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Jun 12, 2024 · The first people to live in the place now known as Christchurch were moa hunters, who probably arrived there as early as AD 1000. The hunters cleared large areas of mataī and tōtara forest by fire and by about 1450 the moa had been killed off.
Jun 13, 2024 · On Rocque's map of 1746 this indirect communication of Church Street with Red Lion Street is shown, but Horwood's map of 1799 shows a more direct communication. The Evolution of the Design of the Church. In February 1713/14 the officers and inhabitants of the hamlet petitioned the Commissioners for work to be begun on the church.
2 days ago · Based on the London Topographical Society's map showing parish boundaries prior to the Union of Parishes Act, 1907. The heavy line marks the boundary of the City within the Walls. The northern portion of St Stephen Coleman Street, no. 93, extends beyond the Wall into Moorfields.
4 days ago · LXXXVIII—CHRISTCHURCH, ALBANY STREET. This church, consecrated on 13th July, 1837, was the first to be built under Bishop Blomfield's church extension scheme. It was designed by James Pennethorne but altered and decorated, in 1867, by William Butterfield.
Jun 12, 2024 · The first proposal was to establish the capital, Christchurch, at the head of the harbour beyond Governor's Bay while Port Lyttelton was to be further up the harbour near the Māori settlement of Rapaki.
2 days ago · The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture.
Jun 12, 2024 · Four ships, the Randolph, the Cressy, the Sir George Seymour and the Charlotte Jane brought the first organised group of settlers to the Canterbury Association’s new settlement in 1850. Departure. The four ships left England in September 1850 for Canterbury.
