Homersham Place in Burnside – First appears in street directories in 1993. Named after Brian Homersham (1915‐1983) and Contance Homersham née Pinwill (1918‐2016) founders of B. R. Homersham Ltd.
Additional information In 1975 the Hamershams purchased two hectares of land at 155 Roydvale Avenue to construct a purpose built factory for the business. The company, now known as Homersham Ltd, has its headquarters in Homersham Place opposite the location of the old factory. First appears in street directories in 1993. Further information – Homersham History
A reasonable amount of information from the new library website. The old website only had that it first appeared in street directories in 1993. They did manage to make a couple of spelling mistakes in the names.
In Brian Homersham’s obituary it mentions that he went Christchurch Boys High and then he was an apprenticeship to MED. He travelled to Britain in 1939 and he married Constance in England. The family trees on Ancestry are confusing as they say that he remarried in 1976 but didn’t mention him divorcing his first wife.
This street still has businesses here and weirdly the street sign points down the Untouched World carpark rather than the actual street. I had coffee with a friend at Untouched World last week and it seemed rude not to walk such a short street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 