Battersea St – Formerly part of Third Street. The streets south of, and parallel to, Moorhouse Avenue were named in numerical order. Re-named Battersea Street. Probably renamed after St. John’s Training College at Battersea, England.

The section from Harper Street to Colombo Road was re-named Battersea Street officially on 2 August 1880, when the Street Naming committee of the Sydenham Borough Council recommended that “Second, Third and Fourth streets be respectively named Sandyford, Battersea Gladstone streets, these being the names under which they are dedicated to the public, and which were chosen by the first residents in those streets. St. John’s Training College at Battersea, England, was founded in 1844 to supply superior teachers for Church of England schools. It had associations with the Canterbury Association. A former principal, Thomas Jackson was, briefly, Bishop-Designate of Lyttelton. Ex-student John Bilton was sent out as a schoolmaster and the Cathedral organist designate. Battersea Street is in an area where a number of streets have associations with the Church of England.

A lot of information from the library website and there is nothing that I can add.

This is in the business area of Sydenham and many of the businesses are connected to the car industry. Still a couple of empty sections and there is a pub at the Colombo St end. Nothing stood out for me here.

Old Stone Lane – too new to be on the library website. Found information from council meeting dated 15/04/2018. Caroline (Caro) Murray formally Wilson who is granddaughter of John Wilson Cracroft suggested names for the new subdivision based on her childhood memories. Named because this lane leads direct to the Old Stone House. This had houses that are still being built and there didn’t seem to be an entrance to the Old Stone House from the lane. If there is one I couldn’t find it.

Dalweny Lane – Named after Dalweny, the Cracroft Wilson’s family farm in Amberley. The last 30 sections of the Cracroft Wilson family estate, at 60 Worsleys Road, were auctioned on 8 December 2007. Named in 2004.

A small amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can add here. A small private lane that went to 2 or 3 modern houses. One was what I call toilet block style.

Aubrey Lane – too new to be on the library website. Found information from council meeting dated 15/04/2018. Caroline (Caro) Murray formally Wilson who is granddaughter of John Wilson Cracroft suggested names for the new subdivision based on her childhood memories. Aubrey was the family name of a previous farm manager.

The lane looked like a private driveway that leads to a couple of houses that are still being built.

Delhi Place – Named after the capital city of India, which from 1911 was named New Delhi. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. First appears in street directories in 1991.

A small amount of information from the library website. There are many streets which have names with a connection to India and the reason is because of John Cracroft Wilson.

I walked a small track from Sasaram Lane to get to Dehli Lane. Dehli had mostly modern looking houses but there was one gorgeous house with tudor style timbers.

Bengal Drive – Named after Bengal, a region in India. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. First appears in street directories in 1977.

A small amount of information from the library website. Because this is an Indian name it is mostly likely named in connection with John Cracroft Wilson.

This was a steep street to walk and it had a mixture of new and old houses. The older houses were gorgeous. Some lovely gardens here as well. I was checking a friend’s geocache in the wee reserve that is about halfway up the hill. Good views from the top of the street.

Eliza Place – Continues the theme used in the Aidanfield subdivision of naming the streets after members of the Order of St John Of God. Named in 2008.
A wee bit of information from the library website. Eliza isn’t in the cemetery. A tiny street with modern houses and as usual in new subdivisions the footpath is only on one side of the street. The photo is of a huge house on the corner of Eliza Place and Somerville Crescent.

Rosario Place – May be named after Sister Rosario Battung. Sister Rosario was professed in 1968 in Te Horo. Continues the theme in the Aidanfield subdivision of street names recognising former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Community, and place names with a strong association to the community. Named in 2010.
A wee bit of information from the library website. Sister Rosario wasn’t in the cemetery so couldn’t prove this.A tiny street that finished at a reserve. I couldn’t get a photo of the street so took a photo from the street of the reserve. A modern street with modern houses mostly brick.

Rees St – Named after Evan Devereux Rees (1844?- 1931). Rees, a boat builder, is listed as living at 283 Oxford Terrace on the 1893 electoral roll. His house was next to the Union Rowing Club and he was the first custodian of the CRC sheds. Rees Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1884 in a report of a meeting of the city council. In 1984 a ¼ acre section and two “aged colonial cottages in original condition” in the Avon Loop area were sold for $59,500. They were on Rees Street and the corner of Bangor Street and were offered on behalf of the estate of Kate Alicia Rees (1901- 1984). She was the daughter of Augustus John Rees and granddaughter of Evan Rees. First appears in street directories in 1893.

A reasonable and interesting amount of information for this street When you check google maps it shows a street full of houses but the reality is different. I couldn’t walk the street as it is closed and fenced off and there are no longer any houses here. This area was affected badly by the earthquakes.

Boon Street – Formerly Smollett’s Road and Smollett Street. May have been named after Tobias George Smollett (1721- 1771). Re-named Boon Street. Probably named after C. E. Boon Ltd., bakers. Smollett was an English author. Smollett’s Road first appears in street directories in 1887. Becomes Smollett Street in 1898. Re-named Boon Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were renamed. The bakery business of Charles Edwin Boon (1878-1951), established in 1909, was at 221 Colombo Street. Not formally recognised as a public street by the Christchurch City Council until 1952.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Mostly older houses here but some new places. The street runs from Colombo St to Strickland St. There was nothing that stood out on this street except for the apartments which I couldn’t figure if are new or older ones that have been done up.