Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Ibsley Lane in Bexley Red Zone – Probably named after Ibsley in Hampshire. First appears in street directories in 1977. A tiny amount of information from the library website and it is definitely named after Ibsley in Hampshire. I found an article from 1978 where some councillors were objecting to street names. Councillor W J …
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Mitcham Place in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. The street was either named after a place in the UK or was someone’s surname. I managed to find several ads on Papers Past for this street and most of the houses were built in the 1980s. At the end of the street there …
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Sopley Lane in Bexley Red Zone – Probably named after Sopley in Hampshire. First appears in street directories in 1981. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that the library had information as the larger street that it runs off isn’t mentioned on the library website. As Sopley is …
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Fordingbridge Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. It was probably named after Fordingbridge in England and I was so sure that I had found a cache here but couldn’t find it when I checked my app. I couldn’t find this street on either google maps or Apple maps but did find …
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Marigold Lane in Bexley Red Zone – First appears in street directories in 1993. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that they had some information. The library doesn’t mention many of the nearby streets. I couldn’t find out any more information and the street doesn’t show up on …
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Otakaro Place in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. I couldn’t find out any information about this street. Not even an earthquake story. The street runs off Velsheda St and at the end of the street there was a walkway that led to the walkway that follows the river. I found street view …
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Wetlands Grove in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. I couldn’t find out much information about this street and the houses that were here possibly had been built in the 1990s. There were a couple of articles online about the earthquakes. The street runs off Anzac Drive and it isn’t blocked off so …
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Waireka Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. If I hadn’t taken a photo of the sign post with the street name I wouldn’t have known that this street existed. It doesn’t show up on current maps but I eventually managed to find street view from 2007. It was a tiny lane …
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Onepu Street in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. When I checked street view most of the houses looked like they were built in the 1960s but one was an art deco style house. The earliest entry that I could find on Papers Past was an ad for a section in 1960. Sewage …
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Kia Ora Street in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. When I checked street view I realised that this was an older street as there had been a cute cottage that looked that it dated from 1890s. There were also at least two art deco houses. Papers Past had a few death notes …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project