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Richmond Joined The Greater Christchurch – 30th May 1890

By Annette Bulovic on May 30, 1890

On 1st November 1890, Richmond joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. It was the first borough to do so outside the main Town Belts (our main four Avenues). Hungarian settler, Morice Bing bought 200 acres just north of the Avon River (near Stanmore Road) in the early 1860s. He …

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