Gloaming Place in Sockburn – Named after Gloaming, a racehorse. Gloaming was bred in Victoria and was trained in New Zealand. His racing career lasted from 1918-1927 and he died in 1932 aged 17 years. First appears in street directories in 1968.

A small amount of information from the library website. There is a wikipedia page for this horse if you want to know more about the horse Gloaming. The horse was owned by George Greenwood and Mrs Greenwood wrote a book about the horse which was published in 1927. There is a copy at the library but it is unable to be borrowed. Gloaming’s trainer was Dick Mason and there is a nearby street named after Dick Mason. Gloaming Place runs off Cheyenne Street. All the houses here were built in 1960s and there is also a reserve with a playground. There is a footpath on both sides of the street but the number of cars parked blocking the footpath made it difficult for walking. There was actually plenty of spaces on the road for parking so there was no need to be blocking the footpath and yes this is a pet peeve of mine.

Iona Place in Sockburn. I was surprised that there wasn’t any information on the library website as the 11 houses on this street were built in 1980s. There was a footpath on both sides of the road which I liked and there was a playground. The grass in the playground was very long but I have noticed this in other reserves and playgrounds in Christchurch. This short street runs off Cheyenne Street. I couldn’t find out why the street was called Iona and it is possibly named after Iona in Scotland. Iona in Scotland is a fantastic place to visit. Because most of the streets in this area have names connected to horse racing I looked for racehorses with name with no luck.

Wynand Place in Sockburn – This is a punning reference to racing. It is pronounced “win and”. So named because it is opposite the Riccarton Racecourse. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any other information about the name of the street. In 1909 there was an entry on Papers Past about the Auckland Races and it mentions Wynand handicap race but I couldn’t find any other information about this race. Looked like a pleasant street and most houses are made from brick and built in 1980s and 1990s. The footpath was only on one side of the street which I personally don’t like. I like proper footpaths.

Shiloh Lane in Sockburn – Named after Shiloh, an ancient Israelite religious and political capital from about 1400 BC to 1100 BC. The name means: peaceful or tranquil in Hebrew. The subdivision is across the road from the Riccarton Racecourse but the developer did not want to name the street after a horse. Named in 2004.A small amount of information from the library website. The library provided a link to the council minutes regarding the naming of the lane. The lane was developed at 174 to 178 Racecourse Rd and most houses were built in the 2005 to 2006 period with one built in 1990 and another in 2014. I was expecting it to have been named after a racehorse. There were a couple of huge houses here and I approached the lane from a green area behind the houses.

Memory Lane in the Central City. This lane is too new to be on the library website. It runs between St Asaph St and Tuam St and is near Manchester St. I found an article dated 2016 about the naming of new lanes in Christchurch and it just said that there is a historical reference for this name. The lane is behind the Enterprise Precinct and Innovation building and I noticed the sign for the lane when I was recently doing a geocaching lab adventure. The signs are fairly new as they weren’t there in 2020 otherwise I would have noticed them when I walked both Tuam St and St Asaph St. Google maps also don’t show any signs for this lane. I am not sure if it is open to vehicles or just pedestrians.

