The suburb of Somerfield

I have now walked all the streets in the suburb of Somerfield so I thought that I would check out the name of the suburb. It is named after Somerfield Farm. Edward Brenchley Bishop who came out to New Zealand on the Charlotte Jane was born at Somerfield House in Maidstone in Kent. He came to New Zealand with his siblings including Frederick Augustus Bishop. They purchased the land in this area and called it Somerfield Farm. Edward Brenchley Bishop was an early mayor of Christchurch. It doesn’t look like Edward ever married and he died in April 1887 aged 75. He is buried at the Barbadoes St cemetery. Edward and his brother Frederick were described as yeoman in census records. Edward was living with his brother Frederick in Cranmer Square before he died. Sounds like they both owned the property here. Frederick was described as a storekeeper or wine merchant in his later years. The brothers owned several plots of land. Yes there is a connection to Brenchley Rd in Lyttelton and the library website says that Brenchley Rd is named after Susannah Alport’s mother. Susannah’s maiden name was Bishop and she is Edward and Frederick’s sister. Their mother was Mary Ann Bishop nee Brenchley.