Eden County, also known as the County of Eden, was one of the counties of New Zealand. Established in 1842, the county covered the rural areas of the Auckland isthmus. The county gradually shrunk in size as the city of Auckland grew, and suburban areas became boroughs.

Geography

The original county established in 1842 had larger boundaries going up to the Tapora River (tributary of the Kaipara) and as far south as Papakura and including inner islands of the Hauraki Gulf (e.g. Waiheke Island). It was divided into six parishes: Waitemata, Titirangi, Takapuna, Pakuranga, Papakura, and Karaka. These parishes would form the basis of future local government boundaries in the area.[1]: 41 

Eden County covered the Auckland isthmus from the Whau river as the northern/western boundary and Portage Road as the southern boundary.[2]: 43 

History

The County of Eden was established in 1842. It was divided into six hundreds in 1848 by Governor William Hobson and reinstated in 1876.[3][1]: 39  The hundreds were replaced by the Highway Districts during the 1860s, instead the highway and road district boards controlled local government in the county.[1]: 41 

The county did not administer the area in the way local government does, instead was primarily used as a way to order land division and sales.[3] In 1862, the Highways Act empowered local communities to form Road Boards and Highway Districts to administer areas, and by 1867 there were 20 highway districts in Eden County.[3] Under the 1876 Counties Act a county was required to adopt the third schedule of the act to operate a county council. Eden County did not adopt this and thus never operated a county council.[1]: 55 

The first boroughs to secede from Eden County were Parnell and Onehunga in 1877, followed by Newmarket and Newton (later renamed Grey Lynn Borough) in 1885.[citation needed] These boroughs were joined by Mount Eden in 1906,[2]: 52  Avondale in 1922, One Tree Hill in 1930 and Ellerslie in 1938.

Eden County was amalgamated into Auckland City in 1940.[4] With the local government reforms of 1989, all of the former territory of the county was incorporated into Auckland City.[citation needed]

Ridings

In 1876 Eden Cotuny had 7 ridings: Whau, Newton, Grafton, Epsom, Onehunga, Parnell, and Tamaki.[1]: 56 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bloomfield, Gerald Taylor (1973). The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971. Auckland: [Auckland] : Auckland University Press. ISBN 0-19-647714-X.
  2. ^ a b Laurenson, Helen (1 May 2019). The History of Mt Eden - The District and its People. Epsom & Eden District Historical Society. ISBN 9780473460013.
  3. ^ a b c Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
  4. ^ Cookson, John (2019). "Local Government History and Localism". Policy Quarterly. 15 (2). doi:10.26686/pq.v15i2.5365. S2CID 181632699.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Eden
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