Church of the Holy Innocents
The Church of the Holy Innocents is a heritage-listed Anglican church at the Mount Peel Station in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. Built at the behest of John Acland, the owner of Mount Peel Station, construction of the Gothic Revival stone church began in 1868 and it was in use by the following year.Photo: Robert Bradley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Mount Peel Station, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Church of the Holy Innocents (Peel Forest, N.Z.)”, “Church of the Holy Innocents, Mount Peel”, “Peel Forest Church”, and “The Church of the Holy Innocents”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blandswood and Peel Forest.
Blandswood
Hamlet
Blandswood is small settlement in the South Canterbury region. It is near the town of Peel Forest. Various popular walking tracks including Rata Falls and Little Mount Peel in the Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve begin in Blandswood. Blandswood is situated 7 km south of Church of the Holy Innocents.
Peel Forest
Hamlet
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peel Forest is a small community in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is located near the Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve and about 23 kilometres north of Geraldine. Peel Forest is situated 8 km south of Church of the Holy Innocents.
Church of the Holy Innocents
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.83981° or 43° 50′ 23″ southLongitude
171.24717° or 171° 14′ 50″ eastOpen location code
4V8H566W+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 421569690OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q77975859
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