Barrington, New Zealand Facts for Kids

Barrington is a locality in the south-west of Christchurch, New Zealand, lying mostly within the suburb of Spreydon.

The first European owner of the land was Captain Charles Simeon. In 1851, he chose 500 acres (2.0 km²) of land and had frontages with Wilderness Road, the road leading to the Heathcote River, and the road leading from Christchurch to Halswell. The land was numbered in the order of it having been chosen, and his land was thus known as Rural Section 154. Simeon died in 1867 and his widow requested through land agents Richard J. S. Harman and Edward Cephas John Stevens that Wilderness Road be renamed Barrington Road in honour of her grandfather, Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet. This request was granted in 1885, and it is today known as Barrington Street.

Suburbs of Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Main suburbs	Addington Aranui Beckenham Belfast Burnside Cashmere Central City Fendalton Halswell Hornby Linwood Merivale Mount Pleasant New Brighton Opawa Papanui Riccarton Shirley St Albans St Martins Sumner Spreydon Sydenham Waltham Woolston

Minor suburbs	Aidanfield Avondale Avonhead Avonside Barrington Bexley Bottle Lake Bridgend Bishopdale Bromley Brooklands Broomfield Burwood Bryndwr Casebrook Chaneys Clifton Coutts Island Cracroft Dallington Edgeware Ferrymead Harewood Heathcote Valley Hei Hei Hillmorton Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Hyde Park Ilam Islington Kainga Kennedys Bush Mairehau Marshland Masham Middleton Moncks Bay Murray Aynsley Hill North Linwood North New Brighton Northcote Northwood Oaklands Ouruhia Parklands Phillipstown Queenspark Redcliffs Redwood Richmond Richmond Hill Richmond South Russley St Andrews Hill Scarborough Sockburn Somerfield South New Brighton Southshore Spencerville Stewarts Gully Strowan Styx Taylors Mistake Upper Riccarton Waimairi Beach Wainoni Westlake Westmorland Wigram Yaldhurst

Coordinates: 43°33′20″S 172°37′6″E / 43.55556°S 172.61833°E / -43.55556; 172.61833

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