Saffron Place – Named in December 1966 by the developer.
Not much information from library website and I wasn’t able to find out more information. Most houses date from 1960s and none of them stood out for me. One did have a gazebo in the garden very similar to the style that I want for my garden. At one end of the street there was parking for Christchurch Chinese Church and this church was in a fairly modern building. There was also a childcare business this end as well. There was a walkway through to Wairakei School.

Flower Street – Named after Arthur Edward Flower (1874- 1952). Flower was a pupil of Christ’s College and later a master at for 40 years. Flowers House, a boardinghouse at the school, is named after him. This was demolished in 2004. One of the Papanui streets developed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1962.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can add to this. Found a good article from a Christ College newspaper about Arthur Flower. Most houses on the street are from 1960s. No photos and nothing stood out for me on this street. Confused street as it doesn’t know which suburb it is in. QV website has in the suburb of Bryndwr.

Birdwood Avenue – Named after FieldMarshall William Redell Birdwood (1865-1951). Birdwood was the commander of ANZAC forces during the evacuation from Gallipoli in World War I. A “portion of Norwood Avenue” was re-named Birdwood Avenue in 1920.
A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had information from council meeting about the fact that they hadn’t been unable to agree on the renaming of the portion of Norwood St that was between Sandwich Rd and the river. The recent visit of General Sir William Birdwood was the inspiration for the naming of this street.
Information from the QV website had houses dating from 1910 to 2017. Most houses are wooden here and the more modern houses were also wooden and in a similar style to the older houses in the street. Looks like the newer houses are possibly rebuilds after the earthquakes. There was one very sad rundown house.
The house built in 1910 I couldn’t see but it had the most fantastic hedge. Hetties Rockshop is on this street. I had a coffee at a cafe called The Birdwood but the entrance was actually on Malcolm Ave. Some lovely houses here with matching lovely gardens.

Dundas Street – Taken over by the city council as a public street in 1886. First appears in street directories in 1896 with one resident listed, Mrs Emily Pavey. Not officially recognised as a public street by the Christchurch City Council until 1960.

A small amount of information from the library website and I have a question re it being recognised as a public street. If the council took it over as a public street in 1886 why would the council not actually recognise it as a public street until 1960.

I couldn’t find out why it was given the name Dundas St. On Papers Past I found information from a special meeting that the council had in October 1886 stating that the street would be a public street on and after 20th October. Also found details in August 1886 from a council meeting where it was stated that work was done on the street and the street to be taken over by the council t the request of the owner of the street.
In 1885 the land was put up to be sold by public auction at the request of the land owner Charles Kiver. The land was known as Kiver’s Paddocks. There were also sections sold in 1886 and 1899.
I am not sure how many houses were here as very early on there were many businesses here including Suckling Bros and Hutchinson Scales. In the 1930 there must have been an ice skating rink as there was a hockey skating team called Olympia based here.
There were several men with the name Charles Kiver but the most likely Charles Kiver died in November 1897 aged 55. Sounds like he had heart problems for many years which is possibly why he sold off his land. He had land in other parts of Canterbury which he sold off in the 1880s. The reason I discounted the other men with the same name was that they died well before 1885 when the land went up for sale. Charles was born in Bath in the UK but couldn’t find out where his wife Jeannette was born. Very little information on the ancestry website. It is possible that his wife was born in Scotland. I have just realised that it is highly likely that the nearby Bath St is named after Charles Kiver’s birthplace.
This street has Smiths City car park on one side and Pak n’ Save and a lawyer’s office on the other side.

Beckford Rd – Named after William Beckford (1760-1844). Beckford was an English novelist, bibliophile, traveller, collector, and builder. First mentioned in The Press in 1884. First appears in street directories in 1892.

A small amount of information from the library website and it surprised me. I assumed because of being close to Ford Rd and the Heathcote River that the name would have been related to fords and water. There is a Beckford in the UK on the northern edge on the Cotswolds and is about 30 to 40 km from Hagley Hall.
Found article from 1884 where shingling of the road was up for tender. This road starts at Wilsons Rd where there is a supermarket and a few shops. Some lovely older wooden houses on this road plus a few newer houses. It then crosses the Heathcote River and ends near Hansens Park.Is in both suburbs of St Martins and Opawa. I found a cache on this street.

Cholmondeley Ave – Formerly Victoria Avenue. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Cholmondeley Avenue. Named after the Venerable George James Cholmondeley (1833-1901). Victoria Avenue first appears in street directories in 1905. Re-named Cholmondeley Avenue in 1918 because of duplication of the name Victoria Avenue. Cholmondeley was an archdeacon of Christchurch and the vicar of Heathcote and Sumner, then St. Marks Anglican Church, Opawa.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to this. Some lovely older houses here but only managed a photo of Risingholme. St Marks School is here and it has to have been rebuilt after the earthquakes as it is a very modern looking building. I remember going to evening classes at Risingholme a long time ago and I think it was to do with dyeing wool with natural dyes. A lovely street that I liked.The street runs from the Heathcote River to Opawa Rd.There is also Elms Court Rest Home on this street.

Coachman Lane and nothing on the library website. I didn’t walk this street and it looked like it was a driveway to one house but going by QV website there are 10 houses here. Most built in 1970s but one was built in 1950. Couldn’t find out how the lane got the name and it seems to have been developed at 39 Hawford Rd. In 1941 there were lots of ads for selling chickens at this address plus items from demolishing house. In 1944 there were ads for selling potatoes at this address.

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.