Halton St in Strowan – formerly Halton Road Named after Halton, a house on Norman’s Road Halton was named after Lady Halton, Salop, England, the estate of Joseph Ick, father of Charles Thomas Ick (1827-1885). Ick, an auctioneer, was the mayor of Christchurch in 1879 and 1880. From 1870 he lived on Papanui Road. Halton Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1886. Arthur Taylor, a tea expert, is living at Halton in 1890, the year Halton Road first appears in street directories. Not made a public road until after 1894. Halton in Halton Road is mentioned in the Star in 1896. Becomes Halton Street in 1920. Extended through to St Andrews Terrace in 1927. A Papanui war memorial street. Information about the connection with Lady Halton researched in 2002 by Ben France-Hudson. A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I am now totally braindead from trying to find out information about the people named in the information. The death notice for Charles Thomas Ick mentions Lady Halton, Salop. Salop is an old name for Shropshire. I actually couldn’t get the Ick family living in the hamlet (village) of Lady Halton. The census had them in a place called Stoke St Milborough. I also couldn’t find Charles Ick living in Papanui and found addresses of Hereford St and Colombo St for him. I also couldn’t find information about Arthur Taylor except for a gardener. A reasonable amount of information on Papers Past but mostly birth and death notices. In 1894 the owners were informed that once they had paid two thirds of the cost the road board would undertake the work to form the road. At this stage the road only went from Papanui Rd to Watford St. In the same year there were sections for sale for £50. In 1899 and 1900 there were complaints about drainage from one person. In 1899 Joseph Palmer offered to pay half the cost of channelling in the street to fix the drainage issues. In 1900 the chairman of the Road Board received a deed from Mr Taylor conveying to the Queen a strip of land giving access to the end of Halton Rd and the road is now open for traffic. In 1923 there was discussion about extension of Halton Rd from Watford St to St Andrews Tce ( now Hartley Ave) and in 1927 land was purchased from L B Hart for this purpose. In 1938 land was purchased for state housing. In 1946 there was a letter to the editor with the writer wanting the street to have two names. This makes sense as it is confusing the way the street splits into two. The original part of the street runs from Papanui Rd to Watford St and the house called Halton would have been near the Papanui Rd end of the street. You then have to walk down Watford St to find the rest of the street which runs from Watford St to Hartley Ave and this is the extension that was created in 1929. I had to doublecheck google maps when walking this street. The oldest house on the street is from 1905 and then most decades are covered with most houses built in 1930s and 1940s. I walked this street last week and catching up on my street project today as it isn’t a great day today for walking. Many of the older houses are lovely and I didn’t pick this street for having state houses on it when I was walking it. The modern houses look out of place on this street. I also managed to miss the War Memorial plaque on the lamp post as this is one of the Papanui War Memorial Streets. I went back to google maps and the plaque is on the corner of Watford St and Halton St and I would have expected it to be at the corner of Halton St and Papanui Rd. There is a half demolished house on the corner of Halton St and Hartley Ave which interested me. I found an old street view of it. I ended up talking to the local postie and she agreed that the way it is being demolished is different as much of it is looking like it is being preserved.

College Ave in Strowan – Named because of its proximity to St Andrew’s College. First mentioned in The Press in 1925 where it is described as a “new” road. First appears in street directories in 1928. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name as it is fairly obvious. In 1926 there were 26 sections sold in the subdivision and the land was possibly owned by developers Gow and Pannell but I couldn’t get more information on Papers Past. The sewers were laid in 1928. The entries on Papers Past were mostly birth and death notices plus the best street and garden competition entries. There was an interesting court case in 1934 where Thornton Reddell was charged with the failure to cut back and trim his hawthorne hedge on a vacant section. He was charged under clause 4 of the fireblight act 1922. I googled and fireblight is a destructive and highly infectious disease that attacks blossoms, leaves, shoots, fruits and roots of trees especially apples and pears. There were several entries in 1937 where a young child aged 4 years drowned in the Strowan Stream on St Andrews College ground. She had gone with another young girl to meet her father who was coming home on the tram. The verdict of the inquest was accidental drowning. Her name was Valerie Linda Lusk and was the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Lusk of 9 College Ave. I have friends who have the surname Lusk on their family trees. I walked this street at the beginning of last week and spending today catching up my street project. Not doing any walking today because of the weather. The houses on this street are mostly 1920s wooden villas and many are very similar to each other with bay windows in the front of the house. There are 2 or 3 modern houses which look out of place in this street. It is a lovely tree lined street but would be totally out of my price range.

Brenchley Ave in Strowan – Named after Brenchley Farm in Lyttelton. Samuel Rollin Webb (1848-1933), a mayor of Lyttelton, at one time owned Brenchley Farm. He retired to 51 Normans Road. Named in 1928. First appears in street directories in 1929.A small amount of information from the library website. There is also a Brenchley Rd in Lyttelton. I am not sure that Samuel Rollin Webb actually owned Brenchley Farm but he certainly lived there. Brenchley Farm was at least 4 properties known as Brenchley Farm and was leasehold land. Samuel Rollin Webb’s father leased part of Brenchley Farm but possibly purchased it eventually under the lease agreement. His son Samuel was living on the property after his father died. The street was named in 1928 and it was the straight stretch of College Ave and Urunga Ave. The council felt that because of the confusion about where Urunga Ave stopped and College Ave began that it was easier to make it a separate street. Not a lot of information on Papers Past apart from birth, death and marriage notices. The street also featured frequently in the various best street, best garden and most beautiful street competitions. Many of the houses here were built in the 1920s and are lovely wooden villas. There is one modern place on the corner of Brenchley Ave and Watford St and it is extremely ugly. I checked street view from a few years ago and there was a lovely 1920s villa on the site. I walked this street over a week ago while geocaching in the area but making the most of a horrible wet day today to catch up on my street project.

