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Seymour Street

76 reports at 33 addresses in Hornby, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 69 separate days somebody filed something about it.

76 reports33 addresses69 days reported onfrom the air, then10 documents carry the namethe 975th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

49 Seymour Street, 15 reports4 Seymour Street, 11 reports42A Seymour Street, 4 reports35 Seymour Street, 4 reports50 Seymour Street, 3 reports32 Seymour Street, 3 reports3 Seymour Street, 3 reports22 Seymour Street, 3 reports71 Seymour Street, 2 reports5 Seymour Street, 2 reports33A Seymour Street, 2 reports29 Seymour Street, 2 reports15B Seymour Street, 2 reports9A Seymour Street, 1 report7 Seymour Street, 1 report69 Seymour Street, 1 report57–59 Seymour Street, 1 report47 Seymour Street, 1 report44 Seymour Street, 1 report39 Seymour Street, 1 report38 Seymour Street, 1 report36 Seymour Street, 1 report32B Seymour Street, 1 report32A Seymour Street, 1 report31 Seymour Street, 1 report28 Seymour Street, 1 report27 Seymour Street, 1 report26 Seymour Street, 1 report25 Seymour Street, 1 report19E Seymour Street, 1 report19 Seymour Street, 1 report11 Seymour Street, 1 report10 Seymour Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Seymour Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Hornby.

From the air, then

Seymour Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Seymour Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Seymour Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Seymour Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 10 on the shelf; the 2 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Seymour Street in 23 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Street Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Hornby wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Seymour Street?

In Hornby, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Seymour Street?

76 reports at 33 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (24), water & drains (22), rubbish & dumping (18).

When was Seymour Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 69 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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