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Woburn, New Zealand

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Coordinates: 41°13′S 174°54′E / 41.217°S 174.900°E / -41.217; 174.900
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Woburn
Suburb
CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt City
Established1840s
Population
 (2006 [1])
 • Total1,737
Train stationsWoburn Railway Station
Lower Hutt CBD Waterloo
Woburn
 Waiwhetū
Ava Moera

Woburn is a suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand.

Henry Petre farmed the area in the 1840s and named the area after the Duke of Bedford's estate, Woburn Abbey. Petre's farm was later taken over by Daniel and Harriet Riddiford, whose descendants built a large home there, with the land being gradually subdivided.[2] Riddiford Street in Lower Hutt commemorates them.

References

  1. ^ Hutt City Council - 2006 Hutt City Demographic Profile Retrieved: 7 January 2009
  2. ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 10 January 2009

41°13′S 174°54′E / 41.217°S 174.900°E / -41.217; 174.900

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