Viscount Place in the red zone in Burwood – Named after the Viscount, a type of aeroplane. The name continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1972.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. Looking at street view from 2007 the houses looked typical 1970s style. There was a house on the corner of Viscount Place and Kingsford St that had a lovely garden. I liked the house as well but it has obviously been demolished along with the rest of the houses.

Tasman Place in the red zone in Burwood – The name commemorates the first trans Tasman flight from Sydney to Christchurch on 10 September 1928. Continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1968.

A small amount of information from the library website and I can’t add anything more about the name. Looking at street view from 2007 the houses look like typical 1960s houses and none were particularly outstanding. This street is different as there is still a house that is occupied but the rest have been demolished. I am not sure what facilities they have in their house and I personally wouldn’t feel safe as there are too many idiots roaming the red zone at night. This person has a Lyttelton connection and knows half my family.

Edited as there have been two articles in the Press in January 2024 about the person who was living in this street. Sadly the headline was lonely death in the red zone as her body was found weeks after she had died. I had met her at least twice and the first time was when I was geocaching in the area.

Moncrieff Place in the red zone in Burwood – Named after Lieutenant John Robert Moncrieff. Moncrieff and Captain George Hood went missing on 10 January 1928 during the first attempt to cross the Tasman Sea by air in a Ryan Brougham aircraft. Continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. Named in 2004.

A small amount of information from the library website. John Robert Moncrieff was born in Lerwick, Shetland Islands in 1894 and he trained at Wigram. I am really surprised that Wigram hadn’t already used this name for a street. The plane they were flying they had named Aotearoa. Looking at street view for 2007 the houses are huge and very new looking. There was a walkway through to the Horseshoe Lake Reserve from this street and it looked like a really nice street. Sadly it was the street’s position so close to the reserve that meant the land was subject to liquefaction after the earthquakes. Obviously there are no longer any houses here.

Mascot Place in the red zone of Burwood – Named after the area of farmland chosen in 1920 to be the site of Sydney Airport. At the end of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s great pioneer flights, thousands of people would flock to what was then called the aerodrome to greet him. Named to continue the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1968.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Street view from 2007 show typical houses from 1960s and they have obviously all now been demolished. Looks like they possibly had a community hub on this street for the people of the area after the earthquakes. The street ran off Queensbury St.

Goodman Street in the red zone in Burwood – Formerly Albert Street. Named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819- 1861), the husband of Queen Victoria. Re-named Clonmel Street. Named after Clonmel, a town in Tipperary, Ireland. Re-named Goodman Street. Named after Leonard Oswald Goodman (1912- 1956). Formerly Albert Street. One of three streets named after members of Queen Victoria’s family. Re-named Clonmel Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933. Re-named Goodman Street in June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were renamed. Goodman was a market gardener who subdivided a property in this area. His father, Albert Edward Goodman (1875-1922), also a market gardener, had previously owned the land. Goodman Street was extended in 1967.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. The electoral rolls actually have Albert Edward Goodman as a carter or contractor. Amused by the mistakes in some of the family trees on ancestry website. It would be interesting to know what prompted the town planners to name the streets after the royal family. I haven’t found anything special happening except for Prince Alfred visiting New Zealand in 1869.The street was renamed Clonmel St in 1933 at the request of the residents but in 1948 it was renamed Goodman St. A lot of streets were renamed in 1948. There were only about 2 or 3 families living on this street until the Goodman property was subdivided in the 1950s. Len Goodman was born in Christchurch in 1912 and died in October 1956 aged 44. He subdivided his property in the same year before he died. His wife was Velia Reaby and there is a street named after her family nearby. Len’s father Albert Edward Goodman was born in Christchurch in December 1874 and he died in October 1922 aged 47. His mother died the same year. Their genetics are not looking good and I thought mine was bad enough. Albert Edward Goodman lived at 46 Queen’s St later 46 Queensbury St. Albert’s father George Goodman was born in Essex in 1844 and he came out to New Zealand with his wife Emily in 1874 on the ship Northampton. Just realised that Emily must have been pregnant on the journey to New Zealand. George Goodman lived in Sydenham and was a gardener and he was 71 when he died. There was another business on this street and there were a huge number of ads for this business on Papers Past. The business was sometimes called The Vineries and occasionally called French Farm. It was owned by John French until his death in 1939. In 1941 Anne French put a notice in The Press thanking her customers for their kindnesses and custom and that she had sold her home and business. During 1931 and 1932 they allowed scout groups to camp on the property. In the 1940s F Aitkinson owned the business but in 1953 the property was for sale and owned by Ballins Breweries NZ Ltd. The business was at 28 Goodman St and the house and glasshouses included in the sale. Sounds like whoever purchased the property subdivided it for housing. There are no longer any houses here as they have been demolished but looking at street view for 2007 there were a couple of really nice houses here but most were typical 1950s and 1960s style.

