LYTTELTON
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 185
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LYTTELTON
, a See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
of New Zealand, the port of Christ- See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
(q.v.) on the E. coast of South Island, on an inlet on the north-western side of Banks Peninsula
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Pop
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(1906) 3941
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It is surrounded by abrupt hills rising to r600 ft., through which a railway communicates with Christchurch (7 M
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N.W.) by a tunnel rt m. long
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Great breakwaters protect the harbour, which has an area of r,o acres, with a low- tide depth of 20 to 27 ft
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There is a graving dock accessible for vessels of 6000 tons
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The produce of the rich agricultural district of Canterbury is exported, frozen or preserved
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Lyttelton, formerly called Port See also: - COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
and Port Victoria, was the original settlement in this district (185o)
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