Hawford Rd – Named after Hawford, the home there of Dr John Shearing Willis (1807- 1869). Willis emigrated as surgeon-superintendent on the Isabella Hercus in 1851 and took up Rural Section 38, 100 acres on the “River Heathcote, near Christchurch Quay”. He built a house in 1860 which he named Hawford. In 1882 his son, Charles Frederick Tracy Willis (1855?- 1902), sold off part of the land known by then as the Village of Hawford. Charles Willis was living there in 1885 when a child was born to him and his wife. It was later the home of John Flinders Scott (1876-1941). Hawford Road first appears in the Star in 1881 in a report of a meeting of the Road Board. First appears in street directories in 1892. [The plan for a single line of houses along the river frontage was approved by the City Council in 1951.]

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Found an article on Papers Past dated May 1879 calling for tenders for forming Hawford Rd. Several ads for sale of sections in 1882. It is highly likely that Hawford in Worcestershire is where Dr John Willis family came from. Ancestry website various family trees didn’t have precise place for the family. Note nearby street Ombersley Tce is possibly named after a place called Ombersley which is only a few miles from Hawford. Hawford is also not far from Beckford in the UK.
Many lovely older wooden houses here plus more modern houses. QV website had houses built from 1920 to 2018 but there was one one where the date was unknown. I have never seen this on QV website before.
A pleasant street and there are shops at the Opawa St end of the street. The most modern houses were the apartments at the Chatswood Rest Home. The main building looked like an older wooden villa but the QV website didn’t have any information for the property.

Locarno Street – Formerly Church Road. Named because St. Mark’s Anglican Sunday School (later St. Mark’s School) is in this street. Re-named Locarno Street. Named after Locarno in Switzerland. Church Lane first appears in street directories in 1904. Becomes Church Road in 1914. Re-named Locarno Street on 24 May 1926 when 21 streets were re-named. The Treaty of Locarno between France and Poland had been signed in 1925.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. On Papers Past there was information from June 1926 about changing name of the street from Church Rd to Locarno St. There was also information from February 1926 advising that they were going to change the name to Cambourne St but this obviously didn’t happen.
The names Church Road and Church Lane seemed to be used at the same time. There was a funeral notice and a death notice for Mary Cholmondeley in 1911 that used both names.
The QV website has houses built from 1905 to 2015. St Marks School is also on this street and you can see the classrooms and playing fields here. The street goes from Opawa Rd to the Heathcote River and I only managed to get a photo of utilities building.. Opawa tennis courts are also on this street.

Andybrae Lane – – Named by the developer who wished to honour his Scottish origins and also his father. The developer’s father was named Andrew. A private right-of-way, not a legal road. Named in 1993.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I can add nothing to it. I didn’t actually walk this one and it runs off Beckford Rd.

Reeves Rd – Named after the Honourable William Reeves (1825-1891). Reeves was a politician and the chief proprietor of The Lyttelton Times 1861-1891. He was also a director of the New Zealand Shipping Company and a member of the Legislative Council 1884-1891. He was the father of William Pember Reeves (1857- 1932) and lived at Risingholme in Opawa. Reeves Lane first appears in street directories in 1892. Reeves Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1903.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Papers Past have at least one funeral notice and other articles from 1898. Found article from June 1904 where it was proclaimed a public road. William Reeves lived at Risingholme until 1891 when he sold the property probably because he was also declared bankrupt the same year. His son also named William Reeves was an interesting man who was a member of the Fabians until his daughter fell pregnant to H G Wells.

There were several sections available for sale in 1916 and at least three of the houses date from this time. Other houses are from 1940 through to 1990. Nothing for 1960 or 1980 but a couple of modern houses built at the back of the older houses. A pleasant wee street that leads to an entrance into Risingholme.

Therese Street – First mentioned in The Press in 1927. First appears in street directories in 1930.
A small amount of information from the library website and I found the same article from 1927 and it was about laying drains and sewers. In the 1930s there was a plot of land for relief workers in grow vegetables under something called No 5 Scheme and the headline was Unemployment.
In 1944 there were sections for sale. From the QV website there are houses from 1920s to 2000. There was one gorgeous house from 1925 and I also managed to find an Art Deco house. It had a gorgeous garden but I was unable to get photos of the garden.. There was a house at Wychbury St end which had a well kept garden and I am fairly sure that it belongs to a self-employed gardener but it is years since I had contact with this person.
It is a pleasant wee street and very handy to Barrington Mall. I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name.

Yale Street – Named on 29 March 1956. Not a lot of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any extra information but it looks like this short street was developed at 55 to 59 Wychbury Street. Going by QV website most houses are from 1950s with a couple of more modern houses. A pleasant street but nothing stood out for me and I didn’t take any photos.

Rahera Street – nothing on library website. I was surprised that this street wasn’t mentioned on the library website as it has been around since the 1960s. The QV website has most houses dated from 1960s with a few from 1970 to 1990. The newer houses are mostly on back sections. Mostly neat and tidy brick houses and I vaguely recall visiting an ex-husband’s relative on this street back in the early 1980s. The street is tree lined at the Barrington St end of the street and the autumn colours were lovely. Rahera is possibly a family name from someone who lived in the area but I couldn’t find any connection.

Beanland Ave – Named after John Walton Beanland (1868-1943). Beanland was a building contractor and the mayor of Christchurch 1936- 1938. Named in 1938 at the request of the Government Housing Department. First appears in street directories in 1938.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can really add to this. Found article on Papers Past dated April 1938 about the name being approved for the naming of Beanland Ave as recommended by A Tyndell director of Housing Construction.
The houses here look like the original houses from the 1930s. There was a big empty section where at least two houses would have stood.

Winsor Crescent – Named after William Hinnels Winsor (1876- 1936). Winsor was mayor of Spreydon 1916-1918 and a Christchurch city councillor 1920-1925. A crescent-shaped street developed in a government housing subdivision. Named in 1937.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing much that I can add. The same article from April 1938 about the naming of Beanland Ave also mentioned the naming of Winsor Crescent. Most houses are still the originals from the 1930s. One house had a modern attachment built onto it and it looked weird.

Bayley Place – First appears in street directories in 1947. A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out any information about this street and I checked Papers Past, cemetery database and ancestry website. Also couldn’t find a connection to Lord Lyttelton. Houses all seem to be from 1940s and this street is between 18 and 38 Neville St. Houses here have the appearance of possibly having been originally State (Housing Corp) Houses. Mostly wooden houses.