Rubens Place in Burnside – Named after Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577- 1640) Rubens was a Flemish painter. First appears in street directories in 1987.

A tiny amount of information from the library website. Street too new for me to find any information on Papers Past. The street runs off Grahams Rd and is a pleasant tree lined street. There is a walkway that leads to another walkway. The second walkway lead to what looked like a large park but sign said Burnside High School. Most houses here built in the 1980s and most were built from brick. I will always remember this street as the one where a local woman had been playing badminton and had lost her shuttlecock in a tree. Her neighbours were very helpful and she eventually retrieved the shuttlecock with the help of a neighbour’s ute. They were all very friendly and didn’t mind me standing there laughing. Told them that it had made my day.

Parkham Drive in Burnside – Named after Douglas McIntyre Park (1888?-1968)Park was in business with Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991). They ran a vegetable market in Bedford Row. First appears in street directories in 1980. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock and niece of Mabel Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper.

A small amount of information from the library website and my personal view is that it is totally wrong.

Parkham is a place name in the UK and in the same area as Arlington and Ilfracombe which are also nearby street names. Douglas McIntyre Park was born in Palmerston North and moved to Christchurch in 1917 which was the same year of his marriage. He went to work as an auctioneer for a company called A E Brown and Co who were on Lichfield St. The company dealt in fruit and vegetables as an auction company. By 1927 Douglas had his own auction company known as Park, Davis and Company and this was based on the corner of Lichfield St and Bedford Row. In 1930 Douglas M Park was a close neighbour of Annie Witbrock in Stratford St. Mabel Witbrock possibly grew fruit and vegetables to sell at auction but I could only find her selling sheep at auction and is described in the electoral rolls as a farmer.

I was very busy on Papers Past and the ancestry website. This street runs off Witbrock Crescent and most houses were built in the 1990s. There is one house on the corner of Parkham Drive and Witbrock Crescent built in 1970. The street has a walkway and reserve that takes you to Grahams Rd. As usual there is a footpath on only one side of the street but it did look like a lovely street with the houses being a variety of designs. I suspect the they would all be well above my budget.

San Rafael Place in Burnside – Named after San Rafael, a cul-desac in Los Angeles.Formed on land previously owned by Annette Flay, a daughter of Professor Flay. Peter Foster visited a magnificent cul-de-sac in Los Angeles named San Rafael and named the street

after this. He felt it also seemed to go with other nearby street names, Rubens Place and Rembrandt Place. First appears in street directories in 1993. Information supplied in 2009 by Peter Foster.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I can’t find any record of Annette Flay being registered on the electoral roll in New Zealand. There are a few entries in Papers Past which set me looking up the CGHS magazines that I have. Annette started at CGHS the year after my sister started there but she would have left before I started there. I suspect that she left NZ for the UK and never returned. She possibly married in the UK in 1977.

This street runs off Ambleside Drive and is another tree lined pleasant street. My usual complaint about the lack of of proper footpath. All houses here were built in the 1980s and one house really intrigued me. The house itself didn’t really stand out but it had a strange 3D triangle shaped window. One house I liked was also built in 1980 but in an older style.

Thurlestone Place in Burnside and nothing on library website. The houses here were built in the 1980s so I am surprised that there is no mention on the library website. There is one house built in 1950s and my best guess is that the land attached to this house was developed. I couldn’t see the older house as it was down a long curved driveway. The street was developed between 107 and 117 Grahams Rd. There is a tiny reserve at the end of the street next to the driveway for the older house. My usual complaint about only half the street having a footpath. Some nice houses here but beyond my budget. I am always amused when I see mock Tudor houses. Thurlestone is a place in Devon in the UK.

Witbrock Crescent in Burnside – Named after Annie Elizabeth Witbrock, née Ell, (1868-1947).Annie Witbrock is listed in street directories from 1939 living at 184 Burnside Road (later

Memorial Avenue). This was near Grahams Road. [Her daughter, Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991), sold the 22 hectare property for $1.2 million to City Realties Ltd in 1989. It was one of the last original family properties left in the area and was particularly noteworthy because a raised section running across the land was an old bank of the Waimakariri River.] Witbrock Crescent first appears in street directories in 1977. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock and niece of Mabel Winifred Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I personally don’t think that this street was included in the block of land sold in 1889 as most houses were built in the 1970s. My gut feeling is that Grangewood Lane and the area around that street is where the land that was sold in 1989 was situated as the houses there were built in the 1990s.

