Bryndwr

Bryndwr, meaning 'hillside by water' (from Bryn "hillside" + dŵr "water"), and probably named for the slopes beside the Wairarapa and Waimairi streams which run through the suburb, is one of the few places in New Zealand with a name of Welsh origin. It was given this name by Charles Alured Jeffreys, (1821–1904) of Glandyfi, Machynlleth, Wales. He farmed this area after being given {{convert|100|acre|ha}} freehold by his father-in-law Thomas Parr in 1851, who was granted Rural Section 188 from the Canterbury Association.{{cite web|url=https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/PlaceNames/ChristchurchPlaceNames-A-M.pdf |title=Christchurch Place Names A—M|access-date=15 September 2023 |url-status= |page=50 }} Jeffreys also took a further {{convert|100|acre|ha}} leasehold.Electoral Roll for the District of Christchurch, 5 July 1853, Lyttelton Times| volume=III| issue=132, 16 July 1853, Page 8 He and his wife Clara Ellen emigrated on the Tasmania arriving in Lyttelton in 1853.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/tasmania.htm Retrieved 26 July 2012]

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His land, sections 503 and 504,Electoral Roll for the District of Christchurch, 5 July 1853, The Press| volume=IV| issue=454, 13 April 1864, Page 3 was known as Bryndwr Farm, Fendall Town. Jeffreys subdivided the land, selling 180 lots at auction as the "valuable suburb of Bryndwr", in 1880.The Press| volume=XXXIV| issue=4703, 28 August 1880, Page 4 Many streets he named in the area have Welsh associations including Jeffreys, Plynlimon, Penhelig, Glandovey (Anglicised over time from Glandyfi), Idris, (from Cadair Idris),Tee A. Corinne, Athel, Mabel, and Marjorie Meares, Wolf Creek, OR: Pearlchild, revised version, 1999 Snowdon, Garreg, and Bryndwr Road. Jeffreys, his wife and daughter returned to Glandyfi castle after his elder brother, Edward, died in 1888.{{cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,4311/tab,history/Itemid,292/ |title=Parks and Gardens UK |accessdate=26 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906174559/http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option%2Ccom_parksandgardens/task%2Csite/id%2C4311/tab%2Chistory/Itemid%2C292/ |archivedate=6 September 2012 }}

A 1922 map of Christchurch shows "Bryndwr Station" railway station north of the intersection of Normans Road and Wairakei Road (then Wairarapa Road).Map of Christchurch and Suburbs, Simpson and Williams Ltd. Christchurch City Libraries Digital Maps, CCLMaps 141654, Retrieved 17 September 2012

The farm owned by William Warner of Warner's Hotel in the Norman's Road area of Bryndwr was subdivided, and the Normans Road shops included the Warner farmhouse. In about 1957, the Roper's Foodmarket in this group of shops was designed by local architect Paul Pascoe.{{cite web|url=https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc7/img0061.asp|title=Roper's Store, Normans Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |accessdate=26 November 2015 }}

Land was further subdivided during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and these streets were laid out in the sinuous nested form of the Radburn design. The subdivision included the land that was the Bateman farm, on Greers Road,{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/PlaceNames/ChristchurchStreetNames-B.pdf|title=Christchurch City Libraries Street names |publisher=Christchurchcitylibraries.com|accessdate=8 August 2012}} and extended between what is now Memorial Avenue, and Wairakei Road, and north of Wairakei Road including around the Greer homestead built in 1878, at what is now 302 Greers Road,{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/LocalHistory/Fendalton/Bryndwr_Burnside.asp |title=Bryndwr and Burnside |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |date=20 November 2015 |accessdate=26 November 2015}} and land owned by Christ's College, Christchurch. Street names from this period of subdivision included notable politicians (Attlee, Truman, Evatt, Eden), Otago landmarks (Earnslaw, Hollyford, Hooker, Aorangi, Lyall, Sealy), names associated with Christ's College, (Blanch, Bourne, Condell, Hudson, Flower, Harris, Merton, Moreland, Richards, Tothill), and {{HMS|Bounty}}, (Bounty, Resolution, Pitcairn, Christian). The houses along Wayside Avenue included exhibition homes.

