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Severn Street

33 reports at 25 addresses in Saint Albans, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

33 reports25 addresses30 days reported onfrom the air, then29 documents carry the namethe 1869th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

61 Severn Street, 3 reports72 Severn Street, 2 reports64 Severn Street, 2 reports31 Severn Street, 2 reports2 Severn Street, 2 reports16 Severn Street, 2 reports1 Severn Street, 2 reports81 Severn Street, 1 report79 Severn Street, 1 report74 Severn Street, 1 report73 Severn Street, 1 report71 Severn Street, 1 report68 Severn Street, 1 report67 Severn Street, 1 report60 Severn Street, 1 report51A Severn Street, 1 report51 Severn Street, 1 report45 Severn Street, 1 report43 Severn Street, 1 report39 Severn Street, 1 report36 Severn Street, 1 report32 Severn Street, 1 report21 Severn Street, 1 report19 Severn Street, 1 report18 Severn Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Severn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Severn Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Severn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Severn 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. 29 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Severn Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Water Leak, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photo more photographs
on the Saint Albans wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Severn Street?

In Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Severn Street?

33 reports at 25 addresses, most often water & drains (12), trees & parks (9), roads & footpaths (6).

When was Severn Street first reported on?

2019, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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