Only 29 properties here and they all have a different design. A couple really stood out for me but not sure that I actually liked them. Nothing on Papers Past for this street. It is a pleasant tree lined street but I suggest that you watch very carefully where you walk as the tree roots have badly damaged the footpath in places. When walking along Arlington St becomes Witbrock Crescent and the road is very narrow at this part. There is a wee reserve here and I went back today to check it out as I totally missed it yesterday. It is a tiny reserve and not obvious and I noticed it when checking google maps.

Grangewood Lane in Burnside – Formed on the driveway once leading to the homestead owned by Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991). This house was moved to Old Tai Tapu Road.

Developed about 1990. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper.

A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out online anything about the original house and would love to know if it was called Grangewood and where in Tai Tapu the house is. Apart from one house built in 2017 the rest were built in 1990s. No footpath but the houses are lovely. One house I really liked but well beyond my budget.

Pulford Place in Ilam – Named after Douglas Alan Pulford (1918- 1990). Pulford was a stock agent. One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. superannuation fund. First appears in street directories in 1968. [This was developed later than other streets in the PGG subdivision.]Information supplied in 2008 by Maurice Carter (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper.

A small amount of information from the library website. All houses were built in 1960s and they were either typical Maurice Carter style or had a double garage in front with the house on top. This tree lined street runs off Powell Crescent and nothing stood out for me. Looked like a pleasant street.

Powell Cresent in Ilam – Named after Robert Frederick James Powell (1902- 1976). Powell was head auctioneer, then inspector, for Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the PGG superannuation fund. Named Wavell Street in 1961 by the Waimairi County Council but this name was never used. Powell Crescent first appears in street directories in 1966.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Papers Past mostly only had ads for sections and houses for sale. Most houses were built in the 1960s and are made of brick. Some were made from something called Roman brick. I had to google it and the modern Roman brick is longer than the normal brick. Many of the houses had a double garage in front with the house on top. The subdivision was called Glenburn subdivision. A pleasant tree lined street and one house stood out because of the shape. I can’t think of a way to describe it.

Bullock Place in Ilam – One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the PGG superannuation fund. First appears in street directories in 1966. Information supplied in 2008 by Maurice Carter (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper. CH357/50 Waimairi County Council minutes book, 1961, p 403, held at Christchurch City Council archives.

A small amount of information from the library and I would seriously love a look at the council archives. Only 8 properties on this tiny street and most built in 1960s. I was actually surprised there was that many houses but then realised that at least three of them are on back sections. Only two entries on Papers Past and one was a death notice and the other was an engagement notice. I was actually walking Grahams Rd and was walking past Bullock Reserve and took a short detour to walk this tiny street. One of the houses has a craft and gift shop but I didn’t visit. Another tree lined street with houses built built by Maurice Carter. He was a busy man. The street is probably named after someone and I have narrowed down to two men. Either Garnet Bullock who died suddenly in 1962 or Thomas Arthur Bullock who died in 1972. One was an accountant and the other was a salesman.

Hartford Street in Burnside and nothing on library website. Another street from this area that isn’t mentioned on the library website. The houses date from 1960s and 1970s and this street was part of the Sunnyridge subdivision. The company Sunnyridge Ltd gave clients a variety of plans to choose from so there is a bit of variety with house styles. I couldn’t find out who was the owner of the company and I searched Papers Past and the Companies Office. The Sunnyridge subdivision covered a huge chunk of land in this area and almost overlapped Memorial Ave subdivision.

Not a lot on Papers Past apart from lots of ads for the selling of sections. Most the ads gave Fendalton as the suburb. In 1967 the ads were mostly for ownership flats which were a big thing in 1960s and 1970s. The street runs from Arlington St to Kendal Ave and is a pleasant tree lined street. There was at least one plum tree among these trees. The street will be named after a place in the UK and there were two to choose from.