Market Place Held Its First Organised Market – 21st May 1853
On 21st May 1853, Market Place, now known as Victoria Square held its first market. As Canterbury Association’s surveyors, Captain Joseph Thomas and Edward Jollie marked out the area that would be Christchurch’s market place, they showed the most amazing ability to look up over the sea of tussock and see what would be. Christchurch …
