Kate Watchorn was the wife of John Samuel Watchorn, draper of Palmerston North. She died on the 23rd of April 1915 and was buried in Plot 33, Block 17 at Terrace End Cemetery. Her obituary in the Manawatu Times for 4 April 1915 read, "OBITUARY. M...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1915

The centre of this image is the King Edward VII Memorial Fountain, with people sit in the benches that surround it. The photograph shows it in on its second site, in the middle of the pond near the Coleman Mall corner of The Square. The fountain w...

Creator:      Clarice Parlane
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

St Paul's is a Presbyterian church in Feilding, located at 35 Grey Street.

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          35 Grey Street, Feilding
Date:          July 28, 1968

Anglican services began in Palmerston North in 1872. This All Saints Church, built 1914, was designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in Edwardian Free Gothic style and constructed in brick. It was the third such Anglican church on the same site. It ...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This Anglican church is the third All Saints to stand on this site. This Anglican church was completed in 1914, dedicated May of that year and consecrated 29 October 1916. The first vicar of the new church was the Reverend H G Rosher, 1911 – 1915....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1939

Looking across the roof of the second All Saints Church, 1882 - 1915, to the intersection of Linton and Fergusson Streets. The back of the original photograph says “Dr George Wilson’s near top of spire. F S. Goldingham’s against trees to left of ...

Creator:      L Monro
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1909

The Reverend Father Bernard O’Donnell was ordained as a priest at St Brigid’s Church, Feilding. He was ordained by the Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands and was the first priest to be ordained in Feilding.

Creator:      Paul Legg - Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 10, 1975

A panorama of The Square in Palmerston North, looking doen Rangitikei Street in the background. Visible are the clock tower (the sound shell is now removed) and the DIC building (formerly the CM Ross Building, now home of the Palmerston North City...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

This was the first Anglican Church (All Saints) in Palmerston North, built 1875 on the same site as the present building. It was incorporated into the second, larger church erected in 1882. The third, All Saints Church was built in 1913-1914 and r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1875

This Anglican church was the third on the site. The first All Saints was built 1875, a second larger building was constructed 1882, incorporating the original building, and the third and current All Saints built in 1914.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1930

This photograph shows The Square from Rangitikei Street through to Fitzherbert Avenue. Notice the three rows of railway lines and the absence of high rise office buildings.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1961

The church was constructed in 1882, two years after the arrival of the first Presbyterian Minister, the Reverend Hugh Murray. It occupied the site of the present St. Pauls Church in Grey Street, Feilding. The card has “W Carthew, Feilding” printed...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown