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The First Major Subdivision in Doyleston
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TitleThe First Major Subdivision in Doyleston
DescriptionThe Boggy Creek settlement involved the leasing of land for buildings on the lake side of the Leeston Road and the sale of a single section on the west side.
Subdivision of part of Joseph Doyle’s land for residential development involved a few sections as outlined in this article. Many sections were offered for sale in a second subdivision starting in 1872 as is described in another article.
Joseph Doyle sold the first section of his subdivision on the lake side of the Leeston Road (RS 6047) to Jane Swinbourne, the wife of James who was a shoemaker, on 2 May 1870.
The next section was sold to Josiah Wilcox in September and a further one to Richard Amor, a gardener, in December 1870.
All three sections were of 1 acre and sold for £30 ($60).
John McVinnie, a gardener, bought the 2 acre section on the Christchurch end in January 1871 for £30.
In April 1872, Doyle sold a section to Margaret Burt and her husband Thomas, a fellmonger, but as the section was half an acre, the price was £15.
In mid-1873 the blacksmith, George Johnston, bought a half acre section for £15 but when Patrick Redman bought a section of the same size in February 1874 the price had increased to £45.
In 1878 the final section on the roadside was sold to Margaret McGrath, wife of Patrick, for £50.
Other larger sections were sold during the same period away from the roadside.
In June 1870, Doyle sold 8 perches of land for the new hall for 10s to trustees including John Rennie.
It is interesting to note that four of the families still retained their sections in 1909.
To give one example of the history of the roadside sections, the Burt section will be followed.
Doyle conveyed the section to Margaret Burt at the direction of Thomas Burt in consideration of the natural love and affection of Thomas Burt to Margaret Burt.
That was fortunate as Thomas was declared bankrupt in January 1873. Thus the section was retained and in June 1910, Margaret Burt, now a widow living in Christchurch, sold the section to William John Doyle, a son of Joseph Doyle, and William Harcomb Knight, a tarpaulin maker of Doyleston for £50.
Doyle and Knight conveyed the section to Ephraim Welsh, a labourer of Leeston, at the direction of John McConaghey, also a labourer of Doyleston, who had bought the section from Doyle and Knight, now of Blenheim, for £35, but no conveyance had taken place.
Welsh paid McConaghey £35 for the property in 1918.
After the death of Ephraim Welsh on 13 November 1921, the Public Trustee sold the section to Welsh’s son, David Welsh, for £160 in 1922.
David took a mortgage from Muriel Jackman, a spinster of Leeston, of £75 at 7% interest.
In more recent years, David’s daughter, Eileen,
was well known as she often waved to passers-by.
Mike Noonan
Ellesmere Historical Society
Date22 August 2019SourceThe Ellesmere EchoLocationDoyleston
DescriptionThe Boggy Creek settlement involved the leasing of land for buildings on the lake side of the Leeston Road and the sale of a single section on the west side. Subdivision of part of Joseph Doyle’s land for residential development involved a few sections as outlined in this article. Many sections were offered for sale in a second subdivision starting in 1872 as is described in another article.
Joseph Doyle sold the first section of his subdivision on the lake side of the Leeston Road (RS 6047) to Jane Swinbourne, the wife of James who was a shoemaker, on 2 May 1870.
The next section was sold to Josiah Wilcox in September and a further one to Richard Amor, a gardener, in December 1870.
All three sections were of 1 acre and sold for £30 ($60).
John McVinnie, a gardener, bought the 2 acre section on the Christchurch end in January 1871 for £30.
In April 1872, Doyle sold a section to Margaret Burt and her husband Thomas, a fellmonger, but as the section was half an acre, the price was £15.
In mid-1873 the blacksmith, George Johnston, bought a half acre section for £15 but when Patrick Redman bought a section of the same size in February 1874 the price had increased to £45.
In 1878 the final section on the roadside was sold to Margaret McGrath, wife of Patrick, for £50.
Other larger sections were sold during the same period away from the roadside.
In June 1870, Doyle sold 8 perches of land for the new hall for 10s to trustees including John Rennie.
It is interesting to note that four of the families still retained their sections in 1909.
To give one example of the history of the roadside sections, the Burt section will be followed.
Doyle conveyed the section to Margaret Burt at the direction of Thomas Burt in consideration of the natural love and affection of Thomas Burt to Margaret Burt.
That was fortunate as Thomas was declared bankrupt in January 1873. Thus the section was retained and in June 1910, Margaret Burt, now a widow living in Christchurch, sold the section to William John Doyle, a son of Joseph Doyle, and William Harcomb Knight, a tarpaulin maker of Doyleston for £50.
Doyle and Knight conveyed the section to Ephraim Welsh, a labourer of Leeston, at the direction of John McConaghey, also a labourer of Doyleston, who had bought the section from Doyle and Knight, now of Blenheim, for £35, but no conveyance had taken place.
Welsh paid McConaghey £35 for the property in 1918.
After the death of Ephraim Welsh on 13 November 1921, the Public Trustee sold the section to Welsh’s son, David Welsh, for £160 in 1922.
David took a mortgage from Muriel Jackman, a spinster of Leeston, of £75 at 7% interest.
In more recent years, David’s daughter, Eileen,
was well known as she often waved to passers-by.
Mike Noonan
Ellesmere Historical Society
Date22 August 2019SourceThe Ellesmere EchoLocationDoylestonConnections
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