Amy Banks, Author at Cambridge Museum

Roads – E, F, G

Personally Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 FENCOURT ROAD (formerly HARBUTTS ROAD) This district was named after ‘Fen Court’, the name Every Maclean gave to his estate. These 7,047 acres were subdivided in 1900. Wilfred Harbutt was…

Roads – H, I, J, K

Personally Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 HAMILTON ROAD Interesting to note that on an early survey map this road was marked Bellair’s Road – after the surveyor. In 1868-70 the road was formed…

Roads – L, M, N, O, P

Personally Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 LANG ROAD This road was known as Lawrence Access Road as a Mr Lawrence had had a run-off property there. The Langs bought their farm c1930 and Russell and…

Roads- Q, R, S

Personally Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 RANSTEAD ROAD William Ranstead and his wife Margaret came to the district in 1903, farming first at Ohaupo then on 600 acres at Matangi. They had five sons…

Roads – T, U, V

Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 TAANE ROAD (DAY ROAD) This road was developed from a track to pa Taane that was lost through fire c1924. Until about 1930 the track was used through the…

Roads – W, X, Y, Z

Researched and written by Eris Parker 1989 WATKINS ROAD Matthew Lewis Watkins arrived in New Zealand 1879 from Monmouthshire and became an early settler of Taranaki before moving to the Waikato. With his wife Mary and family…

Fencourt

With the invasion of the Waikato by the British in 1863/64 Cambridge and districts were cut up to provide farms for the soldiers of the 3rd Waikato Militia. Under the Chief Surveyor, Charles Heaphy, there were at…

Hautapu

Hautapu, Pukeroro, Bruntwood (From ‘The News and Theatre Courier’ 12 August 1936) ‘Closer settlement has proceeded apace in these districts during the past quarter of a century. The names that will always be linked are…

Karapiro

Karapiro Settlement (From The News and Theatre Courier’ 12 August 1936) ‘It was in 1904 that the Gorton Estate of 8,000 acres was taken over by a syndicate and cut up for settlement. Among the…

Leamington

Leamington (From ‘The News and Theatre Courier’ 12 August 1936) ‘The Leamington Town district has been equally as long established as Cambridge for in the Land War days the military was camped on both sides…