Cross Street in Heathcote/ Ferrymead and this street no longer exists. It is named on a map from 1930 but maps previous to that showed it but with no name. It was mentioned in Papers Past in 1933 as keeping the name Cross Street. I have checked old maps to compare with modern maps and it was possibly where the old Ferrymead House / Ferrymead Hotel stood. There used to be another house next to it but it was demolished several decades ago because of borer in the timber that the house was built from. Apart from ads for the Ferrymead Hotel there wasn’t much information on Papers Past. In the 1860s a Stephen Curtis ran the hotel and his nickname was Yankee Doodle Curtis. There have been a few owners over the years and one had a massive dispute with the Tramway Historical Society. I thought that I had taken a photo when I was walking in the area a few days ago but obviously hadn’t so it is a screenshot from street view. I think that there might have been someone working on the property and I try to avoid taking photos of people. There is a lot of information online about Ferrymead House / Ferrymead Hotel which has a Bridle Path Road address. If anyone has better maps for this area to show if I am correct or incorrect about Cross Street I would love to see the maps.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 