New Zealand Company -- Ivybridge House, City of Westminster, London, UK
N 51° 30.556 W 000° 07.295
30U E 699739 N 5710388
A plaque on Ivybridge House at 1-5 Adam Street in Westminster preserves the history of the New Zealand Company, headquartered here in 1839
Waymark Code: WMRY2Q
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/20/2016
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Ivybridge House is located at 1-5 Adam Street in the City of Westminster, near the Victoria Embankment Gardens.
An official New Zealand Historic Places Trust plaque on the Adams Street exterior of the building preserves the history of the New Zealand Company, which launched its survey ship Tory from this site in 1839.
The plaque reads as follows:
"[emblem of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust]
From offices on this site the New Zealand Company on 5 May 1839 despatched the survey ship TORY to begin the colonization of New Zealand in the Wakefield Plan"
Type of Historic Marker: plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: New Zealand Historic Trust
Age/Event Date: 05/05/1839
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