Churton, Henry, 1810-1887

Date: 1855-1866

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-6/4/3

Description: Correspondents include: John Gibson Brown, 1857; Amos Burr, 1865; J W Callcott, 1857-1858; Thomas Carter, 1857; H Churton, 1858; S Cimino, 1858; Hugh Cleland - Hutt sub-agents. List of policyholders and accounts, 1862-1866; James George Cox, 1858; James Crooks, 1859; Stephen Curtis & Co, 1860; Charles D De Castro, 1855; John Dinwiddie, 1863; J Dransfield, 1857; Andrew Duncan, 1861; G Edwards, 1858; I E Featherston, 1858; B Ferrers, 1859; F H Fitzgerald, 1859 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1854-1865, nd

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-259

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for description of contents.

Date: [between 1880-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008356-G

Description: Shows horse standing in front of Churton's College for Maori girls at Aramoho, near Whanganui. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding; probably between 1880 and 1889. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Building identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1841

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PUBL-0011-05

Description: A general and close-up view of the new settlement of Petre or Wanganui (also known as Whanganui) just after its establishment. The thatched roofing of a house is being completed by two men in the foreground and men are hauling timber for other buildings along the foreshore and from a small boat at the river's edge. Fences divide off other houses and the nearest house on the far left, middle distance is identified as Dr Peter Wilson's house, the building being thatched is the Police Office and Police Magistrate's house, a larger one is Mr E. J. Wakefield's house (ware Wikitoria), and two other are Mr Henry Churton's houses. The large cliff across the river is Shakespeare's Cliff. The accompanying text reads: This is four miles from the mouth of the river, on the north shore of Cook's Strait, 110 miles from Wellington. The snowy mountain to the extreme left is Tonga Riro [Tongariro], seventy miles distant. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 369 mm

Date: [ca. 1880]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000132-G

Description: Shows two men standing in front of the school for Maori girls, Churton's College, erected at Aramoho, near Whanganui. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui; probably taken circa 1880. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Location identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1847-1875

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0214

Description: Correspondents include: Alexander Chaplin & Co (Cranston Hill Engine Works, Glasgow) to John T Stewart re locomotives, 1871 (1 letter); Alfred Chapman, Napier, 1870 (1 letter); F M Chapman, Te Aute, 1864 & undated (2 letters); George T Chapman, Auckland, 1868-1869 (2 letters); H S Chapman, Wellington, 1867 (1 letter); Thomas Chapman, Auckland, 1875 (1 letter); G Charon, 1861 (1 letter); James Chase, Porangahau, 1868 (2 letters); Chathanson [?], Grahamstown, 1871 (1 letter); Peter Cheyne, Rangiora, 1863 (3 letters); Richard Chilman, New Plymouth, 1847 (1 letter); W B N Christie, Camp Campbellfields, 1874 (1 letter); H Churton, Mataongaonga & Wanganui, 1858-1875 (4 letters); Francis Cittadini, Wellington, 1866 (1 letter); Archibald Clark, Remuera, 1867 & 1870 (2 letters); John K Clark, Australian Club, 1865 (1 letter); Archdeacon E B Clarke, Bay of Islands, 1872 & 1875 (4 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [between 1880-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-017192-G

Description: Shows two men standing in front of Churton's College, a school for Māori girls built at Aramoho, near Whanganui, by Henry Churton, in 1880. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui; probably between 1880 and 1889. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Building identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches