Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Date: ca 1905

By: Sladden, Edmund Mourilyn, -1962

Reference: PAColl-3366

Description: Photographs of the Seatoun tunnel under construction. Some show men of the firm of Seaton and Sladden, engineers. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1971-1972

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-133

Description: Letters, notes and copies of plans relating to his reminiscences of surveying in the Manawatu-Wanganui region in the early 1900s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1904

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/1904/Acc.36608

Description: Cadastral map of five sections belonging to Fitzgerald, between Villa and Pine Streets, Masterton, with measurements in perches. Section 5 includes the site of a cottage and two sheds. All sections include pencilled numbers for which no key is provided. Cullens is handwritten on the reverse and appears not to be associated with this map Name of town added to title by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on dressed linen, scale [1:448], 40.3 x 42 cm.

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[19-?]/Acc.36567

Description: Cadastral map of surveyed sections 1-10 on Albert St, Masterton, including acreage. Behind the sections and to the right of section 10 is a private right of way. Adjacent to the sections is Trustee St. Pencil annotations list sections owner names: Brown, ?Hamwell, Salvation Army. Map has been trimmed, losing the signature of surveyor and other details. Map verso: Plan Payton's Estate (some text obscured). Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale [1:237], 59.8 x 53.5 cm Processing information: Map has been previously glued onto a fixture.

Date: 1910

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0155/0157

Description: Includes site plan showing workshop fronting on to Evans Bay Road. Buildings include laundry, coal bunkers, furnace, power house, boilermakers, blacksmiths, engineers & electricians, pattern store, shipwrights and boat builders (with sailmakers over), sawmill (with joiners over), salvage store (with upholsterers over), iron rack and wire store (with offices over). By the slipway are the boat shed, painters' shed and bond shed. Also includes a plan of the rubble and landfill. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Blueprints, sizes varying

Date: 1909

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Elder, Norman Lascelles, 1896-1974

Reference: MapColl-832.4399gbbd/1909/Acc.37560

Description: Survey plan of Ngarara West 'C', Block 10, parts Sections 13 and 14, Kaitawa Survey District, near Waikanae. Part 13, (comprised of two areas, one over 20 acres and one over 1 acre), and Part 14 (over 24 acres) are highlighted. A section of the Waikanae - Hutt Road borders Part 13. William Field is shown as the owner of block 15 and another unidentified block. Norman Elder is shown as the owner of block 8 and two other unidentified blocks. Section boundaries are indicated. Signed: 'Seaton & Sladden, Feb 2nd 1909.' Pt. 14 includes pencil annotation '(21-1-4-) [acres] new area'. Includes other pencil annotations and lines and two dotted blue ink lines with arrows pointing northwest. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:2 376], 50.8 x 50.4 cm.

Date: 1910 - 1919

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.6322

Description: Cadastral map of section 8 and parts of sections 3 and 7 in the Wairarapa Survey District. Section 8 includes a right of way, boundary measurements, sheepyards and sites of buildings. Sections 3 & 7 adjoin the road from Kahutara to Te Maire and include acreages. Section 3 includes the note 'Two paddocks agreed to be sold are here. This is the strip one chain wide, [signature] Fred Pearce, 12/10/06'. Fred Pearce sold some of his land when he was bankrupt to Ernest Knight. His property was called Makahi Other Titles - Plan of part sections 3 and 7 and section 8, Wairarapa Survey District Includes signatures of Ernest John Knight and Fred Pearce Stamp of Seaton and Sladden, Masterton and Wellington, Authorised Surveyors, on bottom left corner See also Everand Seaton's map of these sections in Wairarapa Survey District Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7 920], 40.8 x 45.5 cm.

Date: 1906

From: Karori Historical Society :Photocopies of manuscript maps of Karori and Makara held by Land Information New Zealand and Karori Historical Society [ms maps]. 1860s-1997

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Karori Historical Society; Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1906/Acc.43344-45

Description: Copy of cadastral plan which surveys the 1906 J W Henderson sub-division on old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington. Shows lot numbers, deposited plan numbers, acreages and dimensions of lots. Quantity: 1 map(s) in 2 segments. Physical Description: Photocopy, scale of original [1: 792] but size indeterminable, scale of copy indeterminable but each segment 30 x 42 cm.

