Red Checkers Place in the suburb of Hornby/Wigram, Christchurch

Red Checkers Place – Named after the Red Checkers, the RNZAF aerobatic team. The team frequently performed over Wigram Air Force Base. Continues the theme of naming the streets in the subdivision after military aircraft and/or names having a connection with the former Wigram Air Force Base. The developers sought advice from the Air Force Museum. Named in 2005.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. A short street that backs onto what used to be the airforce base. Most the houses were modern brick houses built mid 2000s.

Doppler Place in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Doppler Place -Named after the Pulse-Doppler, a 4D radar system. In the Wigram Skies subdivision where the streets have an aviation theme. Named in 2014.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. A small street with modern houses that are mostly built around 2015 to 2016. Names of the streets are more interesting than the actual streets.

Lightning Close in the suburb of Hornby /Wigram, Christchurch

Lightning Close – Named after the Electric Lightning, a supersonic jet fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. In a further stage of the subdivision of Wigram Base. Continues the theme of using the names of military aircraft for street names in the subdivision. Named in 2001.

A wee bit of information from the library website and nothing that I can add here. Houses are built in the period of 2000 to 2009. Mostly brick houses and nothing stood out for me.

Glebe Place in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Glebe Place – not on library website under street names. Couldn’t find any extra information online and it isn’t on QV website. I couldn’t even find real estate ads for it. have walked this tiny street so I know that it does exist and the houses are mostly fairly modern brick houses. I found two possible reasons for the name. One is that Glebe means church land but I suspect that the real reason for the name relates to Gloster Glebe fighter plane. I found a blog on the library website about Henry Wigram donating money in 1923 to the government for the purchase of a Gloster Glebe plane.

Barbara Joan Road in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Barbara Joan Road – Named after Barbara Joan Dellaca, née Lewis, (1952?- 2010). Mrs Dellaca was the wife of Peter Dellaca, owner of the land where the street was developed. Her family wished to “acknowledge Barbara’s history on the site” with the naming of the street. In a subdivision at 158- 160 Awatea Road. Named in 2015.

A small amount of information from the library website. The library didn’t have a suburb for this street and real estate agents have it in both Wigram and Hornby. I know that I will have met Barbara but can’t remember her. Peter and and Barbara were friends with my late brother.
A street with very new houses and still a few empty sections. The houses are mostly brick but none jumped out at me. There wasn’t even columns at the entrances of houses like many new subdivisions seem to have. Mostly lawns with a few shrubs and practically no flowers. Very boring. There was one interesting garden sculpture that I liked.

Rosa Lane, Dellaca Lane, Dominico Lane, Bernina Lane and Brusio Drive in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Rosa Lane and Berina Lane are too new to be on the library website and they aren’t on google maps yet either.
Brand new houses on these private lanes and unfinished houses as well.
Dellaca Lane and Dominico Lane are too new to be on the library website but are on google maps These are private lanes with new and unfinished houses.
Brusio Drive is too new to be on the library website but it is on google maps.
Real estate agents can’t make up their minds if these streets are in Wigram or Hornby.
Managed to get interesting information online from council minutes.
That the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board resolve to approve the following road names: 13/12/2016 – Awatea Road Subdivision
a. Dellaca Lane
b. Dominico Lane
c. Brusio Drive
d. Bernina Lane
e. Rosa Lane

Awatea Road Subdivision
4.4.1 Barbara Joan Road was approved for the spine road running through this subdivision.
4.4.2 Three rights-of-way are being constructed off Barbara Joan Road.
4.4.3 The names proposed for the three rights-of-way are Dellaca Lane, Dominico Lane and Brusio Drive.
4.4.4 The Dellaca Lane name can be traced back to the 15th century and honours many of the Dellaca family who arrived from Switzerland.

