McDougall Ave – Part of Murray Place. Named after Robert Ewing McDougall (1861-1942). McDougall was the owner of Aulsebrook’s Biscuit and Confectionery factory and donor of the art gallery in the Botanic Gardens which bore his name. McDougall Avenue first appears in street directories in 1953.

A small amount of information from the library website. Robert McDougall was such a well known person in Christchurch that I don’t think that I need to expand on him. His obituary said that he owned Brookdale Sheep Station as well as Aulsebrook’s Biscuit Factory. He lived at 214 Papanui Rd and his house is still standing. It was built in 1898 as a family home and was gifted to Nurse Maude in 1949. The current address of this house is 24 McDougall Ave and was restored after the earthquakes. I will have to go back and walk this street again as I didn’t manage to get a photo of this house. The McDougall Art Gallery in the Botanic Gardens was one of my favourite places and I would love to see this building restored. There was another house promoting itself as McDougall House and operating as a exclusive B & B.
The QV website had houses built in most decades but as I walked the street all I could think was how many ugly modern houses were on this street especially considering who the street was named after. The few older houses standing were gorgeous. The street runs from Papanui Rd to Browns Rd and Murray Place runs off McDougall Ave near St Albans Stream.

Webb St – Named after Henry Richard Webb (18
29-1901). Webb was a member of the Provincial Council 1869-1875 and secretary during its winding-up 1873-1875. His second daughter married Robert Ewing McDougall (1861- 1942); his second wife was a sister of the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827?-1905). The Webb family built a large house, Te Wepu, on Papanui Road with an entrance from Webb Street which was named by 1889 and first appears in street directories in 1890. [The house was renovated in 2005 becoming Merivale Manor.]

A reasonable of information from the library website. Merivale Manor is still standing and is on Papanui Rd. It had minor damage from fire in 1891. The earliest mention on Papers Past was in 1887 and in 1888 the council asked for tenders for sinking a well here. There was also a report about the name Webb St to be retained for the street. In March 1889 there was a petition from the residents of Webb requesting that the of the street to be Brooklyn St instead of Webb St. The petition was obviously rejected. It was described as a new street in the petition.
The QV website had at least one house built in 1890 and there are several older houses here but a few modern ones as well. A couple of rundown looking houses here. The St Albans Stream is here and I guessing that it is where the well was sunk. I also couldn’t find the cache here. Looked like a pleasant street and it runs from Papanui Rd to Bristol St.

Mansfield Ave – Named after Kate Hickman Peacock, née Mansfield, (1835?-1894). Kate Peacock was the first wife of the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827-1905). Mansfield Avenue is first mentioned in The Press in 1899 when the street was being formed through the Hon. J. T. Peacock’s Hawkesbury Estate. First appears in street directories in 1903.

A small amount of information from the library website. On Papers Past found the same information about the street being formed. In 1899 there were several ads for the sale of sections and in 1899 and 1900 there were ads requesting tenders for building houses.In 1942 there is mention of Mansfield Hospital at 12 Mansfield Ave.
The QV website has the houses from 1905 to 2000s. There were some lovely houses here and at the Papanui Rd end there was a restaurant and bar. Next to the restaurant was a car park plus a wee reserve with a stream.On the opposite side of the road is a hospice. Further along the road from the restaurant was a very interesting building that looked old but QV has it built in 1980. It is actually several apartments in a mock tudor style and I didn’t manage any photos of it. This street runs from Papanui Rd to Browns Rd.

Dannys Lane in Cashmere. Nothing on library website for this lane. I didn’t actually walk this lane as it just felt like someone’s driveway. Going by QV website there are 6 houses here built in the 1980s. The lane runs off Kiteroa Place and my best guess for the name is a connection to the developer or whoever originally owned the land.

Tarata Rise – Named after the Tarata tree, the native Pittosporum Eugenoides, known as the lemonwood tree. At the time of the naming of the right-of-way, the subdivision developers indicated that they would probably plant Tarata trees along the street. They wanted “a name that is clear and straightforward in spelling, sound and pronunciation, and in keeping with the existing road name that the new right-of-way will run off”. The applicants asked for a dispensation to describe the street as a “Rise” as “this is more in keeping with the topography”. Rights-of-way are normally Lanes. In the Halcyon Development. Named in 2015

That is a lot of information from the library website. There are 6 sections on this street and not all of them have houses yet. Still mostly looks like a building site.The street is at the end of Kiteroa Place and just looks like an extension of Kiteroa Place.

