If Ferrymead is the gateway to Christchurch, then Heathcote is the step down to that gate. As the world famous writer – and great lover of Canterbury – Samuel Butler came puffing down the Bridle Path, he not only cast his eyes over the vastness of the plains but also took in what lay at …
Sir John Cracroft Wilson (1808 – 1881) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch Behind the naming of the Surburb of Cashmere Buried at St Mary’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Halswell, Christchurch The story of Sir John Cracroft Wilson: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/sir-john-cracroft-wilson/ Photo taken by Chris Bulovic
The story of Sir John Cracroft Wilson and his Kashmir, whoops, Cashmere is very romantic to me as an historian. Cashmere is already such a pretty suburb that this story has just added so many new levels to a lovely part of Christchurch. To think of the original Cashmere Farm snug up against the Port …
