St. Bride's Church (Mauku, N.Z.)

Date: 1920

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-173-025

Description: A plan view of St Bride's Church, Mauku, during the New Zealand wars, showing the rifle loopholes on all sides, and a 'strong door of totara' at the front entrance on one side. Original for illustration in Cowan, J R The New Zealand wars. Wellington 1922 vol. 1 p 291 (annotated "sketch-plan, J C 1920"). Sketch-plan. Earlier copy of same at A173-038 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on card 120 x 150 mm

Date: 1863 - 1920 - 1864 - 1922

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-173-038

Description: Simple ground plan showing loopholes, and strong totara door. Preliminary drawing for A-173-025, original for illustration in Cowan, J.R. "The New Zealand wars" (Wellington, 1922), vol.1, page 291. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (In pencil): St Brides Church. Mauku. / Ground plan showing rifle loopholes.; Recto - centre - (In ink): Strong door / of Totara.; Recto - centre - (Around outside of walls); [encircled] 6 [3x]; [encircled] 5 [2x] (in pencil). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on card 114 x 144 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Pictorial Reference Section photo file, 1993..

Date: 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12211

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St George's Anglican Church at Motupiko, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, Tarras Church, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St James Anglican Church at Ngatimoti, Presbyterian Church at Enfield, St Paul's Church at Hairini, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka, Ratana Temple near Mangamuka, St John's Anglican Church at Hororata, St Michael's Anglican Church at Waimea West, St Anne's Anglican Church at Pleasant Valley, St Mary's Anglican Church at Beaconsfield, St Alban's Anglican Church at Pautahanui, Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Ohariu Valley, St John the Baptist Anglican Church at Waimate North, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, Minniesdale Chapel at Wharehine, St James' Anglican Church at Kerikeri, St Bride's Anglican Church at Mauku, All Saint's Anglican Church at Howick. Also includes a transparency of Mt. Peel homestead. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001-2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12212

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St Stephen's Chapel at Auckland, Ratana Temple near Mangamuka Bridge, St Matthew's Anglican Church near Tuparoa, Norwegian Church at Mauriceville North, Presbyterian Church at Burnside, Christ Church at Raukokore, Christ Church at Pukehou, St Paul's Anglican Church at Hairini, All Saints Anglican Church at Howick, St James' Anglican Church at Ngatimoti, Presbyterian Church at Enfield, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, St John's Anglican Church at Tututotara, St Michael and All Angels at Stanway, Pepera Church at Koroniti, St Bride's Anglican Church at Mauku, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka, and St Anne's Anglican Church at Pleasant Valley. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 11 Jul 1863?

By: Speedy, James, 1811-1868

Reference: MS-Papers-10629

Description: Letter to `Sir' [possibly to governor-general Sir George Grey] from Jas Speedy, Mauku Church re possible Maori attack and asking for removal of women and children Accompanying material - A History of St Bride's Church, Mauku, 1861-1961 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs N Morris, Pukekohe

Date: 1961-1980

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PA12-8657

Description: Slides of Frederick Thatcher's buildings include - Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson 1851. St Bride's Church, Mauku. St Matthias' Church, Makara, Wellington. St John's Church, Trentham, Lower Hutt. Also included are - Views of Lichfield Cathedral. Memorial to Frederick Thatcher in Lichfield Cathedral. Margaret Alington with Margaret Thatcher, 1977. Quantity: 16 colour original transparency/ies. 7 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: 1996, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11681

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name of the church and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case. The arrangement appears generally, although not totally, geographical, from the top of the North Island to the lower South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1863 - 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863

Reference: A-389-017

Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.

Date: 1863 - 1864

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-104

Description: A circular view of a military camp with a church in the background, a flag in the right foreground and several soldiers walking about. There is a defensive earth wall around the church and heavily bushed hills beyond it. Other Titles - New Zealand The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's "Selwyn churches" (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 196 mm (diameter)