Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Leitch St in Somerfield – Probably named after Daniel Leitch. Leitch was living at nearby 49 Wordsworth Street in 1904. First mentioned in The Press in 1880. In the Star in 1900 it is described as a “continuation of Smollett Street”. First appears in street directories in 1909. A small amount of information from the …
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Penrith Ave in Somerfield – formerly Penrith Street. Penrith Street was named in 1937. Penrith Avenue first appears in street directories in 1940. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Going by brief article in 1937 about naming of the new street it was called Penrith Street but it seems to have been …
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McCombs St in Somerfield – Named after Elizabeth Reid McCombs (1873- 1935). Elizabeth McCombs was a socialist, social worker and politician. She was a member of the Christchurch City Council from 1921. Developed in a state housing area in what was Spreydon in 1937. Named in 1937. First appears in street directories in 1940. A …
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Cooke St in Somerfield – Named after Frederick Riley Cooke (1867- 1930). Cooke was a tailor, socialist, trade unionist and Christchurch City councillor 1920-1930. Developed in a state housing area in what was Spreydon in 1937. Named in 1937. First appears in street directories in 1940. A small amount of information from the library website …
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Carey St in Somerfield – Named in 1941, when the tender of Mr J. L. Gant for the building of eight blocks of cottage homes for aged persons, comprising 32 units, was accepted by the Christchurch City Council. The cottages were to be on property in Dunn Street where a new street was to be …
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Selsey Lane in Somerfield – Probably named after Selsey, a town and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information on the library website and I couldn’t find any information on the naming of the street. The street is where 130 and …
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Saskia Lane in Somerfield and nothing on library website. The street runs off Selwyn where 101 and 103 Selwyn St used to be and all the houses were built in the 1990s. I suspect that the street is named after a person but without a surname it is harder to find. In the 1920s the …
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Kantara Lane in Somerfield and nothing on library website. This tiny private lane runs off Somerfield St and it doesn’t have a footpath. All the houses were built in the 1980s and all but two of the entries on Papers Past were real estate ads. There was one death notice and the other entry was …
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Moana St in Somerfield – formerly part of Tainui Street. First mentioned in The Press in 1936. First appears in street directories in 1938. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past and I only looked at Moana St and not from when it was Tainui St. It …
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Darley St in Somerfield – Named in 1931 at the suggestion of the trustees in the estate of J. L. Scott. First appears in street directories in 1936. A tiny amount of information from the library website. J L Scott was John Lee Scott and he had an iron foundry Scott Bros with his brother …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project