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  1. May 7, 2024 · 1876 - 1900 : important events and developments. Sources. First inhabitants. 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.

  2. WELCOME TO THE CHRISTCHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY. The Society organises ten evening meetings a year, with talks on topics usually involving local history. It organises visits and guided walks and attends community events. The Society is the custodian of the Christchurch Archive, some 20,000 documents, photos and maps, on which a group of volunteers ...

  3. The History of Christchurch. Christchurch sits between two rivers – the Avon and the Stour – and research indicates it began as an early Saxon settlement. It was originally known as Tweoxneam (Twynham) from Old English meaning between two rivers. The town has two entries in the Domesday Book.

  4. Historical Maps This page features a collection of historical maps related to Christchurch. A range of high-definition maps from different sources and years can be explored here: Key to Map of Chri…

  5. Explore Historical Maps of Christchurch and surrounding regions here. An interactive map for places in the local history for the village of Christchurch in Cambridgeshire. https://historyofchristchurch.uk/.

  6. History of Christchurch. Christchurch is a major city in the Canterbury Region, and is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. Established as an outpost of the British Empire in 1850, it is today the second largest city in New Zealand, after Auckland . The area of modern-day Christchurch was originally swampland with patches of ...

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  8. On February 16, 1770, Captain James Cook was the first European to see the Canterbury peninsula from his ship the Endeavour. Thinking it was an island, he named it Banks Island after the ship’s botanist, Joseph Banks.

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