tree lined street with some lovely houses.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 