eautiful clevedon
New Zealand
This site receives RSS feeds - and I was somewhat annoyed to see that our top story today is about Clevedon New Zealand (thought I had set it up to filter these out). However it got me thinking about whether there was a connection between the two and wikipedia confirmed it - see below.
Now I will have to research who named it and where they came from. Any leads, please let me know!
Clevedon is a town within a city - a semi-rural settlement that is officially part of the Manukau city, one of the four cities that make up the conurbation of Auckland, New Zealand.
Clevedon by Murray Helm
The town and surrounding rural area has a population of 3,294 (2001 census), and is the centre of an administrative ward of Manukau which takes in much of the largely rural area to the east of the urban heart of the city.
Clevedon is located on the Wairoa River five kilometres from its estuary and outflow into the Tamaki Strait, an arm of the Hauraki Gulf. It is 14 kilometres from the centre of the city of Manukau, which lies to the northwest. To the south of Clevedon rise the rugged hills of the Hunua Ranges. Several popular beaches are located on the coast close to Clevedon, including Duders Beach and Kawakawa Bay.
Clevedon was named for Clevedon, England, in 1866. It was previously known as Te Wairoa (Māori: 'the Long River').
Now I will have to research who named it and where they came from. Any leads, please let me know!
Clevedon is a town within a city - a semi-rural settlement that is officially part of the Manukau city, one of the four cities that make up the conurbation of Auckland, New Zealand.
Clevedon by Murray Helm
The town and surrounding rural area has a population of 3,294 (2001 census), and is the centre of an administrative ward of Manukau which takes in much of the largely rural area to the east of the urban heart of the city.
Clevedon is located on the Wairoa River five kilometres from its estuary and outflow into the Tamaki Strait, an arm of the Hauraki Gulf. It is 14 kilometres from the centre of the city of Manukau, which lies to the northwest. To the south of Clevedon rise the rugged hills of the Hunua Ranges. Several popular beaches are located on the coast close to Clevedon, including Duders Beach and Kawakawa Bay.
Clevedon was named for Clevedon, England, in 1866. It was previously known as Te Wairoa (Māori: 'the Long River').
posted by Rhialto The Marvellous at 12:29 pm
1 Comments:
A great great uncle of mine emigrated to New Zealand in the 1800's and his surname was Hagley. I know that there is a Hagley Park in New Zealand so maybe he also had something to do with the naming of Clevedon, but I don't know.
Val Vella
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