woodbury

8km north-west of Geraldine, South Canterbury. About 1886 Taylor and Flatman established a sawmilling and farming settlement at Woodbury, formerly called Waihi Bush. Features the Cecil Wood-designed Anglican Church of St Thomas.

Meaning of place name
Named after Woodbury in Gloucestershire, England, by Elizabeth Flatman, whose husband was part-proprietor in a sawmill.

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