Gould Crescent in Woolston – Named after George Gould (1823-1889). Gould was an agent for owners and occupiers of sheep stations, an exporter of wheat and wool from Canterbury, and a director of the New Zealand Shipping Company. He was a shareholder in the Christchurch conveyance Company which ran the lighters Fanny and Fancy between Lyttelton and the Heathcote River in 1852- 1853. One of three streets in close proximity named in 1986 to give a maritime theme to the area. Formed because of the Woolston Cut flood relief development. A small amount of information from the library website but it doesn’t mention that Gould Crescent was formed from part of Bamford St and Long St. The ships were also Fanny and Fairy. I checked various maps and both Bamford St and Long St were cut in by the Woolston Cut. Gould Crescent was formed from the part of both streets that ran between the cut and Ferry Rd. There are at least two houses from 1905 on this street and one from 1880. Most houses on this street were built in 1940s and 1960s. Bamford School on this street was on the Bamford St part of Gould Crescent. This school has been totally rebuilt. The Woolston Cut wasn’t done until 1980s but they were talking about it as early as 1946. At that stage they said it would involve demolishing 13 houses. George Gould died 30th March 1889 aged 66 and he had been ill for about 6 weeks with an abscess on his liver. His residence was called Hambleden and this was named after his birth place in England. His obituary said that he built the first wooden house in Christchurch on Armagh St near Colombo St. Came to Christchurch with his first wife Hannah and she died in 1860 aged 38. His second wife died in April in 1867 aged 38. I believe Hannah and Elizabeth were sisters. He married a third time but I am not sure what her name was as the various family trees have several different names for the third wife. I don’t know what happened to the third wife and George Gould is buried with his first two wives. His son was also George Gould and he was also possibly a shareholder of the NZ Shipping Company. I walked this street today after finding a cache nearby. A mixture of different styles of houses and most are in good condition. One of the houses that I quite liked is from 1905. As usual I preferred the older houses. This one would have been on the Long St part of the Crescent. The other house is opposite the Bamford School. There is a nice walkway along the Heathcote River nearby.

Alport Place in Woolston – formerly part of Dyers Road. Named after Augustus James Alport (1816-1886). Alport was Lyttelton’s auctioneer and a shareholder in the Christchurch Conveyance Company. He became a director of the short-lived Canterbury Steam Navigation Company in 1858. He was also a Canterbury Provincial councillor up until 1861. Formed because of the Woolston Cut flood relief development. One of three streets in close proximity named in 1986 to give a maritime theme to the area.

A small amount of information from the library website. I ended up looking at a map from 1955 to figure out this street as there are many houses dating from 1930s and 940s. Next big number of houses were built in 1980s. When I was walking this street today my first thought was that many of the houses looked like state houses. When checking Papers Past I realised that I was correct. In 1939 it was mentioned that state houses would be built for pensioners. In 1948 there was a letter to the editor about the state houses being well cared for except for one house. The writer wanted the housing dept to do something about this house. When the Woolston Cut was made Dyers Rd was altered and curved around by the roundabout at the Tunnel Rd. The portion of Dyers Rd from Ferry Rd was renamed Alport Place and is now a no exit street and has a barrier at the end where Dyers Rd now is. I checked Ancestry website for information about A J Alport and had already done some research on him in connection with Brenchley Rd in Lyttelton. The various family trees on the Ancestry website are a bit confusing and he possibly married twice but couldn’t find any proof of this. I was a bit confused about the family trees having him born in Canada but married in London. A J Alport was born in Canada as his parents emigrated to Canada but they returned to England and I found a death notice for A J Alport’s father which mentions him as being formerly a merchant in Nova Scotia. A J Alport married Susannah Bishop in Hackney in 1844 but sadly she died in Lyttelton in October 1858. Susannah’s brother was Edward Brenchley Bishop. In 1863 the land belonging to A J Alport including Brenchley Farm was sold at auction as he was returning to Nova Scotia. I found an article from 1930s which said that A J Alport came to Lyttelton from Nova Scotia in the 1850s and left again in 1860s. On account of him having a short leg he was colloquially referred to as bumblefoot. This article was slightly wrong as he came to Lyttelton from England. A J Alport’s brother stayed in NZ and died here in 1886. A J Alport died the same year in Canada. In 1903 a R C Bishop of Christchurch met up with the Alport family in Toronto.

I walked this street today after finding a cache called Below the Cut. Many of the houses have the typical 1940s state house look about them. There are two Art Deco houses here and one has had the windows altered and it looks very odd. Brookhaven Retirement Village has an entrance on this street. There was a car parked blocking the footpath near the end of the street and I think that most people know how much this annoys me. I was amazed when double checking google maps to see the same car parked exactly the same way blocking the footpath.