Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Sugden Street – Probably named after the Sugden family In 1947 Frank Sugden (1894- 1979), a poultry farmer, and Frances Alice Sugden (1924- 1995), a spinster, are living at 77 Simeon Street; John William Sugden (1888?-1951), a shop fitter, is living at 143 Simeon Street. Frances Sugden married Gordon Frederick Beattie in 1948. First appears …
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Charity Lane and it isn’t mentioned on the library website. Going by the QV website all the houses are from the 1970s. Yesterday I totally missed this lane that runs off Domain Tce so I had to google it and I can see how I missed it. It just looks like a private driveway and …
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Bredon Lane – Named after Bredon, a village in Worcestershire. The Lyttelton family seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer …
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Hennessy Place – Named after Patrick Hennessy (1869?-1959). Hennessy, a platelayer with the Christchurch Tramway Board and later a market gardener, lived at 155 Lyttelton Street. He gave a large area of land there for the building of pensioners’ flats. Named in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing to …
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Stourbridge Street – Named after Stourbridge in Worcester. Stourbridge is near Hagley Hall, the family seat of the Lyttelton family. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl …
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Wychbury Street – Named after Wychbury Hill near Hagley, Stourbridge, in Worcestershire in England. The Lyttelton family seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge”, purchased by Frederick …
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Tulip Lane – Developed at 15 Wychbury Street. Named in 1998. [The developer, Michael “Mike” Barratt had hoped that the street would be given a name with connections to his family. All his suggestions were declined.] A small amount of information from the library website and I would love to know what the rejected names …
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Andrews Crescent – Named after Sir Ernest Herbert Andrews (1873- 1961). Andrews was mayor of Christchurch 1941- 1950. First mentioned in The Press in 1944. First appears in street directories in 1946. [Twenty-four single pensioners’ flats were built there by the Christchurch City Council in 1953.] A small amount of information from the library website …
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Bletsoe Ave – Named after Bletsoe, a village in Bedfordshire, England. Referred to as “the newformed Bletsoe Avenue” in The Press in 1912 when Harry Brewer advertises 29 “choice building sites” for sale in the Bletsoe estate. The developer of the street may have had some connection with Bletsoe. From Strickland Street to Selwyn Street …
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Diamond Ave – Named in 1928. The section which is at right-angles to Coronation Street was formed in March 1928. By July 1928 it linked up with Simeon Street. By October 1929 it linked up with Barrington Street. NB This section is now part of Coronation Street. First appears in street directories in 1930. A …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project