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    Halswell Quarry operated between 1861 and 1990 before becoming the 60.4 hectares (149 acres) Halswell Quarry Park, one of many Christchurch City Council...
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    360° Panorama of the Halswell Quarry Park – requires Java applet Halswell School Halswell Quarry Park Halswell Community Halswell Project 2015, Christchurch...
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    the hills above Halswell.: 263  He built two houses, the first in the bush, the second on flat land opposite the present quarry park. He named this ‘Waterford...
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  • Christchurch Women's Prison. Quarries and heavy industry dominate in the north of the area. Euromarque Motorsport Park is on the eastern side. Paparua...
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  • year. Brittan then built a substantial house with stones quarried from the nearby Halswell Quarry, but went bankrupt in the process. The next owner of the...
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    fire. Around 4 pm, some of the pilots witnessed a fire tornado near Halswell Quarry that reached a height of around 100 metres (330 ft). At 6:30 pm, a...
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    John and Charles Tynte and their sons to make leases of estates in Sir Halswell Tynte's settlement. 6 Geo. 2. c. 19 17 May 1733 An Act for empowering Sir...
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    time the Christchurch–Halswell Quarry section had been completed and work had started at the Little River end. The line to the quarry remained in use until...
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    Portland Place, London Portland Square, Bristol Prior Park, Bath Pulteney Bridge, Bath Pump Room, Bath Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire Queen Square, Bath Radcliffe...
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    listed building. Halswell House in Goathurst has Tudor origins but was purchased by the Tynte family and rebuilt in 1689. The surrounding park and 17 acres...
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    have remained in private ownership or used for other purposes include Halswell House and Marston Bigot. A key contribution of Somerset architecture is...
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    Tyntesfield (section Park)
    had lived in the area since the 1500s, but their primary residence was Halswell House in Goathurst, near Bridgwater. By the late 1700s, John Tynte owned...
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  • The replacement is the "Orange" line that runs an extended route between Halswell and Queenspark. The line to Riccarton was included in the initial construction...
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    Christchurch City Q-Z". heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2018. "Halswell Quarry Stone House and Garden". NZHPT. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "The Hollies"...
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    have remained in private ownership or used for other purposes include Halswell House and Marston Bigot. Among the county's most distinctive architectural...
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    real estate and auctioneering business, a controlling stake in the Halswell quarries (purchased in 1876), and a half partnership in the trading vessel...
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    G. W. Ell Empowering Act [131] Gore Electric Lighting Act [132] Halswell River Drainage District Act [133] Hawera Borough Council Enabling Act [134]...
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