It can be funny how a stretch of land seems destined to know only one purpose. I have come across this from time to time and it is amazing how many different sets of feet can walk that land and yet they all entwine into a wonderful themed history. This is the case of Middleton …
“It is ill-suited for any but the young, strong and active. I could make you cry with the recital of the various shifts and difficulties that colonists have to encounter”. Georgiana Bowen (1810 – ? ) ~ 12th March 1851 Georgiana arrived in Canterbury with her husband, her children, Charles, Croisdale, Letitia and her sister-in-law …
On the 11th January 1851, the first issue of The Lyttelton Times hit the shelves. As the Canterbury Association made their plans for New Zealand’s newest Church of England (Anglican) settlement, they spoke of a grand Cathedral and college being at its heart with a good number of public domains for recreation and oh yes, …
