Steadman Rd in Broomfield – Named after Steadman Sarah Chisnall, née Wilson, (1823?- 1876)Steadman Chisnall was the wife of William Chisnall (1827-1876) who owned Russley Farm. Named in 1983 after residents objected to the proposed name of North Carmen Road for the section of Carmen Road between Yaldhurst Road and Masham Road. The name change was wanted because realignment meant there was little connection between northern and southern sections of the road.

A reasonable amount of information from library website and there are a couple of mistakes. The name of the farm when William Chisnall owned the farm was Hadleigh Farm after the town they came from in England. His wife’s name was Sarah Steadman Chisnall nee Wilson. I am not even sure that his farm was here as when it was for sale in 1867 it was described as being on Fendalton Rd. I searched Papers Past and Ancestry website plus heritage maps. The name that I found connected to Russley Farm was William Armstrong.

A map from 1962 only shows 2 or 3 houses on one side of the street and the Riccarton Racecourse on the other side. On this map the street was called Carmen Rd. There are now lots more houses mostly from 1970s and at least one is being used a a B&B. On the other side of the road there is Riccarton Park Golf Complex plus a retirement village is being built on what used to be Riccarton Racecourse land. It looks like it is going to be a huge retirement village. It is called Kevin Hickman Retirement Village.

The story of William Chisnall is interesting as he drowned in the Waimakariri River near Templar’s Island. He was only 49 years old and sadly his wife died a couple of months later. His son also William Chisnall ended up farming in Hinds. Many of the various family trees on the Ancestry website had lots of mistakes.

Rosella Street in Broomfield – First appears in street directories in 1964. A tiny amount of information from the library website. The street could be named after a parrot, a plant or a racehorse but couldn’t find information online. Papers Past only had a couple of entries. A death notice in 1963 and information about sewers to be connected in 1964.

The street runs between Masham Rd and Steadman Rd and there is the Rosella Reserve and playground at the Masham Rd end. Most houses were built in 1960s and the only thing that stood out for me was an interesting gate. Most houses were neat and tidy with nice gardens. There was one untidy place but the owner had obvious mobility issues.

Ben Nevis Drive in Broomfield – Named after Ben Nevis, a mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website.

Ben Nevis is actually the highest mountain in the UK and is a Munro. When I climbed Ben Nevis there was still snow on the top and I found a geocache at the top. The track up the mountain was really busy but most people didn’t go right to the top.

Most the houses on the street were built in 1980s and 1990s and built from brick. There is an entrance to Rosella Reserve on this street. My usual complaint about the lack of footpaths. One house had an interesting letterbox and pretentious garden ornaments. The street has an award plaque hanging from a lamp post for being most attractive street and gardens. The gardens didn’t really do a lot for me as they were mostly the style of immaculate lawns with hardly any flowers.

Coronado Place in Broomfield- nothing on library website which was surprising as the houses were all built in the 1960s. The houses were typical 1960s houses but there were a couple of really nice gardens. The street runs off Rosella Street and I was happy as the footpath was on both sides of the road. My best guess for the name of the street is that it was possibly named after a racehorse. On Papers Past I found several racehorses that included Coronado in their names.

Glenys Place in Broomfield- nothing on library website about this street. Suspect it is named after a person but couldn’t find any information online. Most houses were built in 1970s so I was surprised that there was a footpath on only one side of the street. The street runs off Rosella Street and nothing really stood out for me. A pleasant street with some nice gardens.

Maunsell St in Woolston – Named after Charles Thomas Maunsell (d.1859) Maunsell, an original subscriber of the Canterbury Association, bought Rural Section 14, 100 acres between Ferry

Road and Heathcote, and Rural Section 67, 50 acres in Heathcote, near Christchurch Quay. He arrived in Lyttelton on the Castle Eden in February 1851 and lived at what the Godleys called Singleton Lodge in Lyttelton. He became the first treasurer of the Canterbury Jockey Club. He returned to England and died in Limerick, Ireland, leaving money for the establishment of a Provincial Hospital. When this was built a ward was named after him. First mentioned in The Press in 1880 when land is advertised for sale there. First appears in street directories in 1892.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. There wasn’t any information on Papers Past about Charles Thomas Maunsell which surprised me. The ancestry website didn’t have much information about him either but the records say that he lived at Singleton House rather than Singleton Lodge. He actually returned home to Ireland rather than England. His father was Anglican Archdeacon for Limerick and Charles Thomas Maunsell died at his father’s house in Limerick. He was probably only 36 years old when he died as the various family trees say that he was born in 1823 but I couldn’t find the birth record. It is unlikely that he was married. His brother a few months after Charles died named his son after him.

Found the same ads for the sale of land in 1880. Not a lot of information on Papers Past but Mr Garland had a property on the street which he sols in 1914. The sewers were laid in 1930. Sewers were actually a big issue in Christchurch because of the city having been built on a swamp. Typhoid was a big problem in Christchurch. I was amused by an entry in 1929 about Mrs Terry having a hen that laid very big eggs. Lots of birth and death notices. The area was eventually industrial with a big industrial expansion in 1954.