Bryndwr, comprising the statistical areas of Bryndwr North, Bryndwr South and Jellie Park, covers {{Convert|3.31|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=15 September 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} It had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Bryndwr North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Bryndwr South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Jellie Park|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Bryndwr North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Bryndwr South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Jellie Park|y}}|R}})/3.31|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|9,000|2013|9,069|2018|9,288|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}

Bryndwr had a population of 9,288 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 219 people (2.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288 people (3.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,303 households, comprising 4,626 males and 4,665 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 1,698 people (18.3%) aged under 15 years, 2,061 (22.2%) aged 15 to 29, 4,071 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,455 (15.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 74.2% European/Pākehā, 8.6% Māori, 3.5% Pasifika, 20.0% Asian, and 3.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 30.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.8% had no religion, 41.3% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.4% were Hindu, 1.9% were Muslim, 1.5% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,397 (31.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,077 (14.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,407 people (18.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,327 (43.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,317 (17.4%) were part-time, and 309 (4.1%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Bryndwr North (319900), Bryndwr South (320800) and Jellie Park (320600)}}

According to the 2006 census, Bryndwr has a more multicultural demographic than the average for the Canterbury region, with slightly higher percentages of Asian, Middle eastern, and Pacific ethnicity, a higher proportion of people born overseas, and of those who speak a second language. There is also a higher proportion of professional people, as well as single parents and unemployed people.{{cite web|url=https://uppersouthisland.ps.org.nz/sites/all/files/Exploring%20Bryndwr%20Community%20Strengths,%20Needs%20&%20Potential%20for%20a%20Community%20Hub%20Facility.pdfversion.pdf |title=Exploring the Bryndwr Community's Strengths, Needs & Potential for a Community Hub Facility |publisher=Uppersouthisland.ps.org.nz |accessdate=26 November 2015}} Bryndwr includes a small pocket of low socio-economic households,John Wilson. 'Canterbury region', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09. URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/canterbury-region/13/3 Retrieved 25 July 2012 within which approximately half the houses are state houses. The remainder of Bryndwr is similar in socio-economic status to the adjacent suburbs of Merivale, Fendalton, Burnside and Papanui, but this pocket contrasts in particular with the neighbouring suburbs of Fendalton to the south and Merivale to the East, which are two of the highest socio-economic areas.

As an older suburb, Bryndwr has well established cultural, sporting and commercial facilities, including a Council Service Centre, several schools and parks, and two supermarkets.

• "Elmwood Village" at the intersection of Norman's Road and Wairakei Road, (which in 1938 included the Bryndwr Bakery{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/collection22/02306.asp |title=The house belonging to the Woodham family, Normans Road, Bryndwr: [ca. 1940] – Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Photograph Collection |publisher=Christchurchcitylibraries.com |accessdate=26 November 2015}} and the Bryndwr Butchery{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/collection22/02303_02.asp |title=Bryndwr Butchery, Normans Road, Bryndwr: [ca. 1938] – Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Photograph Collection |publisher=Christchurchcitylibraries.com |accessdate=26 November 2015}})
• "Fendalton Village" at the intersection of Ilam Road and Clyde Road,
• shops at the intersection of Wairakei Road and Aorangi Road,
• the Wairakei Road shopping centre, at the intersection of Greers Road and Wairakei Road,
• shops at the intersection of Harris Crescent and Blanch Street.

• The Christchurch City Council Fendalton Service Centre and Public Library are at the intersection of Jeffreys Road and Clyde Road.{{cite web |url=http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/contactus.aspx |title=Contact us : Christchurch City Council |publisher=Ccc.govt.nz |accessdate=26 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515100951/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/contactus.aspx |archivedate=15 May 2015 }}

File:Artificial lake in the Jellie Park in Christchurch, New Zealand- 2013-12-19 22-17.jpg

