New Zealand - Christchurch - Linwood North School - S4, Room 10 - 1977 Photo Courtesy of Earl Cook Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. 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