Wilsons Road
4 reports at 2 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2022, the latest 2025. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Wilsons Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Lyttelton.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 16 Wilsons Road, 3 reports
- 8–16 Wilsons Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 33 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)
· Papers Past,
…l george dublin street lyttelton mariner marshall john pigeon bay carpenter marshall john wilsons road lower heathcote farmer marshall robert durham street christchurch carpenter marshall thomas durha…
- Wilsons Road rural section plan
· Canterbury Stories,
Plan showing properties in Wilsons Road rural section. Heathcote Road Board rural sections…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 November 1903)
· Papers Past,
…in factory r ellison secretary 4460 mo let house of 6 rooms every conveni x ence apply 19 wilsons road 4466 mo let comfortable furnished bedroom x private suit gentleman 202 oxford terrace opposite ma…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 December 1904)
· Papers Past,
…fruit and flower gatden cxceljerit situation and handy to tram a bargain jlsmclm j andco wilsons road just off r7 superior 5-roomed house and jwq j 3 scullery plastered throughout concrete foundation…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 04 July 1905)
· Papers Past,
…oad j 970 piano best english rich tone burr wal nut in perfect condition 16 10s tiv erton wilsons road 9540 piano new for sale 46 uj right grand magnificent instru ment lipp strung full extended iron…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 October 1905)
· Papers Past,
…r street 4844 tiajio english burr walnut full trj x chord splendid tone bargain 16 10s 49 wilsons road i 6083 piano for sale 40 new upright grand iniagnifioent imstrumenti lipp strung under-diuniper b…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 February 1909)
· Papers Past,
…ab 65 madras street 2 doors from high street 1670 wanted a strong lad apply mel huish 100 wilsons road 1667 wanted girls for labelling etc j j melhuish 100 wilson road 1667 wanted smart waitress at on…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 September 1910)
· Papers Past,
…12 noon 24th inst for 1 shingling 24 chains on the dip road and 2 shingling 32 chains on wilsons road 20 yards to tho chain m each case specifications at road board office me tli yen tho lowest or an…
- Mr and Mrs Lightfoot
· Canterbury Stories,
Mr and Mrs Lightfoot with Miss Kathleen White (left) outside their home on the corner of Wilsons Road and Main North Road. Local people and functions…
- Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury, Wilsons Road, Centaurus Road, and Aynsley Terrace. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Substation on Ferry Road near Moorhouse Avenue
· Canterbury Stories,
…Electricity Department substation on Ferry Road near the corner with Moorhouse Avenue and Wilsons Road North. MED Historical Photographs…
- Excello Service Station
· Canterbury Stories,
Excello Service Station on the corner of Wilsons Road and Shakespeare Road in Opawa. 2013 Photo Hunt…
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As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
4 reports at 2 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (2), roads & footpaths (2).
2022, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.
Ferry Road and Wilsons Road, 26 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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