Joseph Brittan
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Joseph Brittan was a New Zealand surgeon, newspaper editor, and provincial councillor, was one of the dominant figures in early Christchurch. Born into a middle-class family in southern England, he fo
Portrait of Joseph Brittan
Linwood House in 2003
The office of the Canterbury Standard on Hereford Street in 1861
Joseph Brittan caricature
Holy Trinity Avonside
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Holy Trinity Avonside was a heritage-listed Anglican church located in the Avonside Parish, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was registered as a "Historic Place – Category I" by the New Zealand Historic
Joseph Brittan
…members of the Brittan family were devout Anglicans (although the Brittan family had been Methodists) and had a close association with the neighbouring Holy Trinity Avonside, where Guise Brittan was a lay reader. William Rolleston became Joseph Brittan's son-in-law in 1865, when he married his only surviving daughter Mary…
Holy Trinity Avonside in 2008, prior to its 2011 demolition
The original Avonside Church in ca 1857
The 1876 part of the church, designed by Mountfort, collapsed while repairs were under way