Leithfield
A DigitalNZ Story by Jemma
Leithfield was founded in 1857 by John Leith. He purchased a windmill in 1862 and brought it from Christchurch to Leithfield in order to mill wheat. Unfortunately the Canterbury nor 'westerly winds damaged the mill building making it inoperable.
LEITHFIELD Store
Kowai Archives
LEITHFIELD City Hotel
Kowai Archives
Royal Hotel, Leithfield
Alexander Turnbull Library
Leithfield, Canterbury
Alexander Turnbull Library
Looking NW over Leithfield. Kowai River across ... (PV1-33/30)
V.C. Browne & Son
Leithfield Beach, Canterbury
Alexander Turnbull Library
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. (Mataura Ensign 12-1-1912)
National Library of New Zealand
Leithfield windmill
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Photograph: Leithfield
Canterbury Museum
Leithfield, Canterbury
Alexander Turnbull Library
Leithfield, Hurunui District, Canterbury Region
Alexander Turnbull Library
Chamier, George, 1842-1915 :Leithfield, New Zealand by George Chamier [1865?]
Alexander Turnbull Library
St Pauls Church Leithfield
Auckland Libraries
THE LEITHFIELD TRAGEDY (Hawera & Normanby Star, 26 January 1912)
National Library of New Zealand
THE FLOOD IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT. (Star, 06 November 1882)
National Library of New Zealand
LEITHFIELD BATH. (Star, 15 February 1898)
National Library of New Zealand
YOUNG MAN'S DEATH. (Tuapeka Times 17-1-1912)
National Library of New Zealand
Country Pub
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
KOWAI. (Star, 08 July 1872)
National Library of New Zealand
Leithfield, Canterbury, from a pencil sketch by G Chamier
Christchurch City Libraries
Camping at Leithfield Beach
Christchurch City Libraries
Leithfield Beach and Kowai River, Hurunui District, Canterbury Region
Alexander Turnbull Library