Shand Crescent in Riccarton- Named after John Shand (1805- 1874). Shand arrived in Canterbury in 1851 on the Isabella Hercus. His block of land, 100 acres, Rural Section 95, ran from Riccarton Road to Blenheim Road and from Division Street to Wharenui Road. He named his home Avon Lodge. This was demolished when the street was formed. One of the street names chosen in 1940 for the State housing subdivision between Riccarton Road and Blenheim Road. The names were selected “as far as possible for their appropriateness”A reasonable amount of information from the library website. The article on Papers Past also said that the name was chosen because it was the name of the previous owner of the land. The library website also don’t mention John’s son Thomas Shand who lived in the property until his death in 1918. As I couldn’t find any record of Thomas getting married and he is buried with his father in the Upper Riccarton cemetery it would be interesting to know who owned the land between 1918 and 1940.This is another street that I walked in July 2020 and I have managed to walk it at least two times. I also vaguely recall that there used to be a geocache here years ago but the cache is long gone. Only 11 properties here and most date from 1940 and they are obvious State Housing buildings. A couple from 1990s and one from 2020. When I walked it there was housing being built and at least one empty section. The footpath was a mess because of the building site. There is a pleasant wee reserve here. I found an article in Stuff about Community Art and there was a mural that had been painted on the actual road at the intersection of Shand Crescent and Tara St but that has gone. It is a pity as the photo of it looked really cool.

Rudds Road in Linwood and I was really surprised that this street isn’t on the library website as it is an older street. I searched Papers Past and ancestry website. The earliest mention that I could find on Papers Past was in 1905 when it was mentioned by the council when talking about a reserve on the corner of Buckleys Rd and Rudds Rd. That reserve is now Bromley Park. Drains were laid in 1915. There wasn’t any births or death notices for this street as you would normally expect for an older streets. A few ads and then a property for sale in 1941. In 1870s Rudd’s Paddock is mentioned. In 1906 there is a mention of Rudd’s corner. By 1890s it was being called Rudd’s land. The land was owned by William James Rudd and he called his farm Sandhills. He died in 1903 aged 80 and his wife died in 1904 aged 72 and they are both buried at Avonside. There was another William James Rudd but he lived in Sydenham and is a different person but a few family trees on ancestry have him as just the one person. I was amused by how many family trees have William born in 1834 but baptised in 1786.There were a few entries for William’s son Phillip as in 1895 he was reported as being missing. I am assuming that they found him as the next entry was about Phillip’s death after escaping from Sunnyside. There are houses here dating from 1940s onwards with many built in 1940s and 1950s and they are mostly wooden houses. A couple from 1960s and 1970s and then a large number from 2000 onwards. I liked the houses built in 2000 as they had an older look to them but they didn’t look odd as can sometimes happen. I realised when walking that all the older houses are on one side of the street and all the newer ones are on the other side of the street. I liked this street and I did find the geocache hidden on the street. There was one particular property that I liked and I can’t remember the house but the garden was lovely and quirky. This property had one of those bug hotels on the fence.

Glengyle Place in Linwood and this street isn’t on the library website. There are only 8 houses here and they were all built in 2000. Must be the same developer who built some of the houses on Rudds Road as the designs are similar. Modern houses with an older look and it actually works. Looked like a pleasant wee street and being a newer street the footpath is only on one side of the street. My best guess for the name of the street is that they wanted a Scottish theme because the street runs of McGregors Road. It could be that the developer liked whisky as there is a Glengyle distillery. This road is near Bromley Park.

Englefield Road – Named after Charles William Englefield (1859- 1937). Englefield and his family leased land on the corner of North Road and what became Englefield Road from the Church Property Trustees. First appears in street directories in 1962.Interesting information from the library website. This street was obviously older as the houses were older with a lot of brick or summerhill stone. No houses stood out but at least there was a footpath on both sides of the road. There was an entrance to Englefield Park on this street. The only photo I took was of a sign outside a childcare place but also included one from the park.. I also couldn’t find the caches in this area.