I walked this street in the weekend and it runs from Garlands Rd and then becomes Cumnor Terrace. When the passenger trains were still running the Woolston Railway Station would have been at the Cumnor Terrace end. I wish that I could remember what the station looked like but it was in the 1960s and 1970s when I travelled on the school train. The street has a mixture of houses and businesses on it and the oldest house is from 1890 plus there are houses from 1905 and 1910. A few from 1940s and 1950s. There is a house called Bloomsbury that is on Heritage NZ list and it was hard to get a good view of it but it looked like it was a lovely house. A couple of the houses looked a bit rundown but most looked OK.

King Edward Terrace In Woolston- Named after King Edward VII (1841-1910).First appears in street directories in 1908. [In 1985, because of the Woolston Cut flood relief development, the council proposed that this street should disappear. This did not happen.]

A small amount of information from the library website.

A reasonable amount of information on Papers Past and flooding issues mentioned frequently. Lots of death notices but no birth notices. In 1920 there were complaints about the new tip on the corner of King Edward Terrace and Bamford St because of the smell from the nightsoil being dumped. The company G L Bowron was frequently mentioned. Lots of ads for workers plus a big fire fire in 1953. The saddest entry that I found was from 1920 when the founder of G L Bowron committed suicide. He was only 33 years old and financially well off. He left two letters behind and one was to his father and the other to a young woman.

I ended up looking at old maps of Christchurch to confirm that this street used to be a much bigger street. I looked at maps from 1911 to 1955 and this street ran from Rutherford St / Garlands Rd by the bridge and followed the river to Ferry Rd. The street is now much shorter and runs from Atom Lane to Bamford St. The part between the bridge and Atom Lane is now part of Rutherford St. There is a walkway following the river from Bamford St end to Long St. The part of King Edward Terrace near Ferry Rd was added to Long St.

Papers Past only goes up to 1971 and the changes to the street would have happened in the 1980s because of the Woolston Cut. It is now a tiny street with the river on one side a few businesses on the other side. Caddyshack is on this street. I was geocaching here yesterday on the walkway and I was overdressed for the unexpected warmth of day.

Atom Lane in Woolston – Named because of its proximity to Rutherford Street. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) was a scientist who is widely credited with first “splitting the atom” in 1917. First appears in street directories in 1987.

A small amount of information from the library website and I honestly wasn’t expecting any information on their website as this lane just looks like a driveway to a couple of businesses. Nothing that I can add about the name of the lane and nothing on Papers Past as that only goes up to 1971.

Tanner Street in Woolston – formerly Scott Street and Station Street. Named because of the street’s proximity to the Woolston Tanneries. OR Named after William Wilcox Tanner (1851-1938). Scott Street, or alternatively Station Street, first appears in street directories in 1896. The only resident is William P. McNeil, the railway station master. By 1900 it leads to the Woolston Railway Station and is named Scott Street only. Re-named Tanner Street in 1922. Tanner, a boot maker, was on the Woolston Borough Council 1893-1900 and also the member of parliament for Heathcote and Avon 1890-1908.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. There were so many Station Streets and Scott Streets on Papers Past that it was impossible to get information on this one. Changing the name from Scott St to Tanner St was mentioned in 1922 and 1924. It was changed because of duplicate street names. One of the articles included a very long winded and confusing sentence about streets names in Woolston. This sentence convinced me that the street was named after William Wilcox Tanner. I thought briefly that the street might have been named after Rev William Tanner who was a minister at a church on Ferry Rd. Both of them died in 1938.

In 1930s it was mostly birth and death notices. In 1940 the town planning said that this area was to be a heavy industrial area. Most entries after this date relate to businesses.

This tiny street runs from Garlands Rd to Curries Rd. The valuation website said that there were only 7 properties here with one built in 1900 and rest in 1940s. The house from 1900 is in reasonable condition. I double checked google maps as I remembered seeing a block of apartments. The block of 12 apartments are on Tanner St but not included in the valuation website which is unusual. There are also several businesses on this street plus it runs along the back of The Tannery. I had been geocaching in the area yesterday and it was much warmer than I expected.

Meadow Street in Papanui – Named after The Meadows, a property belonging to Alfred Edward Tutton (1856- 1910). Tutton was a butcher. The Meadows was subdivided and sold by auction in 1908 and Meadow Street formed. First appears in street directories in 1911.

A small amount of information from the library website. Lots of information on Papers Past and it was mostly birth and death notices. The ad about the subdivision said that there was a total of 31 sections for sale. There were several Meadow Streets throughout the country including Kaiapoi. There were also several properties called The Meadows in Canterbury. In 1963 the Meadow Park Camping Ground was mentioned and this is likely to be now the Top 10 Holiday Park that is at the end of the street. The obituary for Alfred Edward Tutton dated 31st December said that he was born 1854 but he was actually born 1856. He was born in Biddisham in Somerset and came to NZ in 1876 in the ship Border Chief. He started his butchery in Papanui soon after arriving in NZ. He had several properties including Bramdean in Amberley where he died. He was only 54 when he died. The family trees on ancestry website didn’t have much information.

For a small street there are a lot of houses but most are multi dwellings. There is one house from 1910 but it didn’t really stand out as an older houses. There are houses from every decade but most are from 1970s and 1990s. There is a block of houses built this year. Looked like a pleasant street but I imagine the street could get busy with campervans and holiday makers with the Top 10 at the end of the street. I did find the geocache that I was looking for today.