Date: 1904

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/1904/Acc.37983

Description: The base map was one provided by the Department of Lands and Survey for use by surveyors when land was in the process of being subdivided. Includes a declaration to be completed by the surveyor and a Justice of the Peace. The base map has been used show the subdivisions and streets in Khandallah between the Wellington - Manawatu Railway and roads once named as Victoria, Gordon, McKenzie and Lochiel, also Mona Crescent. Numbered sections include acreages, measurements and some have sites of houses. A stream runs through several properties. Surveying details include Kaiwarra [Kaiwhara] Hill. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Subdivisions 1. 2. 3. and 4, Sections 1 and 2, Porirua Base map: Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand. For subdivision of land under the Land Transfer Act Signature on original: R. S. Rownthwaite Note at bottom of map states: D.P. 1828 Scale of original map: [ca.1:1 584] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 51.2 x 50.7 cm. on sheet 58.2 x 54 cm.

Date: 1907

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library; Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Ferguson & Hicks (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1907/Acc.36661

Description: A base map of the plan of the subdivision of Whangaimoana estate to be sold by public auction has been used to list the buyers of various lots, some with prices in pounds sterling and others with acreages. This information appears on headed notepaper of W.B. Chennells & Co. mounted on the reverse of the map. Names include Eli, Holmes Warren, Heckler, J. Graham, Gillier, J. Iorns, T. Kennedy, Pilmer, P. Dransfield. The first of the three base maps shows lots 1 to 26 in the area from Palliser Bay to Lake Onoke to Tauranganui Stream. Includes homesteads, woolshed, sheepyards, bridle track, school site, Scotch church, ferry. Names include McDougall Bros., Kelly. Lots 30 to 40 are shown on the second map, an enlarged plan. Map three is a locality plan of the area from Palliser Bay to Featherston and Masterton. Scale of the first map [1:15 840] and of the second map [1:2 376] Title supplied by cataloguer from the information on notepaper mounted on reverse Base map: Plan of the subdivision of the famous Whangaimoana Estate. To be sold by public auction at the Foresters' Hall, Masterton on Thursday, April 18, 1907 at 2p.m. by Abraham & Williams Ltd., acting under the instruction of the public trustee as executor of the will of the late J. Purvis Russell, deceased. Quantity: 3 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, scales vary, 52 x 83.1 cm.

Date: 1909

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

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Se/1909/Acc.10351

Description: Surveyed, cadastral map of subdivision in Seatoun, Wellington, showing numbered sections in parts of Campbell, Inglis, Mantell, Pearce, Gore and Ludlam streets and the Pass of Branda. Sections show acreage and are surveyed for A Crawford. Shows property owners H P Rawson, Barber, J M Pease. Shows military reserve and Seatoun Park. Other Titles - Plan of part of the township of Seatoun. Parts Sections 16, 17, 18, Watts Peninsula, Block 7, Port Nicholson Survey District Written on reverse: Seatoun Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, scale [1:792], 77 x 77 cm

Date: 1905-1912

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6571-120

Description: Contains administration records for various blocks of Maori land in South Wairarapa, and related accounts and correspondence

Date: 1908

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1908/Acc.4400

Description: Shows lands for sale; also shows Maori reserves and Maori placenames for geographical features Also includes inset: Plan of locality. Scale {1:2 534 400} Extended Title - Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1908 Inscriptions: Recto - left of image - Murray, Roberts & Co. in conjunction with Abraham & Williams Ltd. will offer the above estate by public auction at the Town Hall, Wellington, on Wednesday, 15 January, 1908 ...; Recto - top centre - 36,600 acres; sub-divided in 22 blocks of from 580 to 4,720 acres; Recto - bottom centre - Note: Areas and boundaries are subject to amendment to a limited extent on completion of survey Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured. 73 x 90 cm. Scale 1:31 680

Date: 1907

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbbd/1907/Acc.12543

Description: Cadastral map of a subdivision in Tawa, showing surveyed numbered sections, with acreage. Shows part of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway. Some sections are marked with an 'x'. Sections 12-16 have the name Carleton on them. Shows surveyed roads, one named Tawa Terrace. The entire map is faded and difficult to decipher. Written and glued to reverse: Tawa flat A small pencil line is drawn on the map's bottom boundary line Other Titles - Plan of part of town of Tawa, Extension number 2, subdivision part Section 44 Porirua Registration Block VII, Belmont Survey District Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Blueprint, scale indeterminable, 30.8 x 42 cm

Date: 1906

By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944; Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Grover, Raymond Frank, 1931-2019

Reference: MapColl-832.4399gbbd/[1906]/Acc.37564

Description: Survey plan of Ngarara West 'A', Kaitawa Survey District, Waikanae. Block numbers include Ngarara West 'A' 1, 6, 8-11, 56-59. Block 6 has a red border and is owned by Ematini Enoka and Enoka Hohepa (over 476 acres). Block 59 has a green border and is owned by Watene Te Nehu and 6 others (over 217 acres). It includes the note 'undivided interest of executor Hannah Field'. A third, small property (5 acres) has a blue border and is beside the Wellington Manawatu railway line. A section of the Waikanae River borders Ngarara West A no. 6 and no. 59. Shows part of the Muaupoko A no.1. land block. Signed: 'Compiled by Seaton & Sladden, 13/2/06.' See second copy Acc.37565. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale [1:7 920], 46.5 x 51.1 cm. Provenance: Donated by Raymond Grover.

Date: 1906

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Sladden, Hubert, 1880-1952; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Se/1906/Acc.10268

Description: Drawn on a survey template, shows subdivision of Lots 1 and 2 into Sections 1-4, Beerehaven (Beere Haven) Road, Seatoun, Wellington, with acreage. Marks Newport Terrace, Sinclair Street, Pinelands Avenue, and Netherleigh Street. Note on map: fieldwork by H Pavitt. DP859, CT 122/70. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Lots 1 & 2 of Section 10, Watts Peninsula Signed by Hubert Sladden and J J Devine, solicitor of Supreme Court. A two shillings and sixpence stamp is glued to map Written on reverse: Miramar Borough Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, scale [1:792], 51 x 51 cm

Date: 1904

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library; Sladden, Hubert, 1880-1952; Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[1904]/Acc.36607

Description: Cadastral map showing sections 1-6, between Renall Street and Chapel Street, Masterton, with measurements. Sections 5 and 6 are marked as sold, and the latter has the site of a stable marked. Includes names of Wagg and Whatigan (handwriting difficult to decipher) Stamp on bottom left corner of Seaton & Sladden, Masterton & Wellington, Engineers & Surveyors Note on verso states: Plan Club Corner Title partly supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on card, scale [1:538], 63 x 42.5 cm.

Date: 1902 - 1915

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Thorp, Nigel, active 1978-2018

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[ca 1902-15?]/Acc.36411

Description: Station plan with cadastral information of the Glendonald estate, naming station blocks and stating their acreage (between 26 and 665 acres each). Paddock names include Maori Hill, Wardell no. 1, Trooper. Identifies woolsheds, streams, native bush, bridges, gates, huts, ?Nga aruna Native Block Bdg, Maori reserve, roads, sheds. Shows Percy's house, old peg, Waite's fence, Miller's homestead 'Fernlands', Education reserve, Wainuiomapa Stream, settler cottages, and Bowland's estate around the boundary of the property. Includes comments on vegetation. Shows the road to Masterton. Shows the total area from Country Map 83 to be 8354 acres, total external fencing to be 21 miles and divisional fencing 17 miles. Quantity: 1 map(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 68.3 x 55 cm. Processing information: Map previously bound with other items.

Date: 1910 - 1911

From: Cook, Rodney, 1930-: Collection relating to refurbishment of Parliament and Government Building

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/A/1910/Acc.37382

Description: Survey of part of Hill, Sydney, Bowen and Charlotte streets, Wellington, showing the part of Sydney Street and Museum Street to be closed and used for parliamentary building purposes; some numbered sections are shown. An enlarged inset surveys in detail the corner of Sydney and Museum Street. Includes legislation note relating to closed areas of Museum and Sydney Street. Written on map: PWD 16340. Map singed by AH Boyle, licensed surveyor and ?MC Smith, 1911. Includes deposited plan numbers Other Titles - Plan showing closing of Sydney Street and adjacent alterations, city of Wellington Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40.8 x 41.4 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Rodney Cook - A99-215.

Date: 1950

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority: Maps from records

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm); Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-832.47993gbbd/[ca.1950]/Acc.51487

Description: Survey map with cadastral information for 259 residential lots on Hine Road and a new side road, in Wainuiomata. The subdivision is east of Poole Crescent, and the map also shows the Wainuiomata River to the north of the subdivision, Moores Valley Road, and a short section of Wainui-o-Mata Road (now Coast Road). A meandering stream crosses the new road. The subdivision did not proceed. "Note: Areas and measurements are approximate and are subject to slight alteration on completion of survey" Pencil annotations referring to "Soil" and a Hydraulics Laboratory. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative copy, scale 1:3 960, 45.2 x 62.4 cm.