FERRY ROAD

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on FERRY ROAD, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Mount Pleasant.

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 numbered spots

• 803 FERRY ROAD, 1 report

What got reported

• Roads & footpaths, 1 report

Year by year

• 2023, 1 report

Documents that name it

Records on the shelf that name FERRY ROAD, 1,832 in total; the 12 earliest:

• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851) · Papers Past · 12 Apr 1851
  …f land excavating sites for buildings embanking c john wilson and charles bourn heathcote ferry road near christchurch g allen 13egs respectfully to announce to the l-f inhabitants of christchurch tha…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Feb 1852
  …on hand goods carefully removed and carted on reasonable terms to any part of the plains ferry road near christchurch messrs taylor howard t espectfully inform the public ti that they are now enabled…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 27 March 1852) · Papers Past · 27 Mar 1852
  …on hand goods carefully removed and carted on reasonable terms to any part of the plains ferry road near christchurch…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past · 3 Apr 1852
  …on hand goods carefully removed and carted on reasonable terms to any part of the plains ferry road nearchristchurch j f smart carman c corner of madras street and sumner soad at the entrance of chri…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852) · Papers Past · 17 Apr 1852
  …on hand goods carefully removed and carted on reasonable terms to any part of the plains ferry road near christchtm-h registry and general agency office cj gibbs begs to inform the public that nj he…
• Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852) · Papers Past · 1 May 1852
  …on hand goods carefully removed and carted on reasonable terms to any part of the plains ferry road near christchurch caversham house christchurch t f smart begs to inform the gentry and inhabitants…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1852) · Papers Past · 12 Jun 1852
  …sections in lyttelton and christchurch also rural lanu on the christchurch and heath cote-ferry road on the p-ipanui road and near riccarton cookson bowler co lyttelton jnne 101852 to be let on lease…
• Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Aug 1852
  …market place christch gunsmith disher william john armagh st christch carter dixon joseph ferry road labourer dobbs arthur governor bay gentleman dobson alfred tuam st christch architect and surveyor…
• Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Aug 1852
  …am benjamin heathcote river gentleman alfrey george near river avon labourer allen george ferry road market gardener allen james london st lyttelton shoemaker allen joseph oxford ter christch shoemake…
• Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Aug 1852
  …ay lyttelton cattle agent paddock charles loudon street lyttelton carpenteil palmer david ferry road labourer papprill joseph william market-place christchurch labourer parish john ferry road labourer…
• Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Aug 1852
  …an brown thomas riccarton road labourer bruer thomas london st lyttelton baker bryan john ferry road labourer bryan thomas mitchell riccarton brickmaker bryant william london st lyttelton shoemaker bu…
• Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852) · Papers Past · 14 Aug 1852
  …d mariner marsh isaac riccarton labourer marsh thomas h port albert mariner marshall john ferry road labourer marshman john canterbury street lyttelton accountant martin john bridle path labourer maso…

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

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.

• Ferry Road Law Centre and DD's Takeaway Chinese Meals at 699 Ferry Road, Woolston, March 29th 2009 (Canterbury Stories CCL-Kete-9553)., r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 14 Oct 2026
• Ferry Road reopens after pedestrian hit by vehicle, The news · Chris Lynch Media, 15 Sept 2026
• Ferry Road blocked after crash involving pedestrian, The news · Chris Lynch Media, 15 Sept 2026
• Does anyone know the story about the man who is always hanging around the lights at the intersection of Bridle Path Rd and Ferry Road/Main Rd in Ferrymead? The dude who is either dancing, singing…, r/chch · EquipmentHot924, 13 Sept 2026

Latest on record

• Pavement - Damaged at 803 FERRY ROAD, 24 Jul 2023