Crusader Lane – Named after the Crusaders’ rugby team. Developed at 26 Churchill Street. Named in 1999.A wee bit of information from the library website. This is a tiny street near Barbadoes St and it wasn’t possible to actually walk it. Lots of flats crowded onto a section and I wouldn’t like to live here as you would be too close to your neighbours. Note there wasn’t any fuss about this street name when there was the big fuss about the name of the rugby team.

Coventry Street – Formerly Chapel Street. There is no church listed there in street directories. Re-named Coventry Street. Named after the English cathedral city. This street was formed on the site of the Ferry Road Nursery belonging to William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Formed when the nursery land was subdivided in 1877. Chapel Street is mentioned in an advertisement in The Press in 1878. Re-named Coventry Street in 1909. A small amount of information from the library website. On the website Papers Past there were several ads for the sale of sections in 1879 and 1880. There was also a new house and shop for sale in 1877. By 1940 there was a warehouse and factory for sale but still a few residents living here. I found several mentions about the renaming of the street in Papers Past in 1909 but it is highly likely that it was renamed because there was another Chapel St in St Albans near Holly Rd. There were at least three letters to the editor of The Press protesting the renaming of the street. Two of the objections related to the position of the street to the Catholic Cathedral as they believed that the name of the street was because of the Cathedral. I enjoyed the letter dated 4th December 1909 because of the wording. One sentence said The Special Committee of the City Council has experienced another spasm of street renaming. I loved this sentence. In another sentence they asked if the City Fathers will erect a statue of Lady Godiva. It is possible that the street was called Chapel Street after a nearby Wesleyan Chapel on High Street. I couldn’t actually walk this street as it was mostly blocked off and it runs through the centre of Ara Institute formerly CPIT. In 1909 there was a Seddon Memorial Technical College on Moorhouse Ave.

Conference Street – Named to commemorate the first general conference of the Methodist Church in New Zealand held in Christchurch in 1874. Its formation was discussed by the Municipal Council and reported in the Star in 1875. Appears in street directories as early as 1878. Not recognised as a public street by the Christchurch City Council until 1960.A bit of information from the library website. A mixture of new and old houses plus housing complexes that looked like social housing. Managed several photos here.

Beveridge Street – Formerly Aldred Street. Named after the Rev. John Aldred (1818-1894). Re-named Beveridge Street. Named after Baron William Henry Beveridge (1879- 1963) In 1857 Aldred moved to Christchurch from Lyttelton and built his home in Durham Street North, near where he later developed Aldred Street as a private street. He was the first minister of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Aldred Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1869 when the Christchurch City Council declined to take it over as a public thoroughfare as it was not wide enough. Formed in 1871 and taken over by the council in 1877. Re-named Beveridge Street on 1 September 1948 when l20 streets were re-named. Beveridge was a British economist. Reasonable amount of information on the library website. Another street of old and new houses. There is an Aldred Park with a plaque about John Aldred on Durham Street.

Barbadoes Street – Named after an Anglican colonial bishopric, Barbados, in the West Indies. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage.[Spelling is as on the original plan of Christchurch drawn up by Edward Jollie.] First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1853 when the electoral roll lists William Wilson, a nursery and seedsman, living on Barbadoes Street. A small amount of information from the library website and there is nothing that I can add about the naming of the street. Papers Past had a huge number of entries about this street and the main reason was the Catholic Cathedral and the cemetery. William Wilson was mentioned as living on the street in 1853. In 1858 the unsold portion of the Town Reserve were put up for auction. In 1860 there were houses and sections for sale. There were sections for sale in 1870 and 1920. There were new tram lines laid in 1927 and slot telephones were installed in 1912 and 1915. There were many car accidents in the 1920s and 1930s and many seemed to involve the tram lines. Newspapers haven’t changed much when it comes to headlines and in 1909 there was a headlines saying Desperadoes in the City. A woman was mugged on Barbadoes St.This is a long street with houses at the St Albans / Edgeware end. There is the cemetery and this covers both sides of the street. The Catholics graves are on one side of the street and the Anglicans are on the other side. Many varied businesses on this street and some look more prosperous than others. There are empty sections from where buildings have been demolished. The houses range from older ones to brand new. Some of the older houses are looking very rundown. There were 2 or 3 older houses done up as boarding houses and they looked really nice. At the Moorhouse Ave end is Ara Institute formerly CPIT and on the opposite side is the Catholic Cathedral. The Catholic Cathedral was badly damaged and they have decided that it won’t be rebuilt the same as the original. This is a one way street.

Antigua Street – Named after Antigua, a colonial bishopric, Antigua in the West Indies. The section of the street south of Moorhouse Avenue was formerly named Windmill Road. Named after the flourmill erected in 1856 by William Derisley Wood (1824-1904). It was on the site of the Canterbury Brewery which was demolished following the earthquakes of 2010/2011. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. Windmill Road as an alternative name appears in an advertisement in the Star in 1868. William Feathery (1829?-1910) bought the windmill there in 1866 and moved it to Leithfield where it stood behind Leith’s hotel. Officially re-named Antigua Street in 1909.One end has the Antigua Boat sheds which is a cafe and the punts leave from here. Today is the first time in ages that I have been able to walk this street without having to dodge roadworks. Where the Brewery used to be is now a big empty section where they plan to build a sports stadium. Between Moorhouse Ave and Brougham St it is a mixture of businesses and houses. Many old houses that are looking rundown. The new cycleway attracted lots of protests.

Truro St in Sumner and there was nothing on the library website for this street. This surprised me as it is an old street. There were sections for sale as early as 1888 and they seemed to be part of something called Johnstone Township. As Truro is a town in Cornwall I expect that is where the name comes from. I obviously walked this street before lockdown. There is a geocache hidden on an empty section on this street. The houses are a mixture of older villas and what looks like 1960s style brick houses. At least one rebuild. Part of the street is bordered by Van Asch College. There is a tsunami siren on this street.

Stoke Street – Named after Stoke-by Nayland, in south Suffolk, England. One of the Sumner street names connected with the Wakefield family. One of Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s sisters was married to the Rev. C. M. Torlesse, vicar of Stoke-by-Nayland. Interesting information on the library website. Nayland St is nearby but I didn’t walk this one today. Stoke St had a mixture of new and old houses and the most interesting thing was someone’s fence. A local told me that a prominent volcanologist lives there. She said that she had a lovely old house but it was demolished after the earthquakes and now has a modern house but she does prefer the older houses.

Raekura Place – Designed by Anna Holmes “Nancy” Northcroft (1913-1980), town planner, and architects Cowie and McGregor. Developed by Fred Blogg in 1971. Te Rai Kura means: redcliffs. No wonder this street had newer looking houses on it going by the information on the library website. Most were flats with houses at cliff end of the street. I suspect that at least one house at the cliff end has been demolished. A couple had nice gardens but most were too small to have decent gardens.

Celia Street – Named after Cecilia O’Malley, née Boyle, (1859?-1923). She was known as Celia. Cecilia Boyle, a servant, came to New Zealand in 1877 and married Peter O’Malley (1853?-1920), a contractor and landowner of Redcliffs, at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament in 1880. The O’Malleys lived at Okuti Valley, Little River after leaving Redcliffs.Interesting information from the library website. This street has Redcliffs Park at one end where the Redcliffs school is being rebuilt. Another street with a mixture of new and old houses. Some of the older houses were small worker type of cottages and the others were huge. The newer houses were big as well. There were a few brick houses of the 1950s to 1960s style scattered along the street. I was going to take a photo of a very badly done mock Tudor style house but there was a couple walking behind me.