Heritage

Christchurch - a chronology

1856

March 6
Riccarton race course established.
March 15
Christchurch Club formed.
March 27
First wool cargo shipped to London from Lyttelton (via Auckland).
July 31
Christchurch became the country's first City upon the issuing of Letters Patent on 31 July 1856. This was a practice under British law whereby the monarch could designate a town a city if it became the seat of a bishop.
(no date)
Riccarton House built.

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