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The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series

Ringwood — (Run 97)

Ringwood
(Run 97)

Ringwood was a run of under ten thousand acres lying in the fork of the Ashburton. It came down almost to the present railway bridge. It was taken up by George Williamson Hall in August, 1853. Hall sold it, I think in 1863, to Charles H. Greenstreet, who carried 6500 sheep there in 1867. In the old days the station had no name, but Greenstreet did not like people calling it 'Greenstreet's,' so in later years he named it Ringwood, after an old circular manuka yard which had been put up to camp the sheep in at night. The name of the district however is Greenstreet.

Greenstreet died in November, 1872, but in 1878 Mrs Greenstreet was still carrying 4000 sheep, over half of them being returned as running on freehold. Afterwards she sold her sheep and let her land. I do not know when it was cut up and sold.

For some years George McRae, a former owner of Stronchrubie and Barford, had the old homestead and farm attached to it. It now belongs to James Gill.