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Kingsbridge Drive and Kingsbridge West in Burwood – Named after the King family who farmed on Travis Road, Burwood. King family members were George Robson King (1868-1945), his wife, Mary Ann “Polly” King, née Stevens, (1874-1958) and their daughter, Alice Maud Mary “Maudie” King (1899-1974). For many years, people passing by on the tram to …

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Rebecca Ave in Burwood – formerly Rebecca Lane. Named after Rebecca Brooker, née Jenner, (1819- 1887). Rebecca Brooker was a missionary nurse in the North Island and wife of Stephen. She was also a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. Rebecca Lane first appears in street directories in 1995. Becomes Rebecca Avenue post-1997. A small …

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Brooker Ave in Burwood- Named after the Brooker family, early settlers in New Brighton. There is a bronze plaque set on a large rock at the entrance to the Brooker Reserve in Brooker Avenue commemorating the family. Stephen Brooker (1819- 1899) supposedly gave New Brighton its name. He was a hansom cabdriver in Christchurch. First …

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Istana Place in Burwood – Named in 1997. That was a tiny amount of information from the library website. Found a council / community board entry from 1997 which said 20 sections approved for the cul de sac and applicants submitted name of Istana Place which was accepted. The entry was very brief and no …

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Corserland St in Burwood – Named after Edmund Norcross Corser (1840- 1901). Corser, a farmer, owned large tracts of land some distance east of Bassett Street. Formed post-1997. Information supplied in 2007 by Marie Corser in an interview with Margaret Harper.Norcross St in Burwood- Named after Edmund Norcross Corser (1840- 1901). Corser farmed on the …

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Flaxon Place in Burwood- Named because of an association of the name with swamps or wetlands. A subdivision developed off Kingsbridge Drive by Enterprise Homes on the opposite side of Travis Road to the Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park. Flaxon Fells was the first name suggested. Named in 2006.A small amount of information from the …

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Azure Place in Burwood- Named in 1999. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find anymore information about this street. It is now in the red zone and looks like there were only about 6 houses here. There was a news article about a man being being arrested in 2013 for …

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Convoy St in New Brighton- Formerly Waverley Street. Named after “Waverley” a novel written by Sir Walter Scott. Re-named Convoy Street. A convoy is a group of vehicles (of any type, but usually motor vehicles or ships) travelling together for mutual support. Waverley Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1897 when a petition …

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Stening Place in Burwood – Named in 1996.The library website entry was extremely brief. I couldn’t find out how this street got it’s name. I found several people with the surname Stening but none that lived in this area. The name that came up most frequently in Papers Past was George Stening but he lived …

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Belair Close in Burwood – Named after Belinda Blair. Kevin and Judy Blair bought a horse paddock off New Brighton Road for their daughter’s horse in the early 1980s and later subdivided the land. Judy Blair was a well known netball coach in the late 1960s and her daughter, Belinda, became a Silver Fern netball …

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