Stokes Valley

Stokes Valley
Local Authority Lower Hutt City
Characteristics:
Established 1853 1
Population 9,198 (data: 2001 2)
Surrounded by:
North Manor Park
North-east Pinehaven
East Blue Mountains
South-west Taita
West Pomare

Stokes Valley is a major suburb of Lower Hutt, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northeastern edge of the city seven kilometres northeast of the city centre, in the valley of a small tributary of the Hutt River, which flows north to meet the main river close to the Taita Gorge.

As the suburb is in its own valley, separated from the main part of the city by a forested area, its cultural identity differs slightly from the rest of Lower Hutt.

History

Formed during the ice age 10,000 - 20,000 years ago by glacial scouring. First surveyed around 1840, the uninhabited valley was named after Robert Stokes, one of six in the surveying party. Mr Hart Udy set up a saw mill at the valley mouth in 1858. This was followed by gradual settlement over the years.

In 1927 a toll bridge was erected across the Hutt River to service the valley but was destroyed by flood in 1932 and replaced by a foot bridge that was later deemed unsafe. Before 1940 the upper valley was heavily populated with holiday bach's and enjoyed a resort status. During the Second World War the United States Marine Corps established base near the bottom of the valley.

External Links

References

  1. ^ Stokes Valley News Online - Stokes Valley History Part 2
  2. ^ Statistics New Zealand - 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings - Lower Hutt (Tawhai, Holborn, Delaney, Manuka)

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