Canterbury Province New Zealand
In March 1848 on this site, formerly 41 Charing Cross, the Canterbury Association met and planned the settlement of the province founded on the 16 December 1850 by English settlers led by John Robert Godley.
SW1, Whitehall, 22
Above the door is a cartouche reading "Hotl & Co 1809" and the porch frieze reads: "Glyn Mills & Co."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Canterbury Province New Zealand
Formed to establish a colony in what is now the Canterbury region of New Zeal...
Founder of Canterbury, New Zealand. Born Dublin. Travelled extensively in Ire...
The wealthy Frederic Horniman had built up a large collection of art, handcrafts & natural history at his home on this site. In 1888 ...
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it exactly. Just shows that way back in 1858 even people in a po...
This modern plaque is at the bottom of the sloping path on the left. 2019: The plaque at the other, east, end of this tunnel has been re...
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
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