Bennett Street in St Albans – formerly Bennett’s Street. Named after Thomas Bennett Tomes (1821?- 1875). Tomes, a grazier, bought Rural Section 276, 50 acres in Papanui Road. Bennett’s Street first appears in street directories in 1892. Becomes Bennett Street in 1918.
A small amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find anything to show that the street was ever called Bennett’s Street.
I did found a couple of entries as Bennett’s Street in 1923 and 1930. Papers Past had entries between 1882 and 1900 for sections for sale for Bennett Street. The sections were a subdivision for the Tomes Brothers in an area known as Scottston. In 1906 there were plans for extrending Bennett Street. There were several birth and death notices. In the 1950s and 1960s there were entries for the best garden competitions.
There were several houses built between 1910 and 1920 and they were all between Tomes Rd and Paparoa Street. The houses built between 1970 and 1990 were between Tomes Rd and Mays Rd. There were a couple of rebuilds amongst the houses.
A pleasant street that I walked on Tuesday afternoon. Some of the older houses were really lovely. Because I walked this street at the end of the school day there were lots of cars parked on the street plus I had to worry about cyclists speeding on the footpath.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 