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Benjamin Woolfield Mounfort (1825-1898)
There have been a number of events this year to mark the 200th birth on 13 March of Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort, so it seems appropriate to highlight the fact that the Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives care for…
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Baptisms in Christchurch and Lyttelton 1851-1856
The fact that it is now possible to view so many Baptism Registers online at Putake. I decided to investigate what the first Baptism Register for Holy Trinity Lyttelton (1851-1859) and the Church at Christchurch (St Michael and…
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The Lyttelton Cenotaph
In the winter 2022 Heritage New Zealand Magazine there is an article that has the following heading “There’s a tradition in New Zealand—you could almost call it a heritage tradition—of moving buildings around”. I wonder if the…
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Pew Rents
If you are a regular worshipper, you will notice that most people sit in the same seat week after week. Some like the front seats because they can see and hear everything clearly. Others like the left-…
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The 1897 Sunday Schools gift to Bishop Julius
To the Right Rev’d Father in God the Lord Bishop of Christchurch New Zealand We the teachers and scholars of the Sunday Schools in your Lordships Diocese, desire respectfully to offer to you our congratulations on your…
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The Addington Girl Guides—Can you help identify people and places in these photos?
In the past many Guide and Scout Groups were attached to Churches. This collection of photographs arrived in the Archives courtesy of Rev’d Mandy Neill’s connection with Ruth Healy (nee Curtis). There are three members of the…
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Orphans Annual Outing Challenge Cup
One of the items rescued from Churchill Courts was an EPNS bowl with the following inscription AAC Orphans Annual Outing Challenge Bowl Presented by The Waikuku Beach Improvement Assn 30.11.1935 For Girls Relay Race It was competed…
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The Parish Library
Five books have recently been donated to the Diocesan Archives and they are a reminder that a Parish library is nothing new. They are a bit battered, but that is not surprising as they are all over…
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The New Zealand Church News and William Sidney Lovell-Smith
During the holidays I took advantage of my membership of Heritage New Zealand and visited 83 Clyde Road. This is the house that has been recently purchased by the New Zealand Government as Kate Sheppard lived there…
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A Bench of Bishops
A Bench[1] of Bishops Don’t ever believe a date on a photograph when you find one written in pencil on the back. This photograph of the Bench of New Zealand Bishops is dated 1888, but when some background…
