Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Moncks Bay Lane in Moncks Bay – nothing on library website for this street and it is obvious how it got it’s name. There wasn’t anything on Papers Past yet there are houses here dating from 1960s and 1970s plus there is an ugly modern house. I didn’t actually walk this street as is just …
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Red Rock Lane in Moncks Bay – Named because the street is on the site of the old quarry from which the red rock, readily seen in Sumner and Redcliffs, was extracted. A right-of-way named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website. There is supposed to be 15 houses here but …
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Tui Vale Lane in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. The street is part of the boutique new Stoneridge subdivision at 823 Cashmere Road. There are 7 sections here and just to be confusing google maps have the street as Tui Vale Rise but signpost and the developer’s noticeboard has the …
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Saddle Vale Rise in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website, It is part of the new Stoneridge Down boutique subdivision. There are two houses here that look like they are finished being built and they are interesting designs. I couldn’t decide if I liked them or not. Seriously well …
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Kepler Ridge Lane in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. It will be named after the Kepler Mountains and Track and the street is in the new Stoneridge Down subdivision at 823 Cashmere Road. I couldn’t find out how sections will be here and at least one house looks …
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Stoney Creek Lane in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. There are 8 sections here and it is part of Stoneridge Down which is a new subdivision at 823 Cashmere Rd. The ads use words like boutique and trophy countryside. In other words expensive.
Sharlick St in the red zone of Avondale – Named after Martin Sharlick (1866-1944). Sharlick was a farmer of Marshland Road. He worked with Reginald Gordon Vivian Muirson (1913-1990), a builder. First appears in street directories in 1960. Information researched during the 1970s by Guy Bliss, a teacher and local historian. A small amount of …
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Edna St in the red zone of Avondale – Named after Edna May Muirson (1913-1986). Edna Muirson was the wife of Reginald Gordon Vivian Muirson (1913-1990), a builder. First appears in street directories in 1962. Information researched during the 1970s by Guy Bliss, a teacher and local historian. The Muirson’s dates supplied in 2008 by …
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Cardrona St in the red zone of Avondale – Probably named after the Cardrona River near Peebles, Scotland. Named in 1955. A tiny amount of information but the library website and as the rest of the streets nearby are named after places in Scotland this is probably correct. The mention in 1955 about naming the …
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Ardrossan St in the red zone of Avondale – Named after Ardrossan, a town on the North Ayrshire coast in western Scotland. Named on 15 December 1969, the same day as neighbouring Alloway Street. First appears in street directories in 1977. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project