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The Friends of Linwood Cemetery Charitable Trust are a group of volunteers who advocate for the maintenance, restoration and preservation of Linwood Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand. Managed by a Board of Trustees, those who want to support the Trust financially can give a donation or become a Friend. The Friends of Linwood Cemetery Charitable Trust is
•certified under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 (no. 1889319)
•registered with the Charities Commission (no.

16/09/2026

I've just come across this site with the interesting story of Charlotte Knight - a resident in our cemetery. The site - a new venture for Christchurch local Jack Robertson who popped it on to the Remembering Christchurch FB page

Charlotte Knight was forty-five, she'd had twenty-four children, and a horse tram had just tried to run her husband over. Standing on the cheap, water-logged fa...

25/05/2026

Event (2 parts) - Christchurch: Don't miss out on this! Looks fabulous 😀
June.
See link - FB thinks I'm trying to make it our own event and causing issues posting if we write the date in full🤦🏼‍♀️

https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a0294baf89ee1580052408b?utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e233_tv2_tp1_a1demoo55nrgpd&fbclid=IwY2xjawSBAlVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe1gmzifUtnPHBh97y--RSK27wJGKIM3jAy7-G-34HVYkdNZvJM3788vtGbTE_aem_zoEvEfbTN4oFhSKjY4-tWA

With 154 years of experience in Canterbury, Andrew Bell from Bell, Lamb Trotter will be sharing some of the changes that their Funeral service has seen over the years, from the introduction of embalming to New Zealand in 1896 to the launch of water cremation in 2025. Heritage Highlight - two-part se...

01/03/2026

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