Carrington Street in St Albans – Named after the Very Reverend Charles Walter Carrington (1859- 1941). Carrington was the dean of Christchurch Cathedral 1913- 1927. One of three streets named in 1923 and formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Sales of land were made for “increased revenue for Diocesan purposes”. First appears in street directories in 1924.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street.
Not a lot of information in Papers Past and it was mostly birth and death notices. Between 1923 and 1926 there were ads for the sale of sections. In 1925 Mr W Newman was mentioned as erecting houses in the street. Might explain why the houses all looked very similar. In 1927 and 1928 the Carrington Street Sunday School were meeting in a private home belonging to Mr and Mrs Bishop. In the 1960s and 1970s there were mostly entries about the best street competitions.
It was a pleasant street and apart from a couple of houses built in the 1970s the houses were built in the 1920s. They also had nice gardens.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 
Carrington Street was a bus route in the 60’s – 70’s but not my part of town. Carrington is a residential building at College House, new and old site, named after said Dean. Must have been a wonderful chap as he started out as an engineer 😉
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