Domain Tce – formerly Mill Road. Named Domain Terrace because it runs along the north boundary of the Spreydon Domain. Mill Road first appears in street directories in 1902. Re-named Domain Terrace which is first mentioned in The Press in 1915.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I found the same article on Papers Past about the renaming of the street but weirdly both names were used for the street until 1940. There are houses here from every decade and many of the older houses are gorgeous. There was one Art Deco house and it was for sale. Tempting. The Coronation Hall is looking very sad and I found an article about the laying of the foundation stone by G Witty in October 1911.
I didn’t find any information about a mill but this street is close to the Heathcote River so it is possible that there was a water mill here.
Lots of people in the Domain today. I vaguely recall that my sons had a friend who lived on this street. There is also a family tree connection to this street but I think it could be the ex-husband’s family tree.

Clent Lane – Named after Clent, a village in north Worcestershire. The Lyttelton family seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817- 1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847- 1913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1979.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add to it. There are 36 single story units here that were built in 1977 and they are owned by the City Council as social housing. Found this information from an article or press release from the council about the units.
I didn’t walk this streets for obvious reasons.

I can say that I have visited Clent in the UK as I wanted to visit a telephone box library that was in the village. Sadly this wee library was destroyed by an arsonist in 2014.I will have to see if I can find a photo of the telephone box library. If you look at a map of the area surrounding Hagley Hall which is just up the road from Clent you will see some very familiar Spreydon names.

Cobham Street – Named after a Viscountcy in the Peerage of Great Britain. Each Viscount Cobham holds the subsidiary title of Baron Lyttelton Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817- 1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847- 1913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1904. A “standing crop of oats” there is advertised for sale in the Star in 1904.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and really a lot that I can add to it. Couldn’t find anything on Papers Past about selling sections. Did find an article dated 1915 about giving permission to plant trees on the street.

Houses here are mostly wooden or brick and are from every decade from 1910 to 2015. There was a complex called Cobham Village and googling gave me the information that it is social housing owned by South West Baptist church. This church is on the corner of Cobham St and Lyttelton St.
A pleasant street but nothing really stood out for me.

Rosebery Street – Named after Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). The earl was British Foreign Secretary 1886 and 1892-1895 and British Prime Minister for one year and 109 days 1894-1895. Land for sale in the “Rosebery Street subdivision” is advertised in The Press in 1901. First appears in street directories in 1904.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. Papers Past have sections for sale from 1901 to 1907. Also ads for new houses in 1902.

The houses on this street are a mixture ages from 1910 to 2000. Many are older wooden villas. Some are in better condition than others. A couple have had a form of cladding put over the original wood and they just didn’t look right and I didn’t manage a photo of the one that really looked odd with the cladding. There was another house that had been done up really nicely but owner was working on the house so I couldn’t manage a photo. Many of the nicer houses were behind high fences or had mature trees blocking my view. One older house looked really rundown. Decent sized sections here and I could just imagine a developer wanting to buy up as they could put so many townhouses on just one section. Hopefully that won’t happen.

Somers Place – Probably named after Thomas Somers Cocks (1815-1899). Cocks was the banker to John Robert Godley and also to the Canterbury Association. First appears in street directories in 1943.

A small amount of information from the library website and I believe that it is incorrect. Papers Past had nothing on their website about this street. I believe that the street is named after Baron Somers who died in July 1944. He was the Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth from 1941.

I didn’t manage any photos here. Most of the houses date from 1940s and were wooden boring square houses. Right at the dead end of the street were newer houses built in 2000 to 2006 and these are on leasehold land and belong to Stepping Stone Trust.

Sugden Street – Probably named after the Sugden family In 1947 Frank Sugden (1894- 1979), a poultry farmer, and Frances Alice Sugden (1924- 1995), a spinster, are living at 77 Simeon Street; John William Sugden (1888?-1951), a shop fitter, is living at 143 Simeon Street. Frances Sugden married Gordon Frederick Beattie in 1948. First appears in street directories in 1950.

A reasonable of information from the library website and I have nothing to add. Most the houses are wooden villa style from 1950 but on the back section are more modern houses from 1990s and 2000s. Managed to get a photo of a house that looked really out of place. I can’t say that I like houses made from what looks like corrugated iron.
A pleasant street but I imagine that it could get noisy for the houses that are at the end beside the loading area of the supermarket at Barrington Mall.

Charity Lane and it isn’t mentioned on the library website. Going by the QV website all the houses are from the 1970s. Yesterday I totally missed this lane that runs off Domain Tce so I had to google it and I can see how I missed it. It just looks like a private driveway and it is unlikely that I would have walked it.Sometimes with these types of tiny private lanes I just don’t feel comfortable walking down them. There is no 22 or 24 Domain Tce and my guess would be that this lane was created from the properties at those addresses. I have no idea how it got the name Charity Lane but did wonder if it was originally church lane or perhaps someone’s name. I am favouring church land and reason for this is that it runs more or less at the back of Cobham Village on Cobham St which is church land. A friend on Facebook corrected me and apparently the Baptist church doesn’t have land the same as other churches. So I have no idea how this street got it’s name.

Bredon Lane – Named after Bredon, a village in Worcestershire. The Lyttelton family seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817-1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847-1913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817- 1876). First appears in street directories in 1981.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can really add except that the QV website has most of the houses built in 1970. There is no 32 Stourbridge St so this lane is possibly where 32 Stourbridge used to be.

Hennessy Place – Named after Patrick Hennessy (1869?-1959). Hennessy, a platelayer with the Christchurch Tramway Board and later a market gardener, lived at 155 Lyttelton Street. He gave a large area of land there for the building of pensioners’ flats. Named in 1960.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing to add. The George Manning Lifecare and Village is on this site. George Manning was the mayor of Christchurch when complex was built and he also had a connection with the Tramways as did Patrick Hennessy. George Manning was also involved in the WEA.

I will include Paulger Courts here as QV website have them on Hennessy Place. Google maps and list of streets in suburbs have it as a separate street. Nothing on library website for Paulger Courts. The units here were built about 2000. I found a John Wright Paulger living at 13 Lyttelton St and he died in 1927. Many of his family settled in Lyttelton and several of the family trees on ancestry website have John living and dying in Lyttelton but electoral rolls have him in Spreydon and he is buried at Sydenham. Possible reason for the name of Paulger Courts.

Stourbridge Street – Named after Stourbridge in Worcester. Stourbridge is near Hagley Hall, the family seat of the Lyttelton family. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817- 1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (1847-1913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1909.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. From Papers Past inn 1910 six acres were sold to Messes Campbell Bros and by 1912 houses were being sold. In 1938 40 State Houses were built. Found an article from 1941 for Alfred Odering and Son.

The houses here are from 1910 to 2016 and there were lots from 1940 and when I found the article about State Houses that made sense.

On the corner of Stourbridge St and Barrington St there is a petrol station. There is an entrance to Odering Garden Centre this end as well. The houses are mostly wooden but a few brick ones as well. At Lyttelton St end there is a small group of shops plus an Art Deco house. One elderly lady had a lovely garden and we had a wee chat. Don’t worry we did keep our required two metres. Houses were a mixture of styles and one that was being done up looked odd and the new addition just didn’t jell with the original house. Might look better once it is finished. Near Lyttelton St end there was a pre-school.