Topcroft Estate 1870- (Place)

SummaryTopcroft estate as shown on the early city or borough plan, referred to the block bounded by Cameron Road, Eleventh Avenue, Edgecumbe Road, and Twelfth Avenue. It also included what is now Christopher Street. It was initially the farmhouse on an 823-acre lease but over time as the land was broken up and sold as lots to others the area became known as Topcroft, or Topcroft Estate.

Not to be confused with the initial house "Topcroft Homestead".SourcesJudea Saleyards: Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 65, page 4Topcroft (from information supplied by Mrs. Brenda Shearman) Alexia Page: Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 55, page 18Topcroft, by Shirley Arabin: Tauranga Historical Society BlogSchool Festival at Topcroft: Bay of Plenty Times, 3 January 1874, Page 2Bay of Plenty Times, 18 October 1881, Page 2: Sale of 56 Lots offered by S.L. Clarke, parts of Topcroft EstateBay of Plenty Times, 19 October 1881: Mr Horne purchases section corner Cameron road and 11th Avenue for £215Bay of Plenty Times 10 March 1882: Topcroft estate prices range from £60...to £50 for 36 tp 30 perches.Bay of Plenty Times, 1 May 1882, Page 2: Mr J.J. Redmond purchses allotment in Topcroft intending to build "Bachelors Hall"Bay of Plenty Times, 4 May 1882, Page 2: Land purchased for BrickworksBay of Plenty Times, 31 October 1882 page 2: Mr Chappelle is building 4 roomed dwelling on Topcroft Estate:Bay of Plenty Times 19 January 1886: Turner and Buddle Saleyards to be opened 5 February 1886 (12 acres fronting Cameron Road (BOPT 30/1/1886)Bay of Plenty Times, 22 October 1885: 12 Acres (Clough's Paddock) to be letBay of Plenty Times, 28 December 1886: Annual nature feast given by Duffus announcedBay of Plenty Times, 5 May 1893: Postmaster J Bull has purchased a sectionBay of Plenty Times, 28 November 1887 p2: New owner Josiah Tutchen relocates houseBay of Plenty Times, 30 November and 9 December 1898: Judge Gill purchases TopcroftBay of Plenty Times, 21 August 1899: Opened as nursing home by Mrs J.B. ChappellBay of Plenty Times 30 May 1906: Mr J Conway building a 5 roomed dwelling at Topcroft for Mr KensingtonBay of Plenty Times, 3 December 1906: New 6 room dwelling built for Mr W.W. Wallace by Mr J.B. ChappellBay of Plenty Times, 17 December 1900: Section known as Mt Bennetts advertised for sale by W T RaymondBay of Plenty Times, 22 OCtiber 1913: Topcroft Private HospitalBay of Plenty Times, 8 November 1911: Topcroft Nursing Home, Cameron Road: Nurse Fountain is prepared to receive patients.Petition for Council to drain Christopher Street (Chas Clauson and others): Min Book 3, 8 8 10Bay of Plenty Times, 4 January 1908: CMS sells 1/4 acret allotment at Topcroft to Mr Elliott

Topcroft in 1925. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 06-456

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Date Built1870

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Location197 Edgecumbe Street, Tauranga (1870-1988)

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PlacesSaleyards at Topcroft on Cameron Road, 1886-c.1906 (Place)Topcroft Homestead, 1870- (Place)

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Topcroft Estate 1870- (Place)