Spirited Cemetery Tours – St Peter's Anglican Church
A series of cemetery tours revealing not only the great and good but also the interesting, scandalous and downright evil.
Join local historian Richard Greenaway on a tour of the graveyard at St Peter's Anglican Church.
See the historic gravesites of Canterbury citizens, including those who sought to improve society, the economy, defence and education. And find out about those who were motivated by the more worldly pleasures of wealth and power.
Includes talk within the church, and refreshments.
Richard Greenaway (M.A. (Honours in History), University of Canterbury, 1972) has taken cemetery tours during Heritage Week/Festival since 1994. From 1980-2015 he was Reference librarian, Aotearoa New Zealand Centre, Christchurch City Libraries, and is the author of two books for Christchurch City Libraries: Unsung heroines (published for Women's Suffrage Year, 1993) and Rich man, poor man, environmentalist, thief (for the millenium and 150th anniversary of the Canterbury province), in 2000. Greenaway received the A. C. Rhodes Medal from the Canterbury History Foundation in 2008.
Cemetery tour booklets are available for $5 on the day.
Meet outside the western church doors.
Join local historian Richard Greenaway on a tour of the graveyard at St Peter's Anglican Church.
See the historic gravesites of Canterbury citizens, including those who sought to improve society, the economy, defence and education. And find out about those who were motivated by the more worldly pleasures of wealth and power.
Includes talk within the church, and refreshments.
Richard Greenaway (M.A. (Honours in History), University of Canterbury, 1972) has taken cemetery tours during Heritage Week/Festival since 1994. From 1980-2015 he was Reference librarian, Aotearoa New Zealand Centre, Christchurch City Libraries, and is the author of two books for Christchurch City Libraries: Unsung heroines (published for Women's Suffrage Year, 1993) and Rich man, poor man, environmentalist, thief (for the millenium and 150th anniversary of the Canterbury province), in 2000. Greenaway received the A. C. Rhodes Medal from the Canterbury History Foundation in 2008.
Cemetery tour booklets are available for $5 on the day.
Meet outside the western church doors.
St. Peter's Anglican Church, 23 Yaldhurst Road, Sockburn
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