Jeffreys Rd – Named after Charles Alured Jeffreys (1821- 1904). Jeffreys owned the 200 acre Bryndwr estate. First appears in street directories in 1894.

A small amount of information from the library website. The library website puts the street in the suburbs of Fendalton and Strowan. Real Estate agents also use the suburb of Bryndwr for this street.

There were lots of entries on Papers Past and in 1884 the unformed part of the road to be formed. In 1898 a large house was destroyed by fire. Between 1901 and 1920 the Bryndwr Nurseries was mentioned. In 1927 the foundation stone for a new church was laid. Same year the St Johns Methodist Sunday School was mentioned. In 1950 a wooden temporary church is to be replace by a stone building. Not sure which church this was as in 1957 it was mentioned that St Matthews Catholic Church was needed and then in 1964 it said that new Catholic church being built to replace temporary one.

In 1931 a business called Sherwood Sawmills Ltd was mentioned. In 1956 the council yards and pumping station was mentioned. From 1957 onwards the entries are about the new council offices which will include a library.

In 1880 the property called Bryndwr was sold and in 1881 there were 140 sections available. Charles Alured Jeffreys was returning to the UK which is why he was selling up. There was an article in 1924 which mentioned that the suburb of Bryndwr was named after the property that belonged to a Welshman. The meaning of Bryndwr was on the brink of the water.

I walked this street a few weeks ago after visiting the library on this street. I started at the Clyde Road end of the street where the library is. Next to the library is the Jeffreys Reserve and then there are houses. The St Johns Church is on the corner of Jeffreys Road and Bryndwr Road. On the corner of Jeffreys Road and Idris Road there is St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School and St Matthews Church. There is also Jeffreys Giraffe Early Learning Centre. The street ends at Wairakei Road. There is a variety of house styles and they look as if they are from every decades. For some reason I couldn’t get the information that I wanted from the valuation website that I normally use unless I did each property individually. I only had this problem with this street as I tested the website with other streets. Weird. There is a big empty section at the St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School where buildings have been demolished. There was an interesting house that I liked and I ended up talking to the owner. The house was built in 1940 and was a bungalow but it is now a two story quirky looking house. Some of the houses look like they are from the 1920s and I wouldn’t be surprised if there are houses from 1905 and 1910. Frustrating that I can’t access this information like I can usually access it.

When I walked the street I assumed that it would have been named after someone with the surname Jeffrey as the letter s on the end of a street name usually means this. I was hoping that the street would be named after one of my Jeffrey / Jeffery ancestors.

Sunbeam Place in Halswell – Named after Alfred George Sunbeam (1921- 1995). Sunbeam raised horses on this site. He was the son of Henry (1893-1979) and his wife, Helena Louise Sunbeam, née Cockle, (1898-1983). His paternal grandparents were Henry Suraj Bullie/Sunbeam (1834-1904) and Harriett, née Townsend, (b. 1869). In a Paparua County subdivision dating from 1984. First appears in street directories in 1987. Information about naming supplied in 2012 by Jo-Anne Sunbeam. Information about date of subdivision supplied in 2009 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website for a tiny street. Papers Past only had a couple of ads and a couple of death notices. Alfred George Sunbeam lived on Gore Street when he was retired and his father Henry also lived at the same address. Gore Street is close to Sunbeam Place. Alfred’s grandfather Henry Sunbeam was born in India and I found a photo of him on the Ancestry website. The photo was dated 1871 and it sounds like he changed his name to Henry Sunbeam not long after coming to New Zealand as his birth name was probably Suraj Bullie. In the 1880s he owned a pawnshop but he was a chimney sweep in 1900. Sadly he died in Sydenham Park from injuries after felling a tree. Any entries on Papers Past usually describe him as being a member of the dusky race.

The surname is bugging me as I am convinced that I knew someone with this surname. It is possibly from my year at Woolston Primary School and I will have to find my school photo from that year.

I walked this street a month ago and nothing on the street stood out for me and all the houses were built in the 1980s.

Shamrock Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1970.

A tiny amount of information from the library website and couldn’t find out the reason for the street name. I was hoping to find out that the developer / council mistakenly thought it was a symbol of Wales.

Not many entries on Papers Past and most were ads for sections in 1984. There were a couple of garage sales in 1975. Most houses here were built in the 1980s with about three of them were built in 1960s.

I walked this street a month ago and none of the houses stood out for me. There is a playground and reserve called Shamrock Reserve on the corner of Shamrock Place and Wales Street.

