Christchurch street and place names
This resource aims to give the origins of Christchurch street and place names.
Please note
Definitive origins are not always possible and, as Christchurch evolved, the same street name was often used more than once. All known names and variants are listed.
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Sources
Researched by Margaret Harper, Aotearoa New Zealand Centre, this information has come from published works, manuscripts, interviews and archives. All sources are acknowledged in the documents.
Updated: May 2013
Download Christchurch street and place name listings
These are searchable PDFs:
- Christchurch place names A-M [1.22 MB PDF]
- Christchurch place names N-Z [916 KB PDF]
- Lost Christchurch [1.14 MB PDF]
- Miscellaneous [943 KB PDF]
Street names
- Christchurch street names A [529 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names B [1.02 MB PDF]
- Christchurch street names C [1.15 MB PDF]
- Christchurch street names D - E [775 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names F - G [1.05 MB PDF]
- Christchurch street names H [825 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names I - K [678 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names L [456 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names M [948 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names N - O [324 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names P - Q [589 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names R [619 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names S [1.05 MB PDF]
- Christchurch street names T - V [685 KB PDF]
- Christchurch street names W - Z [716 KB PDF]
Search for a place
Try this Google Search to find places inside these PDFs.
Copyright statement
Unless otherwise indicated, the Christchurch City Council holds the copyright on all material on the Christchurch City Libraries’ websites. This material can be used for personal and non-commercial purposes free of charge without the permission of the Christchurch City Council, provided that the source and copyright status of the material is acknowledged and it is not used in a misleading way.
