St Martins Joined The Greater Christchurch – 20th March 1917

On 20th March 1917, St Martins joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. Henry Phillips (pictured) was known to be a man of great capital amongst the other passengers of the ‘Sir George Seymour’ – the third of our first four ships. He certainly proved them right with the amount …

Avonside Joined The Greater Christchurch – 20th March 1917

On 20th March 1917, Avonside joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. In 1857, a small cob church was built at ‘the side of the Avon’ on land that had been gifted by John and Elizabeth Stace. It was consecrated by Bishop Henry Harper (Canterbury’s First Anglican Bishop) on 24 …