• {{convert|26|acre|ha}} of land for Jellie Park, in the Bryndwr/Burnside area, were donated in 1960 to the Waimairi County Council by James Jellie. The park, now 12 ha in area, has a large pond, sports fields, a skate park, and a swimming and gym complex, and a High Performance Sports Centre{{cite web |url=http://www.hpsnz.org.nz/news-events/new-christchurch-training-base-important-elite-athletes |title=New Christchurch training base important for elite athletes | High Performance Sport New Zealand |publisher=Hpsnz.org.nz |date=18 October 2012 |accessdate=26 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208021106/http://www.hpsnz.org.nz/news-events/new-christchurch-training-base-important-elite-athletes |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} within a setting of lawn and large trees.{{cite web|url=http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/webapps/parksaz/index.asp |title=Christchurch Parks and Reserves |accessdate=26 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729131355/http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/webapps/parksaz/index.asp |archivedate=29 July 2012 }}
• Edgar MacIntosh Park has sports fields, a playground, and an open-air paddling pool.
• Derwent Reserve on Derwent Street is a local reserve with playground equipment.
• Morley Reserve on the corner of Morley Street and Clyde Road is a local reserve with playground equipment, a Community Garden and a hall.
• Pitcairn Playground on Pitcairn Crescent is a local reserve with playground equipment.
• Jeffreys Reserve on Jeffreys Road has sports fields, playground equipment and tennis courts.
• Otara Reserve on Clyde Road is a small reserve that provides a pedestrian connection between Otara Street and Clyde Road.
• Plynlimon Park on Plynlimon Street has sports fields and playground equipment.

Wairakei School is located on Wairakei Road in Bryndwr, and teaches children from Year 1 to Year 6.{{TKI|3577|Wairakei School}} It has {{NZ school roll data|3577|y}} students. The school opened in 1950.{{cite web |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/PlaceNames/Miscellaneous.pdf |title= Miscellaneous Local Historical Information |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |access-date= 10 September 2021 |page=209}}

Allenvale School at 14A Aorangi Road teaches children from throughout Christchurch from Years 1–13 for those with specialist needs requiring Ongoing Resourcing under the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS).{{TKI|3275|Allenvale School}} It has {{NZ school roll data|3275|y}} students.

St Patrick's School at 57 Plynlimon Road is a Catholic state-integrated school for Years 1–8.{{TKI|3537|St Patrick's School}} It has {{NZ school roll data|3537|y}} students. It opened in 1951.{{cite web|url=https://www.stpatricks.school.nz/|title=Welcome to St Patrick's School|publisher=St Patrick's School|accessdate=15 September 2021}}

Aorangi School, a primary school that was closed by the government in early 2010, was located in Bryndwr.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/3184266/ |title=Judge shuts door on Aorangi |author=Law, Tina |date=22 December 2009 |work=Stuff |accessdate=22 September 2011}}

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

There are several privately owned rental developments in Bryndwr available to residents 60 years old and over, as well as:

• Aorangi Courts, 110 Aorangi Road, has Council owned rentable retirement housing
• Jennifer Street, 21 Jennifer Street, has Council owned rentable retirement housing
• Manor Place, 22a Manor Place, has Council owned rentable retirement housing
• Torquay Place, 28 & 29 Torquay Place, has Council owned rentable retirement housing
• Resolution Courts, 5 Resolution Place, has Council owned rentable retirement housing
• Elmswood Retirement Village, 131 Wairakei Road, has Rest home care and purchasable residential units
• Fendalton Retirement Village, 73 Bryndwr Road, has Rest home care and purchasable residential units
• Radius Hawthorne, 10 St Winifreds Place, has hospital residential care, and specialist hospital and dementia residential care

• Bryndwr Baptist Church, 309 Clyde Road
• Bryndwr Chapel, 179 Idris Road
• Christchurch Chinese Church, 286 Greers Road
• Christ the King Catholic Church, 90 Greers Road
• Elim Church, 193 Grahams Road
• Saint Aidan's Anglican Church, 63 Brookside Terrace
• St John's Methodist Church, at 49 Bryndwr Road, built in 1927, was most recently used by the Moraia Fijian Congregation, as part of the Christchurch North Methodist Parish, but has been closed because of damage in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.{{cite web|url=http://durhamstreetmethodist.wordpress.com/after-the-earthquake |title=After the Earthquakes | Durham Street Methodist Church |publisher=Durhamstreetmethodist.wordpress.com |date=12 June 2011 |accessdate=26 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/chchnorthmethodist/earthquake-update |title=Google Sites |accessdate=26 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/chchnorthmethodist/parish-s-story |title=Google Sites |accessdate=26 November 2015}}
• Saint Matthew's Catholic Church, 108 Jeffreys Road, which features a maquette "Angel of St Matthew" (1967) by Ria BancroftRia Bancroft: Three decades of Sculpture, Robert MacDougall Art Gallery ,1988 {{ISBN|0-908874-32-4}}
• Saint Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 365A Ilam Road
• Saint Thomas's Anglican Church, 17 Strowan Road

