Spottiswoode (Spotswood) Estate Auction Plan 1886
Spotswood's naming came from John Stewart Spottiswoode, a resident, who purchased land there in 1841 for farming and basalt quarries. His land ownership name appears on the Cut Paw Paw land map from 1884 (last image of the slideshow). His daughter later married Sir Richard Seddon, one-time Prime Minister of New Zealand, in which Seddon is named.
Back in the early 1800s, Spottiswoode was also formerly known as Edom.
In 1883, Henry, Robert, and William Hudson of Hudson Bros, (Clyde Works who manufactured trains) in Sydney purchased John Spottiswoode’s land. A plan of subdivision was lodged in 1886. The first allotments sold by the Hudson Brothers were closest to the railway station, in the vicinity of Robert Street, William Street. In 1888, both Henry and Robert Hudson created the Spottiswoode Estate Company and held 5,000 shares, but by 1894, it went into liquidation with one of Melbourne’s many depression periods.
Spottiswoode was renamed ‘Spottiswood’ around 1903 and shortened to ‘Spotswood’ around 1906.
Some street names changed after the initial sale: Mary Street is now Little Mary Street; Government Road, then Bay View Avenue, now just The Avenue; William Street is now Bolton; Henry Street is now Forest Street.
There is also great references here: Desktop Archaeological Assessment and Hosbson Bay Heritage Overlay PDF available online here if you are interested in reading further.
Spotswood's naming came from John Stewart Spottiswoode, a resident, who purchased land there in 1841 for farming and basalt quarries. His land ownership name appears on the Cut Paw Paw land map from 1884 (last image of the slideshow). His daughter later married Sir Richard Seddon, one-time Prime Minister of New Zealand, in which Seddon is named.
Back in the early 1800s, Spottiswoode was also formerly known as Edom.
In 1883, Henry, Robert, and William Hudson of Hudson Bros, (Clyde Works who manufactured trains) in Sydney purchased John Spottiswoode’s land. A plan of subdivision was lodged in 1886. The first allotments sold by the Hudson Brothers were closest to the railway station, in the vicinity of Robert Street, William Street. In 1888, both Henry and Robert Hudson created the Spottiswoode Estate Company and held 5,000 shares, but by 1894, it went into liquidation with one of Melbourne’s many depression periods.
Spottiswoode was renamed ‘Spottiswood’ around 1903 and shortened to ‘Spotswood’ around 1906.
Some street names changed after the initial sale: Mary Street is now Little Mary Street; Government Road, then Bay View Avenue, now just The Avenue; William Street is now Bolton; Henry Street is now Forest Street.
There is also great references here: Desktop Archaeological Assessment and Hosbson Bay Heritage Overlay PDF available online here if you are interested in reading further.
Spotswood's naming came from John Stewart Spottiswoode, a resident, who purchased land there in 1841 for farming and basalt quarries. His land ownership name appears on the Cut Paw Paw land map from 1884 (last image of the slideshow). His daughter later married Sir Richard Seddon, one-time Prime Minister of New Zealand, in which Seddon is named.
Back in the early 1800s, Spottiswoode was also formerly known as Edom.
In 1883, Henry, Robert, and William Hudson of Hudson Bros, (Clyde Works who manufactured trains) in Sydney purchased John Spottiswoode’s land. A plan of subdivision was lodged in 1886. The first allotments sold by the Hudson Brothers were closest to the railway station, in the vicinity of Robert Street, William Street. In 1888, both Henry and Robert Hudson created the Spottiswoode Estate Company and held 5,000 shares, but by 1894, it went into liquidation with one of Melbourne’s many depression periods.
Spottiswoode was renamed ‘Spottiswood’ around 1903 and shortened to ‘Spotswood’ around 1906.
Some street names changed after the initial sale: Mary Street is now Little Mary Street; Government Road, then Bay View Avenue, now just The Avenue; William Street is now Bolton; Henry Street is now Forest Street.
There is also great references here: Desktop Archaeological Assessment and Hosbson Bay Heritage Overlay PDF available online here if you are interested in reading further.