Cellar Hole Survey Committee
Surveying Canterbury’s Early Buildings and Homesteads
Preserving and researching remnants of early structures, uncovering stories of the past hidden beneath the ground, and ensuring their legacy enriches our understanding of local history.
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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 later, have only this image of their home. From the Canterbury Historical Society archives Luther…
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 the numbered lots, by 1743 Ezekiel Morrill was buying 40 acre Home lots in the…
Different Lives Parallel Lives
The First Facts On 22 November 2025 volunteer Bill Adams opened a study of the stone foundation on the south side of Abbott road near address 75. Also participating were Vanessa: researcher; Shaun Searah: metal detectorist; Gibson: assistant. It is attributed to “Royal Scales” by Lyford as item #35 on page 467 “for whom the…
A Curious Family
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