Crombie Green – Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000.Again the library website didn’t have much information. There is at least two businessmen in Christchurch with the surname Crombie plus it is a place name in Scotland. Large modern houses one side and two parks Englefield Park and Northwood Park on the other side. The houses are either made of brick or cladding.. Many of the streets in Northwood had the arches at the entrance to the streets on the Northwood Boulevard end of the streets.

Bayliss Close – Named after Bayliss Nurseries. Bayliss Nurseries had existed on the site for many years and its land was subdivided to form the street. Developed by the Freeman Partnership. The streets in the subdivision are named after varieties of fruit and personalities associated with the orchard. Named on 6 September 2000.Same information from library website as for Panache Place. Another street of modern houses made from either brick or cladding. I couldn’t find the cache hidden on this street. Gardens were very orderly with well trimmed lawns and hedges. Hardly any flowers or colour in the gardens with one exception. On the side of one place was a bush with red berries just as you entered a walkway that led to a street where the New World Supermarket is.

Amamoor Street -Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000.Information from library website doesn’t actually give much information. I googled the name and there is a place called Amamoor in Queensland. This was a short street with modern houses on one side and a reserve on the other side. Houses were on the large side with extremely tidy and boring gardens. Mostly lawns and box hedges.One house did have lovely autumn coloured trees. I did like the duck sign.

Millhill Lane is in Huntsbury and there was nothing on the library website about this street. It was a short private lane with very flash houses. I will have to research to see if there was a mill here.

Hansons Lane – Named after John Edward Hanson (1840-1920). Hanson opened the Riccarton Store in 1869 on the corner of Riccarton Road and the present Hansons Lane. First appears in street directories in 1903.A small amount of information from the library website. This is a long and wide street for a street that is called a lane. The street is first mentioned in Papers Past in 1901. In 1916 there is mention of a public library and in 1919 residents were requesting a footpath. There is a Ballantyne family mentioned in 1911 and 1940. There is mention of a hostel in the 1940s.The best information about John Edward Hanson was in his obituary dated 18th November 1920. He died aged 89 and he was born in Leeds. Came out to NZ in 1863 on the Brothers Pride. He set up a store and butchery and later on set up a bakery. He owned the Riccarton Flour Mill. He was on the Riccarton Road Board and school committee. It didn’t say what school. He was very involved with St Peters Church. His wife died in 1902.At the Riccarton Rd end there were shops including Countdown Supermarket. Then there is Hansons Lane Reserve and almost opposite is Rannerdale Veterans Village. This was established in 1921 for disabled soldiers from WWI. It looks like when it was set as Rannerdale Veterans Hospital that it was in Papanui Rd but I couldn’t find out when it moved to Hansons Lane. It has been there as long as I can remember. New buildings here and I don’t know if the original building is still standing. Most the houses along this street are either wooden or brick and built in the 1940s and 1950s. Most are in reasonable condition. There were also a couple of Art Deco houses. Towards Blenheim Rd end there is a complex called Canterbury Village and with a bit of googling I found out that it is student accommodation. Also this end in a fairly modest building there is the Consul – General for People’s Republic of China.

Peer Street -Formerly Stemmer’s Road. Named after Robert Anthony Stemmer (1857?-1935). Re-named Peer’s Street and later Peer Street. Named after the racing stallion called The Peer which belong to Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1879). Stemmer was a gardener of Upper Riccarton. Stemmer’s Road first appears in street directories in 1903. From 1906-1909 it appears in Stone’s as Stemmers Road and in Wise’s as Peer’s Street. Peer Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1881. From 1910 it is Peer Street in both street directories. The Peer was bred by the Hon. Capt. Hawke in 1855 and was at the stables of Messrs. John Shand & Son, Avon Lodge, Riccarton in 1862. Peer Street is one of the five residential streets once containing mainly workers’ cottages making up the area known as Peerswick. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. In Papers Past I found sections being sold on Peer Street in 1878 and in 1883 the road board were asking for tenders for gravelling the road. I couldn’t find anything on Papers Past regarding a Stemmer’s Road. This street had a mixture of houses, a supermarket and a school. There is a planned development for a rest home where there used to be Feltex Carpet Factory. I don’t recall anything standing out for me here. No photos.