1893

February 22

Linwood Borough formed.

July 27

Woolston becomes a Borough.

November 28

Women vote for the first time in parliamentary elections.

(no date)

Bankruptcy (subsequent criminal proceedings) of solicitor Leonard Harper (1832-1915) and legal firm Harper & Co.

Notes

• Information for this resource was based on the second edition of John Densem’s Christchurch chronology: a history of settlement. Environmental Policy and Planning Policy Unit, Christchurch City Council, 1990.
  More about the Christchurch Chronology.
• This resource includes links to various other local history resources on our websites and images from our photographs collection - clicking on the image will take you to a larger version of that image.