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.

Frankleigh Street – Named after the baronetcy of Frankley. [The name of the street is wrongly spelt.] A title belonging to the Lyttelton family. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Canterbury Association and, especially, the Lyttelton family. 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).

A reasonable amount of information from the library and there is nothing that I can add. I couldn’t find out if Frederick Spencer ever came out to NZ and Conway Lucas Rose spent less than 10 years in NZ from approx 1953 to 1864. I drive down this road frequently and it was interesting walking it. Lots of older houses with infill housing behind them. A couple of Art Deco houses.There is a church on the corner of Frankleigh and Barrington Streets and one of my sister’s best friends got married here nearly 60 years ago. The new cycleway runs along this street.

Waimokihi Place and Rawlings Lane and Pablo Place and Alvarez Place.

Couldn’t walk down Rawlings Lane and Pablo Place as there were no footpaths and they both looked like private driveways. Alvarez Place backs on to Oderings Nursery and is in Somerfield.
Waimokihi Place wasn’t on the library website but it was the biggest street compared to the others. It had fairly new houses which all had nice gardens. Some were fronted by a stream and they were lovely. Note Pablo Place is actually in Hoon Hay but is only metres from Rawlings Lane.

Was unable to find reasons for the names. Rawlings Lane first appeared in street directory in 1984 and I suspect this was named after someone.

Pablo Place first appeared in street directory in 1984 and have no idea where the name came from but possibly someone’s name.

Alvarez Place first appeared in street directory in 1991 and it is a place name in Argentina.

Waimokihi Place not on library website but probably developed in the 1970s as the houses here were built in the 1970s. Couldn’t find a precise meaning of Waimokihi but it is the name of the Heathcote River where it runs through Spreydon.

Claude Hendry Lane – Named after Claude Benjamin Hendry (1901- 1960) Hendry was the land owner at one stage. First appears in street directories in 1983.

A small amount of information from the library website.I actually decided not to walk this one as it looked more like a private driveway and it led to about 3 or 4 houses. No footpath either.