Places

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14595

Description: Cadastral map of subdivisions, some numbered, in sections 312, 313 and 314 on the corner of Brougham and Elizabeth streets, intersected by Moncrief Street. Includes acreages and boundary measurements. Sections 313 and 314 include C.T. numbers and are part of D.P. 240. Names include W. Hodson, F. & C.S. Cording, P.Chetwood Watt, E. S. Quinlan, Education Board which is currently the site of Clyde Quay School. The plan for alterations, for Mr. L. Quinlan, (builder) for a residence at 32 Brougham Street includes faint outlines of the original building. Specifications are not included on the plan but a pencilled note gives measurements in square feet. Other Titles - Alterations to residence - 32 Brougham Street - for Mr. L. Quinlan Title supplied by cataloguer for map. Title for plan taken from item Scale of map [1:31 680]. Scale of plan - [1:15] Note on verso states: Brougham Street, Quinlan Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet - one an architectural plan of dwelling. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scales vary, 77.4 x 45.4 cm.

Date: 1939

By: Automobile Association (Wellington, N.Z.) Inc.

Reference: MapColl-832.4395gmbd/[1939]/Acc.25,535

Description: Map of Otaki, with revisions made in white correcting fluid. The area is from the sea to the racecourse including the Otaki River and the golf links, Otaki Beach, Rangiuru and Otaki Town settlements. Shows the sites of the King George V Memorial Health Camp, several areas of Church Mission Grant land, the Catholic Church Mission Station, Maori Church, pa, memorial to Te Rauparaha, schools, the hospital and sanitorium reserves and a mill. Includes dates when the Catholic Mission Station was opened and dates when the church, presbytery and school were built. Streets and streams are named and the old course of the Otaki River is marked as is the borough boundary and built up areas. A reference key shows numbered sites of interest. Printed on botttom left corner: L. and S. license 440/35/39 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scale [ca.1:5 544], 56.8 x 69.7 cm.

Date: 1916

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Archives New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-832.47cba/1916/Acc.37816

Description: Topographic map of Kapiti Island with some described features and named vegetation. Includes the site of an anchorage adjacent to Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. Ink blotches obliterate parts of the map Kapiti Island includes numerous Maori placenames and named streams. Pa sites and former Maori settlements are marked, as are whaling stations and a cavern, formerly a burial ground. Sites of mutton birds are marked as are water supplies, walking tracks, the site of an old homestead and old cultivations. Tokumapuna Island, 1.2.21 [acres] includes the site of the main whaling station and named rocks which are covered at high water are named. Motungarara Island, 3.2.0 [acres] includes the site of a former whaling station Tahoramaurea Island, 3.3.21 [acres] includes the site of Mayhew's store 442 is written in each of three corners of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:70 000], 70.1 x 75.5 cm.

Date: 1877 - 1889

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/1877-89/Acc.10637

Description: Cadastral map of Evans Bay to Kilbirnie, also to Constable and Owen streets, Newtown, Wellington. The area includes the coastline with Patent Slip and proposed jetties near Belvedere Road to Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie. Numbered sections include acreages and some sites of houses. Roads are named and a stream with a bridge is marked. A note states 'right to water' at Busaco Road. A track to Lyell [sic] Bay is noted, as is a road to the Pilot Station. The town belt is marked. The lithographer is named as Lyon & Blair. Additions to the map are prominently marked sections at Evans Bay with various dates and names of Short, Williams, Ferguson, Harcourt, B. Smith, Rhodes, Rae, McCarthy, Boon, Earl, Knowles, Barber, Tait, White, Edw. Barton. The name of Lyon is marked in sections at Kilbirnie. Coloured sections are listed in key and refer to sections transferred by Mr. Pearce to various purchasers, which include Lot numbers, names and dates. Names include Sarah Ann Rhodes, W. Kemp, Ann Compton, McCarthy, Easby, McLennan, P. Farr, Moody & Smith, Adams, Jens Peter Jorgeson, Jane Compton, Geo. Zannin, M. Alexander, William Hayman, Ellen Stafford, Whitcombe, Church Trustees, T. Ladd, H. Green, Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Salmon, Wm. Salmon, E. O. Gibbs, Keasbury, Margaret Price, E. H. Hurst, W. J. L. Travers, Marion Orr, Andrew Orr, C. L. Zohrab, John Earl, J Lockhead, A. J. Bredahl, Baker, J. B. Harcourt, W. K. Williams, Lyon, J. Bradbury, H. Alexander, McAllister, Travers, W. M. Muir, H. J. Whircher, Brandon & Sons, McDermott, Mary Love, J. Dransfield, Ella Rollison, E. W. Lowe, Pedgen, Crease, J. Wagg, J. Knowles, Cath Rae, J. Mills, J. Higginbottom, Murray, John Vine, Richardson, Short. Scale of original: [1:3 168] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on duplicate plan, coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71 x 50.1 cm.

Date: 1938 - 1948

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.14552

Description: Drawn on a base cadastral map of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu Stream and the Hutt River, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections, numbered with acreages, are bounded by Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview roads, and the railway runs through the area. Sections are marked as sold to: Wm Cable & Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Co., Schweppes, RA Armstrong, Millars West Aust. Hardwoods Ltd., WA Cairns, Wellington Concrete Pipe Co., CH Morley. Pencil annotations of further sales include the names Ford Coy., Winstones, New Zealand government, Cable & Co. Several sections are stamped 'sold' and pencilled notes are scattered over the map. The annotations also show watermains and sewers, including the septic tanks and pumping station on the boundary of the Waiwhetu Pa and cemetery. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement [s.d]. Map has been mended with brown paper and stamp ends. Map stamped Thompson & East Ltd. Several pencil and coloured pencil annotations are dispersed over the map regarding cadastral and land sale information. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, ink and coloured pencil on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 65.4 x 64.5 cm.

Reference: MapColl-832.47eg/[18-?](1972)/Acc.37829

Description: Sketch plan of the remains of a Maori kainga on the eastern coast of Kapiti Island, from the Kahikatea and the Otehou Stream). Shows platforms, pits, middens, hut remains, trees with carvings, middens, and some topographic information. Includes an inset location map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 40.6 x 28.7 cm. Transfers: From the Harper-Taylor papers..

Date: [ca 1906]

By: Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936

Reference: MapColl-832.47gbbd/[ca.1906]/Acc.347

Description: Copy of topographic manuscript map of Kapiti Island, with cadastral and Māori historical information. Shows several pā sites, including Wharekahu Bay Pa, Taepiro Stream Pa, 'Rangitira Point Pa'. Shows land subdivisions, such as Maraetakaroro Kapiti No. 2, subdn 2B and Waiorua Kapiti no. 5, subdn 1B. Identifies Māori place names, the residence of Te Rauparaha and 'Rangihaieta' (Te Rangihaeata), the residence of Mr A S Wilkinson, whaling stations on surrounding islands. Beside the map are notes on early HMS ship visits to the island. Total area for the island is given as over 4855 acres. Annotation on map before copying: Sale plan W 35. It was formerly assumed that this map is a photocopy from the manuscript reproduced in 'The stirring times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa) / by W.T.L. Travers. Also, The sacking of Kaiapohia / by J.W. Stack.Travera - the stirring times of Te Rauparaha'. Christchurch ; Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs, [1906]. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 30 x 26.7 cm.

Date: 1929 - 1939

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799/A/[1939?]/Acc.14588

Description: Cadastral map of Mount Victoria from Patterson Street to Oriental Bay, Wellington, showing streets, property boundaries, some section numbers, and deposited plan numbers. A few sections are named, such as Doctors Common, McIntyre. Outlines the Town Belt. Written on recto: Mount Victoria Title from recto and cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on diazo photoprint on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 69 x 107.5 cm

Date: 1929 - 1949

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/1948/Acc.25695

Description: Cadastral and survey map of Pinehaven bounded by Jocelyn Crescent, Wyndham and Pinehaven roads to Whiteman's Valley Road. Includes Winchester Avenue. Five diagrams show enlargements of some sections where there is a mass of detail. Some topographic detail is described and an area of new road is shown. The adjacent Belmont and Rimutaka Survey Disticts are marked. Other Titles - Plan of town of Pinehaven being subdivision Part Lot 1, Deposited Plan 9111, being Part Sections 193 and 195A Hutt Registration District, Block IV Belmont Survey District and subdivision of Part Section 250 Hutt Registration District, Block V Rimutaka Survey District Note under title states: Comprised in C.T. 285/185 & 397/11 Notes at base of map refer to a declaration and a certification by H. Sladden, licensed surveyor. March 1929 Note at bottom right of map: Approved, Guildford Timber Company Ltd. and Goodwin & Chichester Company Ltd. by Duncan & Hanna Note at bottom right of map: Drawn by J. Clapperton. Compared with original M. Lawson 30.1.48 Notes at top left of map refer to minimum frontage required by the Land Act and lots having no legal access and can only be sold to the adjoining owner only Note at centre left of map: Names of roads added after interview with County Engineer. Sgd. C.G.F. 3.10.47 Note at bottom left of map: Approved E. M. Waters, Chief Surveyor, 20/6/29 Government Department stamps of the Land Transfer Office at top left of map include the date of 8/3/29 with signature of Duncan & Hanna. Correct C.J.F. Government depatrment stamps of the land Tansfer Office draughtsman at top left of map includes the name of L. G. Peacock and the initials G.J.E. Stamp at top right of map states: Deposited this third day of December 1930. Signed J.J.L. Burke, District Land Registrar 9185 is stamped on each side of the map Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [1:1 584], 42 x 42.5 cm. on sheet 45.8 x 61.2 cm

Date: 1939

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1939/Acc.12470

Description: Drawn on a cadastral base map, updated 21 August 1939, of the Lower Hutt industrial area, bounded by the Waiwhetu River and the Hutt River, the annotations show sections sold (in red) and sections open for selection (in green). The sections, numbered with acreages, are bounded by Bell, Gracefield, Park and Seaview Roads, and the railway line runs through the area. Areas sold include the names Wellington Concrete, Schweppes Ltd., ESW Paul, Millans West Australian Hardwoods, W Cable & Co., Winstones Roofing Tile Works, Acetone Illuminating & Welding Coy., Wellington Concrete Pipe Coy., Ford Motor Co., Hume Pipe Coy., Vacuum Oil Coy., Texas Oil Coy., British Australian Lead Manufacturers., Suburban Properties, CH Morley, WA Cairns. Railway workshops, drainage easements, sewers, septic tanks, pumping stations, a quarry and watermains are marked. Areas open for selection include some Crown Land, the remainder are unnamed. The Hutt Park, the Waiwhetu Pa and its cemetery are shown. A pencil annotation states the scale is about 4 chains to an inch. Unpublished base map: Industrial area Hutt Valley settlement, revised May 1939. This annotated revised edition: 21/8/1939. Written on recto: Hutt Valley, Industrial area Lower Hutt, 24. Written on map: 14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 43.7 x 45.2 cm.

Date: 1909

By: Loudon, William Francis Whittaker, 1879-1919; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ng/1909/Acc.11042

Description: Drawn on a survey template, the map shows subdivision of sections in Beauchamp, Motuera, Tui, Makererua and Heke streets, in the Borough of Onslow, Ngaio, Wellington, surveyed for Dr Chapple. Shows surveyed roads and surveyed, numbered sections with acreage. Includes handwritten note regarding Onslow Borough Council, and note from Dr Chapple's attorney. References: B/287, DP 2166 Other Titles - Plan of part Section 7 Kaiwharawhara Registration District, Block 3, Port Nicholson Survey District Signed by Chapple's attorney, surveyor, town clerk, chief surveyor representative, land transfer draughtsman, district land registrar, and mayor. A highlighted area is not included in the plan. Part of DP 9345 is shown. Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice). Two and a half stamps are on map. Inscriptions: top right - Stamped Wellington District Land Registrar (twice) Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 44.7 x 50 cm

Date: 1913

By: Porteous, John Stewart, 1881?-1964; Raumati Estate Company; Davis, Geoffrey Harold, -1946

Reference: MapColl-832.47962gbbd/1913/Acc.7812

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of coastal sections in Raumati, between the old coach road and the main coach road from Wellington to Foxton, including Matai Road. The sections are bounded by the Wellington Manawatu Railway and the sea. Sections are numbered with acreage. Several small residential sections have been subdivided along the foreshore, while the remainder of sections are over 28 acres each. Includes survey trig measurements. Map includes a validity statement by the surveyor, and includes his name in pencil, but is unsigned. Includes several pencil annotations. According to annotations, some of the land is owned by Bowman and Phillips by 1914. Includes inset of part of the Wharemauku Stream, between Raumati and Matatua roads. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Sections 5, 6, 7 and Part Sections 21, 22, 3, 4, 26, 17, 57, and 59. Blocks I, II Paekakariki Survey District [ms map]. Wainui Registration District. Surveyed for the Raumati Estate Company by Davis and Porteous, October 1913. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, scale [ca 1:7 920], 70 x 71.5 cm.

Date: 1930 - 1931

By: Clendon, Arthur Cooper, 1908-1995

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Br/1930/Acc.29365

Description: Cadastral, survey map of the subdivision on the corner of Harrison and Cleveland Street, Brooklyn, showing Lots 1-5, with acreage. All lots except Lot 5 have a dwelling. Part of adjacent Section 12 is highlighted. The area is comprised in C.T. 104/10 and C.T. 254/133. Includes an insert showing survey detail of part the shared boundary of Lot 2 and 3. Written on map in pencil: Specimen Plan: A C Clendon, 58 Penrose St, Lower Hutt (to be called for). Stamped Survey Board, Wellington Total area 1 rood, 15.15 perches Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Lot 106 Deposited Plan 681 and part Lot 107 Deposited Plan 392 being part Section 12 Ohiro Region District Block 10 Port Nicholson Survey District Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, 46.7 x 46.6 cm

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.11811

Description: Cadastral map of the Porirua East subdivision, Block 12, from Hampshire Street southwards to Carnavon Place. Streets are named and sections numbered; shows recreation reserves. Written on map: HDW 31911 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 73.8 x 74 cm.

Date: 1908

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library; Rawson, Alfred Pearson, 1848-1911

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[ca.1908]/Acc.36569

Description: Cadastral map of four numbered sections with acreages and measurements, of the property of F. Bland, near Te Ore Ore Road, Masterton. Sections 1 and 3 include sites of houses, each marked as having 4 rooms. A right of way runs through sections 1 and 4. Pencilled additions, probably added at a later date, include a note stating 'Rawson surveyed', the position of Letts subdivision and the site of the residence of Mr. Cameron. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:792], 26.1 x 26.4 cm.

Date: 1953 - 1956

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/1953/Acc.11798

Description: Cadastral map of a Porirua subdivision, from Champion Street, southwards to Gear Terrace, and westwards to the Wellington to Auckland railway. Shows named streets and numbered sections, as well as annotations added before copying such as Gazette references for Crown land. Some sections are named mental hygiene, Railway Department, plantation reserve, Maori Affairs, Plunket, Mr YC Ngan, Gillon, Ryan, HVEPB, Harrison, ?Handy. Extended Title - Plan of subdivision of Lots 69, 70, 70A, 71, 71A, & Part 26 Deposited Plan 1900, Part Sections 107 & 108, Porirua District & Part Sections 17 & 19 Tukapu District, Block II, Belmont Survey District. Written on map: HDW 31730 'Wellington Land District, Makara County' 'Comprised in CT' Written on map: 'Block 6 Porirua'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 74.5 x 76 cm.

Date: 1946 - 1956

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Cr/[1951]/Acc.11708

Description: Cadastral, survey map showing subdivision of the Crofton Downs Estate, Wellington, Lots 1-43, Spencer Street, with acreage. Some lots include price, written ink. Sale arranged by Leigh Hunt and Son, sole agents. Includes inset of rights of way for Lots 10-13, and details of financial terms. Shows outline of Lots 15-23 Silverstream Road. Written on reverse of map: Crofton Downs, Silverstream Road, Spencer Street Stamped 'Print by Gordon H Burt Ltd... Wellington'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 34.3 x 47.8 cm

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1870s-1957 :Maps from papers

By: McLeod, Hector Norman, 1872-; Hanify, Hugo Page, 1865-1945

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Me/[191-?]/Acc.37580

Description: Cadastral, part surveyed map of subdivision between Rodrigo Road and Buckingham Street, Melrose, showing numbered, highlighted sections. Note on map reads '455 [pounds sterling] the block'. Section owned by Palmer is marked, as is Duncan Terrace. Includes calculation totalling 1115 pounds sterling government valuation. Other Titles - Plan of part Sections 5 & 6 Evans Bay District Title supplied by cataloguer See similar map, Acc.37579 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale indeterminable, 21 x 33.8 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1902-1927. Business papers. MS-Papers-0154.

Date: 1800 - 1840

By: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

Reference: MapColl-832.47ee/[Pre-1840]/Acc.2743

Description: Map of Wellington Harbour, and greater Wellington, including southeast to Baring Head, westwards to Cape Terawhiti, northwards to approxiamately Pipinui Point and eastwards to the Hutt River. Shows Maori names and the remains of old pa sites, Maori villages (kainga) and burial grounds. Shows rivers and streams (unnamed), and dotted pathways, on which points are marked with a cross. Catalogue card states [by Elsdon Best]. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and red ink on tracing paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 50 x 60.1 cm.

Date: 1905 - 1910

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[ca.1905]/Acc.14383

Description: Cadastral, part surveyed map showing subdivision of land belonging to Carson in Kilbirnie, Wellington, bounded by Rodrigo Road, Duncan Terrace and Burke Street. Sections are numbered 1-14, and include price in pounds sterling (prices have been significantly reduced on some sections). The two largest sections are marked sold. Note on map calculates time to cable car stops at Lyall Bay and Constable Street. Written on map is number '1446'. The land possibly belonged to either William or Andrew Carson, farmers in Evans Bay flat, Wellington (see Wises 1912). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 38.7 x 26.5 cm