Barbadoes Street
7 reports at 2 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 7 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 Barbadoes Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sydenham.
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
- 122 Barbadoes Street, 6 reports
- 130 Barbadoes Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,039 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Barbadoes St Cemetery: index to cemetery registers
· Canterbury Stories,
…sting for L. Information includes the number on the burial register, plot, name and age. Barbadoes Street Cemetery registers…
- Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1B
· Canterbury Stories,
One of nine historical plot plans of the Barbadoes Street cemetery. The block plan shows the area bordered by Barbadoes Street to the west, and Cambri…
- Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1A
· Canterbury Stories,
One of nine historical plot plans of the Barbadoes Street cemetery. The block plan shows the area bordered by Barbadoes Street to the west, and Cambri…
- Barbadoes Street Cemetery: alphabetical list of burials
· Canterbury Stories,
…in date order; the information is limited to date of burial, name and age (where known). Barbadoes Street Cemetery registers…
- Barbadoes St Cemetery, Church of England, Register no. 1
· Canterbury Stories,
…or husbands, rank or profession, place of residence, and by whom the ceremony performed. Barbadoes Street Cemetery registers…
- ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)
· Papers Past,
…k bridle path college land opawaha cottage dallallon-farm river heathcote section no 74 j barbadoes street christchurch freeeholder bridle path leasehold college land freehold no 11 section on the riv…
- ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)
· Papers Past,
…istchurch sumner road christchurch wellington oxford terrace hereford street christchurch barbadoes street dallative farm river heathcote sand hills avon river near christchurch rural section no 135 p…
- ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 12 August 1854)
· Papers Past,
…reet christchurch nos 827 and 829 willis james wilson william oxford terrace christchurch barbadoes street printer nursery and seedsman a householder having resided six calendar months in a tenement w…
- ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)
· Papers Past,
…farm bridle path college land opawaha cottage dalkllon farm river heathcote section no 74 barbadoes street christchurch farmer cabinet maker printer clerk and farmer clerk lease and householder lower…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 April 1858)
· Papers Past,
…5 115 7 6 the following lots are situate between icilmore street east chester street east barbadoes street and the town belt and 28 2 31 1492 1 6 comprise the sites originally reserved for an abattoir…
- Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)
· Papers Past,
…armagh street i household 30 jackson george harewood road near papanui freehold corner of barbadoes street and ferry road being rental oranmer square lot no 10 town reserves canterbury pottery button…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860)
· Papers Past,
…c armagh street household 30 jackson george harewood road near papanui freehold corner of barbadoes street and ferry road being rental cranmer square lot no 10 town reserves canterbury pottery buttonb…
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The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Barbadoes Street in 20 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt.
The corner the record returns to: Barbadoes Street & Bealey Avenue, 39 crashes pinned to the pairing.
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
- Christchurch Earthquake 22/02/11, 2011-02-26 The corner of Saint Asaph Street and Barbadoes Street. eqnz.chch.2010 via DigitalNZ http:// api.digitalnz.org/records/3369 3682/source # Geoftheref # New… · Fediverse · ExhibitExplorer,
- Haunting Barbadoes Street: John Summers’ lost Christchurch · The news · The Spinoff,
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.
7 reports at 2 addresses, most often water & drains (3), roads & footpaths (2), graffiti & vandalism (2).
2022, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Barbadoes Street and Bealey Avenue, 39 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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