Broomfield Terrace in Burwood – Formerly Bone’s Road. Named after the Bone family. Re-named Broomfield Terrace. The name has no significance. Bones Road first appears in street directories in 1909. Esther Mary Bone, Clara Charlotte Bone and Minnie Mary Bone are the only residents. Re-named Broomfield Terrace by the Waimairi County Council on 27 March 1935 at the request of 44 local residents. It was stated in their petition that only two persons had ever lived in the street and “while “Bones” was a good surname, it was not a happy choice for the name of a road”. [A 1929 request to change the name to Willow Ridge had been refused.]

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. The earliest mention of Bone Road that I could find in Papers Past was a brief mention in 1896. Most entries are in the 1930s when there was the petition to change the name. The petition was forwarded by J Liggins and it said that he couldn’t give a reason for why the name Broomfield was requested by the residents. Apparently out of the 44 people who signed the petition only two actually lived on the street. I couldn’t find anyone with the surname Broomfield living in the area but it was a common surname in North Canterbury where there is now a district called Broomfield. It is also a place name in the US. Several city in the UK have suburbs with this name. I searched various ancestry records for the Bone family but couldn’t find out much about them and the surname is more common than you realise. George and Charlotte Bone had a farm here and they possibly came to New Zealand in late 1874 or early 1875 on the ship called Rakaia. George and Charlotte were married in June 1860 and possibly had three children when they came out to NZ. The others were born in Christchurch. Charlotte died in 1906 but I can’t find a grave for her. I couldn’t find out when George died and there were at least two other men with that name in Christchurch. By 1919 the three daughters were living at the property by themselves and by the 1930s onwards they were living in Stanmore Rd. I can’t find cemetery records for any of them which is really strange.

This street runs from Kingsford St and this end is in the red zone. Then there is Burwood Park on one side and then a few houses until you get to Lake Terrace Rd. No houses on the other side and it is all Horseshoe Lake Reserve. There were a few houses on this side before the earthquakes but they were looking fairly rundown with flooding issues.

Alice St in the red zone in Burwood – Named after HRH Princess Alice (1843-1878). One of three streets named after Queen Victoria’s family. Princess Alice was a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. First mentioned in The Press in 1923. First appears in street directories in 1924.

A small amount of information from the library website. Most entries on Papers Past were in the 1950s and street improvements and drainage were mentioned. There was a big hail storm in February 1956 and the market gardens in this area were badly damaged. At 11 Alice St at the property of W E Weld 7000 asters and 3000 zinnias were damaged. Until the 1950s there seemed to be only to properties on the street. There was an interesting report from a councillor in 1959 about new housing areas being a future trouble spot because of the ground conditions. The Windsor block being the worst. The land being unsuitable for subdivisions because of the ground soaking of sullage and not suitable for septic tanks. I had to google sullage and it is another word for grey water. There were many complaints about sewerage and sullage flooding gardens. The street runs from Queensbury St to Kingsford St and all houses have now been demolished.

Monarch Lane in red zone in Burwood – Developed at 115 Kingsford Street. Named in 1999. The residents on an existing right of way at 115 Kingsford Street have been experiencing problems with visitors locating their properties and mail delivery, and have requested that the Council approve a name for their right of way.

A small amount of information from the library and a council report. As this private lane ran off Kingsford St the most likely reason for the name is aviation related. The other possible reason is royalty related because of the original suburb name of Windsor. When walking along Kingsford St I almost missed this lane as there is very little evidence that there used to be houses here.

Tompkins Lane in Burwood – Named after John Tompkins (1788?-1878). Tompkins, a tinplate worker, arrived on the Clontarf in 1858. He bought Rural Section 3099, 20 acres on the Horse-shoe Lagoon. In the 1873-1874 electoral roll his name is spelt Thompkins. Developed by Thornton Estates (2002) Ltd and formed at 148 Broomfield Terrace. Named in 2003.

A small amount of information from the library website. There are three houses dating from 1965 here plus one dating from 1950 and the rest are from 2000 onwards. My best guess is that the older houses are the original ones and were left standing when the street was developed. I searched Papers Past and ancestry website for the Tompkins/ Thompkins family. Both spellings were used for the family and I was amused to see that they had two entries in the electoral roll in 1865 under the two different spellings. The shipping records use the Thompkins name but the gravestones have the Tompkins spelling. John came out in 1859 on the Contarf with his wife Elizabeth and they were both in their 70s. They were married in Bristol in 1815 and they both died in Christchurch in1878 aged 90 and 92. Their son James was already in Christchurch and he came out in 1856 on the ship Joseph Fletcher along with his wife Emma and three children. Both John and James owned the land at Horseshoe Lake but both lived in the city on Lichfield St and Colombo St. The son James died in 1872 in his 50s. It took a bit of searching and many of the family trees on the ancestry website were so wrong. Most muddled up John and his son James. Had the wrong information about the marriages and also managed to have them living in England after they had come out to New Zealand. This information is so simple to check. A lot of information for a tiny street.

Strathmore Gardens in Burwood – Named after the earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) was the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855- 1944). A development behind Burwood Home and the Kingslea Resource Centre. Formed post-1997.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. It runs off Broomfield Tce and the entrance to the street has several stone lions. There are 15 houses here and they were all built in 2000. The houses are huge with a few different styles and the gardens are immaculate. Probably a pleasant street to live in but not my style. My usual complaint of the footpath being on only one side of the street.