# Manchester Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

1 report at 1 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2018. 1 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/manchester-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.639&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.639&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.639&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.639&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## The addresses on it
- [23 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/23-manchester-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 1 report

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (3,362 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520807.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1852
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520821.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Aug 1852
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520828.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1852
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 01 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530101.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jan 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530115.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jan 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530122.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 January 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530129.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Jan 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530212.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Feb 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 March 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530305.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Mar 1853
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 March 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530312.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Mar 1853
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 26 March 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530326.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Mar 1853

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/394968), 23 Manchester St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00394968/0

[More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham)

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/394968) at [23 Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/23-manchester-street), 25 Mar 2018

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Dumpling King Chinese Restaurant at 107 Manchester Street, 2000s (Canterbury Stories CCL-UDH-Box19-105-Manchester-Street-009A).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x6u75t/dumpling_king_chinese_restaurant_at_107/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 16 Oct 2026
- [I’ve never used the services of a sex worker. It seems there are no streetwalkers on Manchester Street anymore, so I don’t know where to find one or what the going rates are. If anyone knows the…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1whm58d/how_to_find_a_whore_in_christchurch/), r/chch · This-Soft885, 16 Sept 2026
- [Whakamana Cannabis Museum, 217 Manchester Street, Christchurch, September 29th 2019 (Canterbury Stories CCL-DW-101101).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wgdz3j/whakamana_cannabis_museum_217_manchester_street/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 15 Sept 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 30 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-street&suburb=sydenham)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Manchester Street?**

In [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Manchester Street?**

1 report at 1 address, most often graffiti & vandalism (1).

**When was Manchester Street first reported on?**

2018, the record covers 1 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2018.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sydenham&street=manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=manchester-street
