Fendalton

Fendalton was first called Fendall Town, named after Walpole Chesshyre Fendall, who emigrated from Yorkshire in 1850. He took up land north of the Waimairi Stream, and the name Fendall Town was soon applied to the area northwest of Hagley Park, reaching as far as the modern location of Christchurch International Airport. This included parts of Burnside, Bryndwr, and Harewood. Early spellings also included Fendall's Town and Fendaltown, but by the 1880s, Fendalton became the most common form.

This suburb was home to many early buildings in Christchurch, including an early flour mill along what is now Fendalton Road. Daniel Inwood built this mill, bringing machinery with him from England when he arrived in New Zealand aboard the Sir George Seymour in 1850.

You can also see multiple significant historical buildings here, especially as examples of various styles of homesteads. These include St Barnabas Church, Daresbury, and Los Angeles, which is one of the first California bungalows built in New Zealand. If you want to dive deeper into the history, Frieda Looser wrote "Fendall's Legacy: A history of Fendalton and north-west Christchurch."

Fendalton is west of the city centre, close to the University of Canterbury and the main retail area of Riccarton. It's also near the main route from the central city to Christchurch International Airport. It has a reputation as one of the country's more well-to-do and refined suburbs, and it's one of the older residential areas of the city.

One high school is directly within the suburb: Christchurch Boys' High School, which includes boarding facilities and has a roll of 1,441. It opened in 1881 and moved to its present site in 1926. The local state intermediate school is Cobham Intermediate School, and the main primary school here is Fendalton Open Air School, originally called Clyde Road Primary School, which opened in 1875.