Dow Square – Named as an alternative to the spelling of the small fishing vessel, a dhow, and because the road is set out roughly in a square. Developed at 101 Awatea Road by Awatea Property Developments who wanted a small easily pronounced road name. Named in 2014.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I am not able to add to it.

The houses looked so small but they are probably bigger than they look as they are narrow but long.

The Runway – In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names have an aviation theme. Named in 2012

A small amount of information from the library website. This is a very long road and I did walk the entire length. There is a park / green area at one end and a few businesses at the other end. It goes through the shopping centre The Landing. There is now a primary school on this road and a church. Both are very boring building. None of the houses appealed to me and they were all modern houses.
I vaguely recall that this road follows the original airport runway which is how it got the name but the library website didn’t mention this. There also used to be a car race here when it was a airport.

Corsair Drive – Named after the Vought F4U Corsair, an aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Named to continue the military aircraft theme in the Wigram subdivision. Named in 2000.

A wee bit of information from the library website and there is nothing that I can add to it. Personally I feel that this street belongs in Wigram but the Christchurch suburb list has it in Hornby. This road is probably a little bit more interesting as it has the original control building for the airport. There is also the Lady Wigram retirement village here. At one end there houses were slightly older but are still modern houses. There was a row of new houses and they looked very small.

Packe Street – Named after George Packe (1836-1882). Packe was a lieutenant colonel who commanded the Canterbury Volunteers. Earlier he had served in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In 1873 he owned land in nearby Manchester Street.

A small amount of information from the library website. This street has many new houses and is looking good. It used to be a horrible rough street with lots of lowlifes living here so I was pleasantly surprised by the changes. There was a fridge library at the community garden and the books were just flung in any old how. I spent several minutes tidying it up.

Geraldine Street – Formerly Fitzgerald Street. Named after the FitzGerald family. Re-named Geraldine Street. Named after the clan name of the FitzGerald family. Re-named Geraldine Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. The FitzGerald family came from Ireland.

A small amount of information from the library website. This was a fairly long street to walk and there are a huge number of flats. Most are in good condition and again there was a couple of exceptions. There are some great mosaics on the street. One of the photos is of flats where my older son used to own a place. I am assuming that there is no one living in the extremely overgrown house.

Hendon Street – formerly Park Lane. Probably named after Hendon, a place in the London Borough of Barnet. Park Lane first appears in street directories in 1906. Re-named Hendon Street in 1916 at the request of residents and other ratepayers

A small amount of information from the library website. Another mixture of new and old houses.I did like the decoration at one house and not what I would expect to see in NZ.

Edwards Avenue formerly King Edwards Avenue. Named after King Edward VII (1841-1910). From 1908 it has the alternative name of King Edwards Avenue. By 1912 it is Edward Avenue.

A small amount of information from the library website. Going by information other streets in Christchurch it looks like the council in the early 1900s were reducing the length of the street names. I decided that it was easier for them to use the shorter name on road signs. Another street with a mixture of older villas and brand new houses. There is a wee stream that runs along most of the street and it has been enhanced by plantings and wooden posts. It also is one border of St Albans Park.

Allard Street – Formerly Cornhill Street. Named after either Cornhill on the Tweed or after a major English literary magazine. Re-named Allard Street. Named after Charles Allard (1850-1922). Re-named Allard Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Allard was secretary of the North Canterbury Board of Education. He was also a well-known bowler, belonging to the Edgeware Bowling Club. At the time of his death he was living at 533 Barbadoes Street

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. A small street with a mixture of new and old houses.Most in good condition but there was one exception.I did love the painted wall.

Cleveland Street – Named after Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). Cleveland was the American president 1885-1888 and 1892-1896. First appears in street directories in 1908.

A small amount of information from the library website and really there is nothing more that I can add. Looks like it was possibly named the year this man died. A mixture of new and old houses. Some lovely old villas on this street. There is also a very clever cache hidden on this street.

Woodville Street – First appears in The Press in 1907 when land there is advertised for sale. It is described as being in the Kensington Estate. First appears in street directories in 1909.

The library website had very little information. The street has mostly older villas and most are looking good and have been done up. There is a new house at one end and I don’t like it. As you can see it is a swinging street and I decided that I was too heavy to try it.