Cadastral map, Borough of Napier

Maker
Dinwiddie, Walker and Company Limited
Rochfort, James
Jarman, Alfred
Production date
1885

Object detail

Brief Description
Cadastral map of Napier Borough showing all subdivisions and road lines according to Mr Rochfort's survey of 1885. Manufacture date unknown.

Shows boundaries of original sections, boundaries of subdivisions, wards, municipal reserves, educational reserves around Ahuriri, Pandora Point, Goa Bay, Western Spit, Scinde Island, Napier Central Business District and down to Beach Road - or Marine Parade as it would be later called.

The Union bank is shown on the Corner of Emerson Street and Hastings Street. The Masonic Hall is on Munroe Street, the Theatre Royale on Tennyson Street.

A boys high school is noted on land bordering Gladstone Road.

The Ferry Hotel is on Meeanee Quay - where the bridge to the main land meets at West Quay, near Bridge Street in Ahuriri.
Production date
1885
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed on paper with linen backing and ink.
Measurements
Height x Width: 840 x 1095mm
Subject period
Subject date
1885
Credit line
gifted by Miss L Williams
Other number(s)
38/293, 5002, 68878
Accession number
38/293

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