Waterways that begin in or pass through the suburb are tributaries to the Avon River. They include:

• Dudley Creek which begins in the suburb of Bishopdale, crosses Greers Road and parallels Condell Avenue while meandering toward the suburb of Papanui{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/LocalHistory/Shirley/Dudley.asp |title=Dudley Creek |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |date=20 November 2015 |accessdate=26 November 2015}}
• Wai iti Stream which begins near Sealy Place, parallels Brookside Terrace and Wai iti Terrace, crossing Clyde Road to join the Wairarapa Stream
• Hewlings Stream which passes through the Burnside High School grounds, crosses Greers Road to Jellie Park where it swells to become the lake, then joins Wairarapa Stream
• Jellie Park artesian bore that spills through a water feature into Jellie Park Lake{{cite web|url=http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/jellie-parks-important-water-cascade |title=Jellie Park's Important Water Cascade | Discover The Delights of Peeling Back History |publisher=Peelingbackhistory.co.nz |accessdate=26 November 2015}}
• Jellie Park Lake fed by the bore and Hewlings Stream
• Wairarapa Stream which runs from the west side of Grahams Road, paralleling Wayside Avenue and crossing Greers Road to parallel Truman Road beside the north side of Jellie Park then crosses and briefly parallels Ilam Road, runs alongside the Cobham Intermediate School grounds, crosses Clyde Road, runs to the Waiwetu reserve then turns to cross Glandovey Road then Idris Road.{{cite web|date=21 November 2005|title=Christchurch City Plan|url=https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-strategies-policies-and-bylaws/plans/christchurch-district-plan/districtplans/operative-christchurch-city-plan|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=ccc.govt.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127022942/https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-strategies-policies-and-bylaws/plans/christchurch-district-plan/districtplans/operative-christchurch-city-plan/ |archive-date=27 January 2018 }}{{Cite web|last1=Munro|first1=Bryron|last2=Brunton|first2=Richard|date=2014|title=RESTORATION AND BETTERMENT OF A UNIQUE CHRISTCHURCH WATERWAY CATCHMENT POST-EARTHQUAKE|url=https://www.waternz.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attachment_id=712|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505005850/https://www.waternz.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attachment_id=712|archive-date=5 May 2017|access-date=18 May 2021|website=www.waternz.org.nz/}}

• C. E. Beeby ONZ CMG, educationalist, lived at 15 Wairarapa Tce.Noeline Alcorn, To the Fullest Extent of His Powers: C.E. Beeby's Life in Education, Victoria University Press {{ISBN|9780864733535}}
• Wing Commander Johnny Checketts,Obituary, The Weekend Herald, 29 April 2006 NZPA RNZAF
• John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand (2008–2016), grew up in a state house on Hollyford Avenue in Bryndwr.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/christchurch-s-aorangi-school-close-3178523 |title=MP John Key's former primary school to close | NATIONAL News |accessdate=8 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921032007/http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/christchurch-s-aorangi-school-close-3178523 |archivedate=21 September 2011 }}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/LocalHistory/Fendalton/Bryndwr_Burnside.asp History of Bryndwr and Burnside] – Christchurch City Libraries
• [http://www.wairakeichch.school.nz/] Wairakei School
• [http://learn.burnside.school.nz/] Burnside High School
• [http://www.cobham.school.nz/] Cobham Intermediate School
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120714000505/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/cityleisure/recreationsport/facilities/jellie/index.aspx Jellie Park Recreation and Sport Centre] – Christchurch City Council

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