4.4.5 Dominico is the Christian name of the first Dellaca to arrive in New Zealand in 1905. It is the current middle name of three generations.
4.4.6 Brusio is a small village in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubunden. It is 25 kilometres from the Italian border and the language spoken is Italian or Romanish.
4.4.7 Two other names have been submitted for an access leg to serve a comprehensive development in part of the subdivision. They are Bernina Lane and Rosa Lane.
4.4.8 Bernina – the village of Brusio is in the district of Bernina in the Swiss Alps. The landowners were from the Bernina district.
4.4.9 Rosa is for Rosa Augusta Dellaca, wife of Dominico Dellaca.

Zinnia Way in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Zinnia Way – too new to be on the library website but is on google maps.

Information from council. That the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board resolve to approve the following road names:

Zinnia is a genus of plants of the sunflower tribe within the daisy family. Road names have been requested by Awatea Park Limited for road(s) at Awatea Park in Hornby which is within a greenfield area bounded by Carrs Road, Awatea Road, Owaka Road and the Christchurch Southern Motorway. The suggested road names have a botanical theme.
Another street that can’t make its mind if it is in Hornby or Wigram.
Note there were several other small streets but I ran out of time to walk them today.
Houses are brand new and some are still being built. None of them stood out for me.There was a children’s playground here called Awatea Park.

Owaka Road in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Owaka Road and nothing on the library website. I had in my head that this was an older road but I must be wrong The council in 2017 have a note about Owaka Basin and a land swap. Parks Towing have a big property here. QV had 4 to 6 properties here but only one building dated 2011.
Not sure if Hornby or Wigram.
I did walk past at least two houses that looked older so a bit confusing. There is a reserve here that has drainage pipes and channels.There is a very clever geocache in the reserve.

A friend who lives in Hornby said that this road has been there for years and it was closed for a while a year or so ago while one of the new subdivisions was being developed.

Hulbert Street in the suburb of Linwood, Christchurch

Hulbert Street – Named after Charles Partridge Hulbert (1841- 1926). Hulbert, a hatter and mercer, was the mayor of Christchurch 1884 and 1885. During his mayoralty the Worcester Street bridge was built. First appears in street directories in 1917. Library acknowledged Richard Greenaway.

A small amount of information from the library website. Between Papers Past and Ancestry website I managed to find a reasonable of information about Charles Hulbert. He was born in Bristol, married in Melbourne, came to NZ in 1860 and was involved in the gold rush at Gabriel Gully. His obituary said that he also served in the Maori Wars.He died in Wellington but is buried in Christchurch. He was a hatter and lived in Cashel St and then Worcester St.
In 1896 he resigned as a JP in Christchurch and there was an ad in the same year where they were selling up their furniture and household effects. Charles in 1896 was given a leaving gift on the occasion of him moving to Auckland but by 1904 they were living in Wellington.
Charles was 84 when he died which would make him born 1842 and going by his father-in-law’s death notice the father-in-law was born in 1822 which must mean that Charles was a lot older than his wife.
I was amused by one family tree on the Ancestry website which had him born in Bristol, Massachusetts rather than Bristol, UK. Some family trees had him born in Bedminister, Somerset.
A short street with mostly lovely old villas.Looked like a nice street to live in.

Wyon Street in the suburb of Linwood, Christchurch

Wyon Street – Named after Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858) and his son, Alfred Benjamin Wyon (1837-1884). Both men were medalists, die-sinkers, seal engravers and painters. Benjamin Wyon was Chief Engraver to the Seals and created the first Public Seal which arrived in New Zealand in 1841. The second was approved by Queen Victoria in 1848. Alfred Wyon designed the third seal, used 1881-1903. The seal represents the constitutional authority of the Crown in New Zealand. Formed in the early 20th century. A section for sale there is advertised in The Press in 1906. First appears in street directories in 1908.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I can’t see how I can add to this. The best information online is a wikipedia page under Seal of New Zealand. After checking the Ancestry website the Wyon family mostly lived in Middlesex. Sounds like they came from a long line of seal engravers etc.
A few new houses here but also some older wooden villas. Most were in a reasonable condition. A pleasant street and some of the gardens were lovely. Checking my photos I only managed one photo here and I thought that I would have taken more.