Wales Street in Halswell – Named after Wales, the country. The developer, Karl Scott (1910-1997), put several suggestions for the street name to the council, all of which were declined. In desperation he said – “England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales…Wales will do”. First appears in street directories in 1960. Information supplied in 2008 by Bede Cosgriff (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper.

A small amount of information from the library website and I would love to know what names were rejected. I have covered Karl Scott fully when writing about nearby streets.

When looking at Papers Past there were lots of entries for Wales Street in Dunedin and Rangiora. The earliest entry that I could find for the Wales Street in Halswell was in 1960 and was about the bus service. The water mains were mentioned in 1962 and the street was sealed in 1966. First entry that I found for the kindergarten was in 1978 and I tried to find when it was opened but had no luck. In the 1970s and 1980s it was mostly death notices.

I walked this street a month ago and it runs from Lillian Street to Checketts Avenue. Ensign Street becomes Wales Street and it then becomes Lancewood Drive. Most of the houses were built in the 1950s and the 1960s and they were typical of that era. A few looked rather shabby. There was a kindergarten here and a playground called Wales Reserve. There was a walkway that takes you to Santa Rosa Avenue. One house had a Rawleigh’s sign outside it and I hadn’t realised that they were still around. I remember these products from when I was a child. The house was blocked by a container but google maps from a couple of years ago shows a nice house. I did have a nice chat with a local here and he said that it was a nice street to live on.

Lancewood Drive – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987.

A tiny amount of information from the library website and the street is probably named after the lancewood plant and the other name for the plant is horoeka.

Very little information on Papers Past and it was mostly ads plus a few death notices. Sections and houses were for sale in the 1980s.

I walked this street a month ago when I was geocaching in the area. It is a pleasant tree lined street and the houses are a variety of styles. A couple of houses really stood out for me and I did like them. Most houses had established gardens and were pleasant to look at. There are two reserves with entrances from this street and I didn’t walk the Westlake Reserve this time but I did walk Lancewood Reserve walkway to the next street. I did drop into a friend’s house for a coffee and a chat when walking this street.

Syd Bradley Road – Named after Sydney “Syd” Bradley. Bradley was the chairman of the Christchurch International Airport Ltd 1999-2008.

The library website said that it was in the suburb of Avonhead and another website said it was in Yaldhurst.

A small amount of information from the library website and Syd Bradley is someone that I had met. Syd Bradley was Chief Postmaster before he was the chairman of the Christchurch International Airport. I started in the Post Office in 1974 and it then became Postbank and then ANZ.

Therefore I was amused that many of the businesses here are related to postal services. When I was walking along this street a car pulled up next to me and it was two geocachers that I knew.

This street goes under the motorway and there are murals of aeroplanes here. After the tunnel there wasn’t a footpath but there was a large grassy verge

De Havilland Way in Harewood / Christchurch Airport and nothing on the library website.

I only partially walked this street as there was only a short footpath. The street mostly just had airport parking here and airport related businesses.

Rapide Way in Harewood – Named for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide Aeroplane. Continuing Plane theme of Dakota Park. Name requested by Christchurch International Airport in 2018 for right‐of‐way in Dakota.

A small amount of information from the new streets of Christchurch on library website. There wasn’t anything on the old library website.

This street only has businesses plus empty land but at least it has a footpath.

Perimeter Road in Harewood and nothing on old or new library website. The name of the street is obvious.

The first entry on Papers Past was dated 1963 when the road was sealed. In 1966 the road was widened. The street was mentioned in 1977 when there was an article about more land needed for the airport.

I was surprised that this street had a footpath and all the buildings here related to the airport.

Durey Road in Harewood and there wasn’t anything on the library website. I also checked the new streets of Christchurch on the library website and nothing.

This is rather surprising as the earliest entry that I found on Papers Past was dated 1884. The street was known as Durey’s Rd and was being gravelled. The next entry was in 1938 when there was an article about the new city aerodrome when it was known as Durey Rd. The next two entries were dated 1959 and 1968 and both were in connection with the airport. I found a map which had the airport labelled Harewood Municipal Airport. The street ran from Burnside Rd to the airport and Burnside Rd is now known as Memorial Ave. I couldn’t find a map of the street before the airport was built.

Ancestry website gave me George Frederick Durey farmer of Harewood and he died in 1935. I now realise that I need to do more googling as it is likely that the airport was built on land owned by the Durey family. George Frederick Durey inherited the farm from his father George Adams Durey.

I walked this road this morning and it leads to car parking for the airport. I have actually walked this street a couple of times and a couple of years ago I walked from the Antarctic Centre to the airport because of the elephant sculpture trail.