Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Wattle Drive in New Brighton / Red Zone – Named after the Australian wattle tree. This was the favourite tree of William Nicholas Ryan (1885-1950), a contractor. Named by his wife, Mary Catherine Ryan (1892- 1978). First appears in street directories in 1960. Information supplied in 2008 by Ryan’s son, Jack Ryan, in a letter …
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Wendy Place in Heathcote. Nothing on the library website for this street yet most the houses date from 1990. The footpath is also on both sides of the street which is a good clue that the street is older as modern streets of this type tend not to have footpaths on both sides. The street …
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Laing Crescent – Named after William Baillie Laing (1899-1971). Laing was a Heathcote County Councillor for over 20 years. First appears in street directories in 1972. Information supplied in 2008 by William Laing’s daughter, Janice Weir, in an interview with Margaret Harper. A small amount of information from the library website. Information from ancestry website …
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Caudron Road – Named after the Caudron, an early light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, manufactured in France and used by the Allies during World War I. A name from the Wigram airbase preserved when the land was subdivided to form the Wigram subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987.A small amount of information from …
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Auster Ave – Named after Auster Aircraft Limited, a British aircraft manufacturer 1938- 1961. In the Wigram Skies subdivision at the former Wigram Air Force Base where the street names are either those of aircraft, or the names of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named …
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Vale Tce – Named after Noel Lancelot St Elmo Vale (1898- 1981). Vale was a motor engineer of Riccarton. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 7 May 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the …
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Roy Place in Harewood and here is nothing on the library website or anywhere else about this street. It is on google maps and there is a signpost saying Roy Place. I can’t find out any information about it. It runs off Orchard Rd and circles around the Antarctic Centre.
Firth Place in Burnside. First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any information about how the street was named. I searched the ancestry website for anyone with the surname Firth to have lived on Memorial Ave but nothing. There were several people with …
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Memorial Ave – An extension of Fendalton Road. Burnside Road. Fendall Town Road was cut through Rural Section 18, 50 acres in Fendall Town purchased by W. C. Fendall. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1857. Fendalton Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1864 and first appears in street directories in 1894. …
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Lothian Street in Ilam. Named after East and West Lothian in Edinburgh. Named to continue the Scottish theme of street names in Burnside. First appears in street directories in 1900 running through to Tay Street (later part of Hamilton Avenue. A small amount of information from the library website. The street runs off Memorial Ave …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project