Bryndwr is a suburb of Christchurch New Zealand, and is one of the few places in New Zealand with a name of Welsh

Wales

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 origin.
It was given its Welsh name (meaning 'on the brink of the water') by Charles Jeffreys who bought 100 acre (0.404686 km²) there in 1880. (A nearby suburb, Burnside

Burnside, Canterbury

Burnside is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located southeast of Christchurch International Airport. As with most suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area.-History:...

 has an equivalent name with Scottish

Scotland

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 origins).

Developed during the 1950s and 1960s, Bryndwr has a higher than usual concentration of state houses and has quite a low socio-economic ranking, in stark contrast with the neighbouring suburbs which are the city's richest.

Aorangi School, a primary school that was closed by the government in early 2010, was located in Bryndwr.

External links

• History of Bryndwr and Burnside - Christchurch City Libraries