Poulson Street – Information from library website – Named after the Rev. George Robert Paulson (1800?-1869). Paulson, an absentee landowner, appears in a Clergy List published by George Cox dated 1869 as Paulson, George R., Rector of Addington, Kent. [Poulson is a mis-spelling of Paulson and his name appears in records in both forms.

A reasonable amount of information on the library website. This street has Salvation Army Hostel on it and high density housing. I know of people especially women who refuse to walk down this street but I have never had any problems. The street runs from Selwyn St to Church Square and then restarts the other side of Church Square and stops at Spencer St. Most of the houses look shabby.

Fairfield Avenue – Information from the the library website -Named after Fairfield, a large house which stood where Fairfield Avenue was later developed. – H. J. Tancred, a member of the General Assembly, lived at Fairfield –

A reasonable amount of information from the library website,

This street is looking run down and shabby. The most interesting feature on this street is a plaque about the first drains in Christchurch. There is an entrance to Addington Cemetery from this street and there is a reserve that runs from Fairfield Ave to Burke St. I don’t believe that the original house that the street was named after is still standing as there isn’t any houses that are large enough or old enough to be this house. Much of the housing here are ownership flat style of housing.

Collins Street – Information from the library website – Named after Wilkie Collins (1824-1889 – Collins was an English author. -One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. Originally intended to be named Wilkie Collins Street. –

A small amount of information from the library website. This street has Salvation Army hostel on it which is why there are so many down and outs in Addington. There was one old house that has been done up and it looked great. Would loved to have taken a photo of it. Another street with a mixture of new and old houses, There is a cycleway on this street and the street ends at the church in Church Square. I haven’t read any books by Wilkie Collins and the more famous works by him are The Woman in White and The Moonstone.

Cotterill Street – Information from library website – Named after the Rev. George Cotterill (1814- 1902) – Cotterill was chaplain on the ship Sir James Pollock and became the vicar of the Lower Heathcote parish 1857-1859. –

A small amount of information on the library website. This street has social housing one side and a mixture of 1970s units and old houses on the other side. Most are looking run down but a couple have been done up.

Braddon Street – formerly known as Hyde Garden Street – Probably named after Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837?- 1915) – Hyde Garden Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1878. Made a public street from 1 January 1888. Re-named Braddon Street in 1889. Braddon was the author of Lady Audley’s Secret, published in 1862 – I was amused to see that the council website added the information

about the book Lady Audley’s Secret after I hid a nearby cache with the same name. This street is mostly fairly new houses .with about 3 or 4 old houses. One end of the street has businesses on it. There is an entrance to the Addington Cemetery from this street and there is also a small reserve here.

Decided to start my street walking on December 15th 2018 with my regular route. This street has businesses on one side and houses the other side. A short and not really an interesting street. I didn’t take any photos of this street. The street has a mixture of new and old houses and there is a nice wee park called Cornelius O’Connor Reserve which has a playground for children. One house is very rough looking and overgrown but the owner is a nice person.

Information from the library website -Harman Street – Named after Richard James Strachan Harman (1826-1902).- Harman arrived in Canterbury in 1850 on the Sir George Seymour. He was a member of the Provincial Council and later became deputy superintendent. He was also a civil engineer and estate agent.

Why did I decide to start a project of walking the streets of Christchurch. I love walking and also love history. I was also bored and there is nothing worse than a bored lytteltonwitch. Why lytteltonwitch when I live in Christchurch? I am born and bred in Lyttelton and my sons when teenagers called me a witch that starts with a B. I have been using this screen name for a long time now.

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