Bishopdale, Nelson
suburb of Nelson, New Zealand
Bishopdale is one of the suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand.
It lies to the south of Nelson city centre, inland from Wakatu, at the foot of the Grampians Reserve.
History
in 1858 Edmund Hobhouse was consecrated as the first bishop of the newly-formed Anglican Diocese of Nelson. In 1862 he purchased a four-acre plot of land in the south of Neslon to establish a Bishop's Residence, to be known as Bishopdale. Bishop Hobhouse returned to England in 1866, but gifted the Bishopdale Estate to the diocese.
The original estate is now preserved as the Bishopdale Historic Area, with the Bishopdale suburb having grown around the estate.
Geography
The suburb has several public reserves: Bishopdale Reserve, Bishopdale Retention Dam Bank, and Station Reserve..
Demography
Bishopdale covers 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi). It is part of the larger Grampians statistical area.
Bishopdale had a population of 624 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 90 people (16.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 132 people (26.8%) since the 2013 census.
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