Month September 2026

Explore Canterbury’s Veteran Cemeteries

“Serving one’s community” in the form of volunteering, civic engagement or public service is a selfless commitment to something larger than oneself, something that promotes the common good. Military service has been an honorable and traditional form of service, representing…

Melted Bricks?

Question: What does this magnificent photograph have to do with melted bricks? Our work: When William Hazeltine and his wife Sarah built their homestead in 1778 they certainly did not have this image in their imagination. But we, 248 years…

Between a Road and a Wet Place

A door-sill stone? At the mid-point of the east foundation wall. We Choose a Name The history of most of the land divided here in Canterbury by the first European owners begins in 1727. But rather than possess one of…