Category: Gracefield, Lower Hutt

Gracefield is an industrial suburb of Lower Hutt City, located at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. Up until the 1980s, Gracefield and neighbouring Petone were home to woollen mills, railway workshops, car assembly and meat processing plants.

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Bell Road

Francis Henry Dillon Bell, son of the Hon. Sir Francis Dillon Bell, was a barrister and solicitor from 1873. He was Mayor of Wellington 1891-93 and an M.P. in 1893. He had a summer home at Lowry Bay (called Taumaru) and was active in community and sporting life. He was chairman of the Hutt Park […]