Wellington Independent 3 November 1852 NOTICE. THE Undersigned wishes to inform the Inhabitants of Wellington, that he intends to commence running his Van on SUNDAY next, the 24th October, from Wellington to the Hutt, and will continue to run every Day during the Summer Months, or longer if inducements should offer. The Van will pass […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/travelling-to-taita/Hutt City Council Online Database Main Title: Cash flush needed to buy new church Imprint: 2000 Notes: Indexes: Filing Cabinet Summary: Lower Hutt”s Baptist Church seeks to sell its Woburn Church in order to move into the former Dux factory warehouses in Laery Street. The Puriri Street property was bought in 1929 and the brick […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/traveller-rest-hotel/check Hutt Grammar and Commercial School as well Hutt City Library Oneline Database Main Title: Old Taita School reunion 1859-1972: souvenir Imprint: 1972 Notes: Indexes: Filing Cabinet Summary: History of Old Taita School, now replaced by Taita Intermediate on the former site. The Primary School, Avalon stands on what was once I. Wilson”s market garden […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/taita-school/Hutt City Library Online Database Main Title: Taita Hotel Imprint: 1923 Notes: Indexes: E7 Summary: Second Taita Hotel. Proprietress was Mrs McInnees. No electricity at this time. It was added by electrician Mr Feist later in 1923. Windmill was for extra water. Language: English Subject: Hotels Heritage resources – photo in scrapbook attached to AA […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/taita-hotel/St James Church articles on paperspast. 1st article saw with St James Church query was dated 24 April 1850 – St James Church, River Hutt Record Title : Wakefield, Edward Gibbon 1796-1862 Deed of gift of land to Messrs T B Hutton, J P R Barton, S S Braithwaite, A H L Collett, H Taylor […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/st-james-church/Wellington Independent 4 March 1846 THE AFFAIRS OF THE HUTT. In our last, we furnished the movement of the troops up to six o”clock on Tuesday evening. That evening a picket was thrown across the potatoe ground, the Maories being encamped on a plot of land across a creek, at the foot of a high […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/raids-of-march-1846/Lower Hutt Past and Present 1941 … In October, 1840, there were at least five inns or taverns on the Petone beach. There are still only five licensed houses in the Lower Hutt and Taita districts. The first hostelry in the Hutt was Burcham”s Aglionby Arms, at the Village of Aglionby (see Historical plan.) It […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/other-hotels-in-hutt/Record Title : [Creator unknown] Taita district 1940 [copy of ms map]. 1940 Reference Number : MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1940/Acc.37623 Physical Description : Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 64 x 45 cm. Quantity : 1 map(s) Scope and Contents : Cadastral map of the Taita district, from Lincoln Ave northeast to CT 228/154, showing numbered sections, acreage and owner”s […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/land-split/Wellington Indenpent 20 March 1860 THE MILITA The Militia was balloted for on Saturday. Two hundred men are required; but to make up for deaths and departures, three hundres names were drawn. Only the first available two hundred will be called for actual service. As the desire for information relative to the names drawn is […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/hutt-rifles-and-militia/Wellington Independent 3 November 1866 A TRAMP THROUGH THE HUTT, Your correspondent having a roving commission, has commenced a ramble up the Hutt and Wairarapa, and intends now to offer to your readers a few notes jotted down during a walk through a district, towards which, the attention of the settlers of the province has […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/diptheria-1866/Hutt City Library Online Database Main Title: 75 years of Taita cricket : 1934-2009 / researched and written by Stephen Cole. Author: Cole, Stephen, 1971- Imprint: [Lower Hutt, N.Z. : Taita Cricket Club, 2009] Collation: 163 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Summary: A chronological history of the Taita Cricket […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/cricket-club/Wairarapa Daily Times 7 April 1915 CRICKET. WELCH FAMILY v. UPPER HUTT. For the first time in the history of the Welch Family during their cricketing career, they suffered, a defeat at the hands of the Upper Hutt cricket team on Friday and Saturday. The Family was unfortunate in having to play minus Bert Welch, […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/cricket-pilcher-mabey-welch/Unsure if relates to Christ Church? Land taken for State Housing – State Housing – Taita/Stokes Valley Anglican Church Board, Years: 1973 – 1975 Agency: AATE, Accession: W3322, Box: 24, Record No: 32/34/1367 Archives NZ, Wellington Unsure if relates to Christ Church? Hutt City Library Online Database Main Title: Cemetery weeds irk relative [newspaper article] […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/christ-church-articles/Wellington Independent 31 October 1868 Sheep Inspector”s Report (Wellington.) RETURN of Sheep in May, 1868, all over six months, with amount of Assessment due thereon in the month of August, at the rate of one half- penny per head per annum for the Wellington district. Name. Residence. Sheep. Assessment. Condition of Flock. Remarks. … Allen, […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/1868-sheepfarmer-return/Wellington Independent 15 December 1863 Sheep Inspector”s Report, (continued). Report of the number and condition of the Sheep depastured in the Wellington and West Coast Districts for 1863. … Station: Waiwetu, Name of owner or person in charge: W. Ebden, No. of Sheep: 47, Assessment 1/2 d each: 0 1 11 1/2 … Station: Taita, […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/1863-sheepfarmer-return/Note only typed the names I recognised/knew or the persons with addresses of River Hutt, did not included all Waiwatu (sic) River or 2nd or 3rd Rivers New Zealand Spectator and Cook”s Strait Guardian 8 February 1845 LIST of all persons qualified to serve as Jurors for the District of Wellington, for the year 1845, […]
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https://christ-church.org.nz/links/Welch Family A brief Kemble (and Welch) Family History By Anna Kemble Welch To the right of the porch as you look out on the graveyard at Christ Church Taita, tall camellia trees and climbing roses now shade a large grave with iron railings. Buried there are Robert and Henrietta Kemble, two of my great […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/a-living-history/‘Guardian of the Valley, Christ Church – Written by Miles H. Erwin Photo (right): Hutt News Thanks to the generosity of Pub Charity, the history of Christ Church, written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Church in 2004, has been reprinted. Copies are $20 plus $6 postage and may be obtained by emailing the […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/book/Christ Church ~ Eastern Hutt Road, Taita, Wellington, New Zealand Nestled in the heart of the Hutt Valley, historic Christ Church was built in 1853 and opened for worship on New Year’s Day 1854. Christ Church, the oldest church in the Wellington region, is a regular and popular venue for wedding services. This tiny Anglican […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/weddings/Ashes Plots Numbered Graveyard AP16 AP15 AP14 AP13/13A AP12 AP11 AP10 AP9 AP1 AP2 AP3 AP4 AP5 AP6 AP7 AP8 Path Street Ashes Wall Numbered AW25 AW26 AW27 AW28 AW37 AW38 AW39 AW40 AW41 AW42 AW43 AW44 AW45 Street AW13 AW14 AW15 AW16 AW29 AW30 AW31 AW32 AW46 AW47 AW48 AW49 AW50 AW51 AW52 AW53 […]
https://christ-church.org.nz/graveyard/Christ Church ~ Taitã 1854, is the oldest church in the Wellington region and one of the oldest in its original condition in New Zealand. It’s also thought to be the oldest complete building in Wellington. Christ Church was built by pioneer families and held its first service on 1 January 1854. Christ Church holds […]
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