Stoke (New Zealand)

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Stoke
Geographical location
Stoke (New Zealand)
Stoke
Coordinates 41 ° 19 ′  S , 173 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′  S , 173 ° 14 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-NSN
Country New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
region Nelson
District Nelson City
Residents 17th 163 (2013)
height 15 m
Post Code 7011
Telephone code +64 (0) 3
UN / LOCODE NZ STK
Photography of the place
Stoke, Stoke Main Road.jpg
Stoke Main Road
Welcome sign at the entrance to the Stoke neighborhood

Stoke is in the southwest of the center of Nelson lying and around 17,000 inhabitants counting area of Nelson , who until its incorporation in 1958 was a separate town.

Origin of name

Stoke , formerly called Brook Green , was named after the English town of Stoke-by-Nayland , from which the two settlers William Songer and Reverend C. Torlesse came. Songer is considered the founder of the settlement and Torless as his protégé .

geography

Stoke is located 7 km southwest of downtown Nelson on Waimea Inlet . The New Zealand State Highway 6 , coming from the southwest of Richmond , connects the district of Tahunanui and the city center of Nelson in the northeast through the district . City In 2013, 37% of Nelson's urban population lived in the borough.

history

The land on which the former city was built was originally a wetland overgrown with New Zealand flax and caterpillars . William Songer built a mud hut in 1843, drained parts of the land, removed the flax and scrub, and grew wheat, barley, oats, beets and potatoes, and kept pigs and cows on his farm. More settlers came. In 1873 Stoke was connected to the railway line that led to Nelson and so connected the place to the economic center.

Although Stoke could only be reached via a narrow gravel road from Nelson until the 1920s and administratively belonged to Waimea County , the place developed, got more and more inhabitants and a stronger connection to Nelson .

Douglas Strawbridge , who was mayor of Nelson from 1962 to 1968, lived in Stoke and before his mayor's office was a staunch advocate of political and administrative ties to Nelson . In 1958 this process was completed.

Stoke today

Anyone who comes to Stoke has the impression of finding a city of its own. A welcome sign, which a traveler is only used to from cities or towns, is located on the main traffic routes and is supposed to demonstrate importance as a place and not to be perceived as a district. In the population, there is the assumption that Stoke " Nelson's forgotten suburb " ( Nelson 's forgotten district) and between the centers of Nelson and Richmond goes down. The residents of Stoke are said to have a strong relationship with their district.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stoke Demographics . (PDF 189 kB) Nelson District Council , accessed on March 6, 2017 (English).
  2. ^ Debbie Daniell Smith : Settlement in Stoke . theprow.org.nz , 2014, accessed on March 6, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ Topo250 maps - Nelson - Queen Charlotte Sound . Land Information New Zealand , accessed March 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c Tracy Neal : The battle for Stoke . In: Nelson Mail . Fairfax Media , September 23, 2013, accessed March 6, 2017 .