Cranmer Square
The square was named after one of two Protestant martyrs, Bishop Cranmer.
In April 1876 the Normal School in Cranmer Square opened, and became New Zealand's first teachers' training college in 1877.
In September 1928 when Charles Kingsford-Smith, flying his plane the Southern Cross, landed in Christchurch after the first successful trans-Tasman flight, a civic reception was held for him in Cranmer Square.
