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Barrhill schoolhouse

Barrhill schoolhouse

Little remains of the 19th-century town of Barrhill, which was laid out like an English village. One relic is the concrete schoolhouse.

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Photograph by Geoffrey Thornton

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John Wilson, 'Canterbury places - Mid-Canterbury Plains', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/10275/barrhill-schoolhouse (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by John Wilson, reviewed & revised 6 Jul 2015, updated 17 Aug 2015