Fairfield House

Upper Trafalgar Street
Nelson

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The Land

>>view other history slideshows: >>view The House >>view The People >>view The Restoration >>view History History of Ownership 1851 - Neil MacVicar (Original Crown Grant) ? - John Blackett 1872 - Arthur Samuel Atkinson 1902 - Jane Maria Atkinson 1914 - Alice Mabel Atkinson 1922 - Nelson College 1979 - Department of Education 1979 - Department of Lands and Survey 1987 - Department of Conservation Trafalgar Street c.1860. Section 1089 fenced and already part of the landscape. 1990 - Gazetted Local Purpose Reserve	Map of town section owners c. 1850s Showing the land that became Fairfield. Section 1089, 7 acres and 2 roods (3.1 hectares)

Trafalgar Street c.1860. Section 1089 fenced and already part of the landscape.

Fairfield has a 7 acre woodland around the house. This woodland was initially planted by the Atkinson family in the 1870s. Old trees have been pruned and new trees planted. A system of walking tracks has been made through the reserve , enjoyed by many Nelsonians.