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Richmond History Group

The Richmond History Group is based at Avebury House. The group maintains a collection of books, photographs and other memorabilia illustrating and recording the history of Avebury House and the development of the surrounding suburb of Richmond. We seek to expand the collection and have begun a project to digitise items from the collection and make them available online. This is a work-in-progress and we will be adding items to this site from now on.

If you have photographs or other material concerning Richmond’s past, we would love to hear from you. Perhaps you would like to donate items to the collection, or allow us to view the material and if suitable, borrow items for recording and adding to our digital archive. We would of course return the items to you in the same condition as we received them.

If you would like to learn more about the group, or become involved, please contact Andrea at 381-6615.

Hand-drawn Map of Richmond in 1890

20/10/2021

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Don'tcha just love old maps? And this one's a beauty — a hand-drawn map of Richmond in 1890. The map was prepared to accompany a report on Richmond for the Christchurch City Council, after Richmond people had successfully petitioned to join the city. The map is included in the CCC minutes for 7 July 1890.

At this time Richmond included only the area south of North Avon Road. The street layout is quite recognisable today, although some of the names have changed. (A document explaining the names of Richmond streets is available elsewhere on this website: 
www.aveburyhouse.co.nz/richmond-history-group/richmond-street-names).
​On the map, the waterway that caused the curves in London St is clearly marked. A small part of this waterway is still visible above-ground on Gowerton Place, behind the New World supermarket. The rest of the creek has long since been piped underground.
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Several other old maps of Richmond and surrounding areas are on display in the Richmond Room at Avebury House.
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    • Avebury House History
    • Richmond History Group
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    • Rooms
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    • Booking
  • What's On
    • Classes and Groups
    • Past Avebury Events >
      • Matariki in the Zone 2021
      • Avebury Gala 2021
      • Matariki in the Zone 2020
      • Avebury Night Market 2019
      • Teddy Bears Picnic 2019
      • Matariki 2019
      • Avebury Gala 2019
      • Wedding Open Day 2018
      • Avebury Night Market 2018
      • Matariki in the Zone 2018
      • Dementia Walk 2018
      • Teddy Bears Picnic 2017
      • Avebury Gala 2017
  • Newsletter
  • Contact