Stiles Place in Burwood Red Zone – Named after Cyril Alec (Bob) Stiles (1904-1985). Stiles was one of New Zealand’s first Olympic rowing medallists. Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966.
A small amount of information from the library website. The Wikipedia page for Cyril Alec Stiles is very brief with very little information. His obituary said that he was a boat builder and instrumental in the forming of Kerrs Reach.
In Papers Past it was mostly ads and a few death notices. There were 16 sections for sale between 1968 and 1970.
When I walked this street today I hadn’t realised that it was a separate street to Arnst Place and only realised when I looked at the map. There is no longer street view on google maps for what red zoned streets looked like before the earthquakes.
My photo was taken from Arnst Place and Stiles Place is off to the right of the photo.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 