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Yesterday’s view was of All Saints Church, Howick, Auckland. Located on the corner of Cook Street and Selwyn Road, at the eastern end of Howick’s main street. The photo was taken from the carpark at the top of Selwyn Road.
It was the first parish church in Auckland and is the oldest building in Manukau. The Church was built in November 1847 for the first fencible soldier-settlers at a cost of 147 pounds, 3 shillings and 9 pence. It was designed by Frederick Thatcher to a cruciform plan and prefabricated at St Johns College, Meadowbank. It was then shipped to Howick Beach, and hauled by bullock wagon up the hill and assembled.
On 1 November 1930 a substantial wooden lychgate was dedicated at the Selwyn Road entrance. This was built to serve as a memorial to men of the imperial and colonial forces who had served during the New Zealand Wars between 1845 and 1865. According to a newspaper report, it was also intended as a memorial to ‘friendly Maori’. The bronze tablet installed on the eastern wall listed the names of 68 ex-soldiers and members of the militia who had been buried in the churchyard since 1865.
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