Stambridge Place in Cashmere. There is no mention of this street on the library website and I couldn’t find any information on Papers Past. I was surprised when I checked the QV website to find out the ages of the houses here. The earliest was built 1910 and another one was built 1915. The other two were built 1950 and 1980 and the 5th house had no information about it on the QV website. This street is where 85 and 87 Hackthorne Rd would have been. Stambridge is a village in Essex so my best guess is that the original builder or owner had a connection to this place. Stambridge means stone bridge. There was a mill in Stambridge called Stambridge Mill and the owner of this mill did visit Christchurch.
I didn’t walk this street as it just looked like someone’s driveway.

Heaton Rhodes Place – Named after Robert Heaton Rhodes (1861- 1956) Rhodes was a lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politician, horticulturist, philatelist and philanthropist. Formed on a subdivision of land belonging to the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home in 1968. First appears in street directories in 1972.
A small amount of information from the library website and the Rhodes family are well known in Christchurch so I didn’t see the need to research them. A quick google will give you lots of information about them. It is a small street that runs off Dyers Pass Rd and has 19 houses here. At least one house built in 1920 and a few from 1960s and 1970s. I was a bit confused by the QV website as it had several houses built in 2014 but had details for the properties from 1980s and earlier. I checked google maps and they are obviously rebuilds from after the earthquakes. The rebuilds are really ugly. I couldn’t see the house from 1920 as it is set well off the road. There was a sign saying The Bothy but the address for this B & B is actually Dyers Pass Rd.
Nice views here but the street didn’t actually do a lot for me. Not that I could afford to live here as house prices were all over a million dollars.

Lady Polson Lane – Named after Mary Victoria Cracroft Polson, née Grigg, (1897-1971). Mary Polson was a politician and community leader. Developed at 64 Hackthorne Road. An existing right-ofway further developed in 1995 and named then by residents. Mary Polson had lived there.

A small amount of information from the library website and some of the information is incorrect. I didn’t search Papers Past as there is a Wikipedia page for Lady Polson but the best information was on Findagrave which included a photo of her.

Mary was born Mary Victoria Cracroft Wilson and she was the granddaughter of John Cracroft Wilson. She married Athur Grigg and they lived in the Ashburton / Mt Somers area. After Arthur was killed in Libya in 1941 Mary took over his seat in parliament under something called widow’s succession. She was then elected in 1942 and was only the fourth woman elected to parliament but was the first for the National party. Mary was only in parliament for a year but stayed active in politics. She remarried William Polson who was a politician in the North Island. Mary was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946 and her husband was knighted in 1951.
After William’s death Mary moved to Christchurch and lived at 64C Hackthorne Rd. She was active in the guiding movement when living in Christchurch and she is buried at Bromley cemetery. She sounds like she was an interesting person.

There are only about 12 houses in this lane and the oldest is from 1910 and another is from 1960 with the rest dating around the 1990s and 2000. QV website played up and I couldn’t get more information about the dates of the houses. I didn’t walk this lane as it was very obviously a private lane. This was a pity as I suspect that the house from 1910 would be lovely. This lane is on land that would have originally been owned by Lady Polson’s grandfather.
A lot of information for a tiny lane.

Rhodesvale Tce – Named because it was formed on land formerly belonging to the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home. Named in May 1980 by the committee of the Home.

A small amount of information on the library website. The QV website has 15 houses here and all seem to date from 1980s. The Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home most likely is named after Robert Heaton Rhodes who was a major landowner in the area. I found a newspaper article about residents protesting the building of a new rest home after the original was demolished because of the earthquakes. Claimed it would affect the value of their properties. There has been a nursing home on this site since 1886 so my personal feeling is that the complaining residents need to get over it. When googling I found out that there is a book about the original nursing home and even better it is available at the library.
I didn’t actually walk this street as it had a very private feel about and looked like a private driveway.

Sherwood Lane – First appears in street directories in 1957. A small amount of information on the library website.

I searched Papers Past and the Ancestry website and couldn’t find any information about this street. QV website had 18 properties on the street ranging from 1915 to 1990. I couldn’t get information for all the properties as QV website said information unavailable. There is an entrance to Ngaio Marsh’s house on this lane.
There were several people in Christchurch with the surname Sherwood but they all lived in either Sydenham or New Brighton. There also used to be a Sherwood Lane in St Albans.So it is either named after a person or after Sherwood Forest. Take your pick.
I only walked part of this lane and I realised that I have been here before visiting a bookcrossing friend who is now back home in Germany.