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Bryndwr ( ; ) is a suburb in the north-west of Christchurch, New Zealand. Like all suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area. ==Development== Bryndwr, meaning 'hillside by water' (from ''Bryn'' "hillside" + ''dŵr'' "by water"), and probably named for the slopes beside the Wairarapa and Wai iti streams which run through the suburb, is one of the few places in New Zealand with a name of Welsh origin. It was given this name by Charles Alured Jeffreys, (1821-1904) of Glandyfi, Machynlleth, Wales. He farmed this area after being given freehold by his father-in-law Thomas Parr in 1851, who was granted Rural Section 188 from the Canterbury Association.〔()〕 Jeffreys also took a further leasehold.〔Electoral Roll for the District of Christchurch, July 5th, 1853, Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 132, 16 July 1853, Page 8〕 He and his wife Clara Ellen emigrated on the ''Tasmania'' arriving in Lyttelton in 1853.〔(Retrieved 26 July 2012 )〕 His land, sections 503 and 504,〔Electoral Roll for the District of Christchurch, July 5th, 1853, The Press, Volume IV, Issue 454, 13 April 1864, Page 3〕 was known as Bryndwr Farm, Fendall Town. Jeffreys subdivided the land, selling 180 lots at auction as the "valuable suburb of Bryndwr", in 1880.〔The Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4703, 28 August 1880, Page 4〕 Many streets he named in the area have Welsh associations including Jeffreys, Plynlimon, Penhelig, Glandovey (Anglicised over time from ''Glandyfi''), Idris, (from Cadair Idris),〔Tee A. Corinne, ''Athel, Mabel, and Marjorie Meares'', Wolf Creek, OR: Pearlchild, revised version, 1999〕 Snowdon, Garreg, and Bryndwr Road. Jeffreys, his wife and daughter returned to Glandyfi castle after his elder brother, Edward, died in 1888.〔()〕 A 1922 map of Christchurch shows "Bryndwr Station" railway station north of the intersection of Normans Road and Wairakei Road (then Wairarapa Road).〔Map of Christchurch and Suburbs, Simpson and Williams Ltd. Christchurch City Libraries Digital Maps, CCLMaps 141654, Retrieved 17 September 2012〕 The farm owned by William Warner of Warner's Hotel in the Norman's Road area of Bryndwr was subdivided, and the Normans Road shops included the Warner farmhouse. In about 1957, the Roper's Foodmarket in this group of shops was designed by local architect Paul Pascoe. Land was further subdivided during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and these streets were laid out in the sinuous nested form of the Radburn design. The subdivision included the land that was the Bateman farm, on Greers Road, and extended between what is now Memorial Avenue, and Wairakei Road, and north of Wairakei Road including around the Greer homestead built in 1878, at what is now 302 Greers Road, and land owned by Christ's College, Christchurch.〔 Street names from this period of subdivision included notable politicians (Attlee, Truman, Evatt, Eden), Otago landmarks (Earnslaw, Hollyford, Hooker, Aorangi, Lyall, Sealy), names associated with Christ's College, (Blanch, Bourne, Condell, Hudson, Flower, Harris, Merton, Moreland, Richards, Tothill), and the HMS Bounty, (Bounty, Resolution, Pitcairn, Christian).〔 The houses along Wayside Avenue included exhibition homes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryndwr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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