Spreydon

Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-south-west of Cathedral Square.

Spreydon is flanked by the suburbs Hoon Hay, Sydenham, and Lower Cashmere.

State Highway 76 marks the northern boundary of the suburb, including the eastern end of the Christchurch Southern Motorway.

[5] Spreydon area was predominantly swampland connected to the nearby Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River, interspersed with fields of tussock.

[7] The area was first settled by Europeans in 1853, when 300 hectares of land bordering on Lincoln Road were purchased by Augustus Moore, who gave it the name Spreydon Farm.

A baptist church was soon established in the area, built out of a former sod house on land donated by a neighbouring farmer by Thomas Jefcoate.

[10] The church's congregation steadily grew as more people settled the area, and continues to operate to this day.

[11] The borough continued for roughly a decade, before it was incorporated into the larger Christchurch City Council in 1921.

St Nicholas Anglican Church
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School