Cotton Street
5 reports at 3 addresses in Shirley, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 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 Cotton Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Shirley.
From the air, then
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
- 3 Cotton Street, 3 reports
- 4–6 Cotton Street, 1 report
- 3A Cotton Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
Year by year
- 2022, 3 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 12 on the shelf; the 7 earliest:
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 November 1856)
· Papers Past,
…avelling bags scissors moleskin trowsers children stays and bands bonnets dresses mantles cotton strap shoes mattrasses satin ribbon tools arraphane lace falls infants caps and flannels lustres and al…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 19 June 1858)
· Papers Past,
…rts stays crimean shirts men and boys regatta do blue and white serge men and women brown cotton stockings braces buttons ribbons berlin shaded wools braids needles pins sec june 141858 continuation o…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 23 June 1858)
· Papers Past,
…ts stays cri mean shirts men and boys regatta do blue and white serge men and women brown cotton stockings braces buttons ribbons berlin shaded wools braids needles pins fee j g pype june 141858 conti…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 26 June 1858)
· Papers Past,
…s stays crimean shirts men and boys regatta d 0 blue and white serge men and womens brown cotton stockings braces buttons ribbons berlin shaded wools braids needles pins c j g fyfe june 141858 continu…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 30 June 1858)
· Papers Past,
…rts stays crimean shirts men and boys regatta do blue and white serge men and women brown cotton stockings braces buttons ribbons berlin shaded wools braids needles pins ac j g fype june 141858 contin…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 03 July 1858)
· Papers Past,
…ts stays crimean shirts men ana boys regatta do blue and white serge mens and women brown cotton stockings braces buttons ribbons berlin shaded wools braids needles jpini c j g fyfe june 141858 contin…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1859)
· Papers Past,
…ewed muslin chemizettesand sleeva infantslong slips silk panjsola ladies petticoats black cotton stockings girls and ladies night dresses infants robes arid frock bodies v glace and broche silk french…
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The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Cotton Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand.
5 reports at 3 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (2), graffiti & vandalism (2), water & drains (1).
2022, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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