New Zealand - Linwood Avenue School, Christchurch - Upper Primers' Room 16 - 1970 Linwood - Linwood is an inner suburb of the city of Christchurch - Linwood was given its name by Joseph Brittan, who purchased rural section 300 in Avonside - He called the farm Linwood, as he was from Linwood, Hampshire - Brittan built Linwood House at 30 Linwood Avenue in 1857, which stood there until demolition following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake