Land subdivision - New Zealand - Wellington Region

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: 1843 - 1939

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/[ca.1843]/Acc.7915;7918;8370;8371;8372

Description: Cadastral map, with topographic features, of the Hutt River valley from an area north of the Stokes Valley bridge to the harbour. Includes the road which runs parallel to the river. High Street, Victoria Street, Railway Avenue, and Hutt Road are named. The settlements of Richmond, Aglionby and Britannia are named. Includes numbered sections with owners' names. Clifford, Molesworth, Taine, Park, Child, Alzdorf, Hanson, Stokes, Dr. Evans, Riddiford, Dr. Dorset, Swainson, Barton, Compton, Captain Daniell, Colonel Wakefield, Burcham, Bidwill. Several areas of native reserve are marked as are the sites of a pa, Hughes' House, Masons House, Boulcott's House, Molesworth Farm, Aglionby Arms, Queens Head Inn are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Hand-written along bottom of sheet 5: Photostat of plan in Survey office, Wellington. L. Hall, 1939 Quantity: 1 map(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale not given, 196.7 x 63 cm., sheets 64.1 x 45.2 cm. and smaller

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: [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 - 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: 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: 1890 - 1930

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ro/[n.d.]/Acc.38023

Description: Cadastral map of numbered sections between Grafton and Maida Vale roads, adjacent to The Crescent, Roseneath, Wellington. Includes acreages and boundary measurements. The price of land is noted as four pounds sterling per foot. The name of Park Road has been changed to Grafton Road. Evans Bay is named. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale not given, 45 x 55 cm.

Date: 1923

By: Wellington Harbour Board; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1923/Acc.10249

Description: Surveyed, cadastral map of the Grainger Street property subdivision, showing some numbered sections with acreage, bounded by Tory, Wakefield, Allen, Blair streets, and part of Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. Annotated onto the map, in ink, are prices and the names: Turnbull & Jones, Church of England, Bolton, ?Racton, Maori land - Harker, Atkins, Hudson, Bray & Russell, Bank of ?, Symonds, Burbridge, H ? Teagle, T & P Hunter. (Some names are indecipherable). Grainger Street, Te Aro, which existed in 1890, but not by 1923, ran parallel to Courtenay Place and Wakefield Street, through the middle of the blocks of Tory, Allen and Blair streets to Cambridge Terrace. The Grainger Street property appears to have been the land bounded by Tory St, Courtenay Place, Cambridge Terrace and Wakefield Street. Extended Title - Wellington Harbour Board - Grainger Street property, present subdivision, June 1923 See also similar maps MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1923/Acc.10248 and Acc.40446 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Blueprint, scale indeterminable, 62 x 73.5 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: 1902 - 1912

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ly/[1907?]/Acc.14338

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map of the subdivision of Lots 1-7, Toru Street, Lyall Bay, Wellington. Lots show acreage, Lots 2-7 are stamped 'sold'. Names written in ink beside the lots include: Downey, Martin, ?Ennis, Bernard, Sanders Bros. Lot 8 has been added in ink and shows dwelling. Queen's Drive and Toru Street are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 32.5 x 19.3 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

Date: 1937

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/[1937]/Acc.10229-30

Description: Cadastral map of two lots with acreages and boundary measurements on Seatoun Heights Road. Includes a twenty foot wide right of way to a back section and a twenty foot wide reserve from the Wellington City Council reservoir. The annotation to this base map is the addition of colourwash to highlight the sections. The second map is a locality plan of the area from Scots College and Monorgan Road to Miramar South School and Park Road. Includes the Pass of Branda, Marine Parade and Awa Street. A library is marked on Broadway, includes sites of a quarry, reservoir, a convent and Roman Catholic School, an Anglican Church and nearby residence, a Presbyterian Church, tennis courts and bowling green, a school, Beacon Hill Signal Station Reserve, Military Reserve, Seatoun Park, Seatoun Wharf, Telegraph Reserve, Worser Bay. Streets are named and the route of the tramway is marked. The annotation to this map is the position of the land for sale on Seatoun Heights Road. Map accompanied by a copy of a typewritten letter dated 11th January 1937, from H. Gyles Turner of the Wellington Harbour Board, Chief Engineer's office to Gordon Harcourt, 153-155 Featherston Street, Wellington. The content of the letter refers to the accompanying plans and the varying prices for the sections. Reference is made to the location on the Seatoun side of the hill, includes details of shelter from the winds, and refers to the exceptional view. The address of Wellington Harbour Board is Box 938, C.P.O., Wellington. Cable address - Harbord Wellington. Other Titles - Part of subdivision of Lot 76, Deposited Plan 1463, Part Section 10, Watts Peninsula Scale of locality plan not stated Quantity: 2 map(s) including a locality plan. Physical Description: Colourwash on diazo print, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:480], 26.5 x 30 cm.

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.37841

Description: Cadastral street map of land blocks in part of Petone, from Gear Street southwards to the Esplanade, and westwards to Beach Street. Streets are named, sections are numbered with acreage, (difficult to decipher), some groups of sections are highlighted. Ink annotation on the map highlights the Petone Technical Institute on Jackson Street. Title from Accession record. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, coloured, on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 39.5 x 40 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear Meat Company, 81-295.

Date: 1900 - 1930

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[19--?]/Acc.36579

Description: Cadastral map of the area between Keaton, Bannister and Church Streets and Columba Road in Masterton. Includes numbered sections, values in pounds sterling and some owners' names. The majority of the sections are of 1 acre. Names include Dobson, Dixon, Jopson, C. E. Daniell, Miss M. S. Carey, D, Duck, Dwyer. Pencilled names include Nally and Hoag? [handwriting illegible]. Surname of Mrs. Jeune included in map title has been crossed out and replaced with Mrs. Jeans, at a later date. Likely to be Emma Jeans. Other Titles - Plan shewing subdivision of Mrs. Jeans' estate Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:792], 47.7 x 16 cm.