Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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TEMPLETON & WEEDONS – Edward Merson Templar & William Weeden
The first signs of European life started to appear in Templeton and Weedons around 1860. Before that, Templeton was known as the nothern end of James Edward Fitzgerald’s sheep station, ‘The Springs’. It was named because of the many water springs on his run (where the town of Lincoln is today) and they still bubble …
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Easter ~ The Rabbit, the Egg & Jesus Christ
Somewhere in the folds of time, the acknowledgement of the death of Jesus Christ and the Pagan celebration of spring and fertility collided and meshed into what we now know as Easter. During the 13th century in Germany, the goddess of spring and fertility was worshipped around this time of year. Her name was Teutonic …
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First Canterbury Catholic Church
This was the site of the first rural Catholic Church, built in 1871 – Shands Road, Canterbury. The parish of this tiny church (Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament) stretched from The Conway (Kaikoura) to the Rangitata River! (Ashburton) The land was gifted by Patrick Henley and the first Father was named Chervier. If Chervier’s …
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Gleig’s Island ~ Quail Island
“Having reached the island which Quail Island rises to about 250 ft above the level of the harbour I landed at a shelly beach and ascended the hill in order to correct and complete my sketch. During my walk there I flushed several quail and from that circumstance I gave it the name Quail Island.” …
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