Fairview Downs

Fairview Downs
Suburb
A neighbourhood in Fairview Downs, Hamilton.
A neighbourhood in Fairview Downs, Hamilton.
Map
Coordinates: 37°45′45.87″S 175°18′21.62″E / 37.7627417°S 175.3060056°E / -37.7627417; 175.3060056
CountryNew Zealand
CityHamilton, New Zealand
Local authorityHamilton City Council
Electoral wardEast Ward
Established1970s
Area
[1]
 • Land112 ha (277 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total3,560
Chedworth Park Gordonton Puketaha
Chartwell
Fairview Downs
 Newstead
Enderley Greenhill Park Silverdale

Fairview Downs is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand.[3]

It was developed in stages.

Tramway Road, the western boundary of Fairview, was shown as a proposed tramway on an 1865 map.[4] It seems to have been of double width to accommodate a tramway to Cambridge[5] and to have first been discussed by Kirikiriroa Road Board in 1872,[6] though clearing and gravelling didn't start until 1891[6] and metalling was continuing in 1925.[7] Hamilton Libraries say it was a crown grant and named c. 1890 – 1900 by civic leaders, surveyors and citizens, because there was a tramway in the vicinity.[8]

Carrs Road was named in 1917 by the Carr family who owned it.[9] Alderson Road was named between 1936 and 1940 by A.J. Thompson, the subdivider, after the Alderson family who originally owned the land.[10]

The area south of Powells Road was developed in 1962 by D.M. McKenzie.[11]

Fairview Street was named in 1967 by Alf Steel, the developer, who wanted a name that made the area sound more attractive.[12] A developer bought the farm to the south in 1967.[6] Fairview, to the north of Powells Road, was turned into housing between 1970[7] and 1974 by Peerless Homes Ltd., owned by Ernest (Alf) Steel.[13]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Hamilton Map". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Plan of the Military settlements in the Upper Waikato District". ap01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "THE CAMBRIDGE BRANCH RAILWAY. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 July 1879. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 July 1872. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "PUKETAHA. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 25 February 1925. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Tramway Road". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Carrs Road". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Alderson Road". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Northolt Road". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Fairview Street". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Radiata Street". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.[permanent dead link]