Victorian china fairing company developed a mass production method that no other company could match, thereby achieving an advantage over other firms. The subject matter that inspired fairings varies widely and provides an interesting insight into the popular culture of the Victorian era. Popular songs and music hall numbers inspire some of them, such as "Jenny Jones and Ned Morgan" and "Champagne Charlie is my name". Others commemorate notable people or buildings such as Ladies of Llangollen (relating to the scandalous affair of Lady Eleanor Butler and Lady Sarah Ponsonby) or "The Model of Laxey" (the Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Mann,
Ponsonby, New Zealand Vandeleur came to New Zealand but they are probably the source for the street names and ultimately the suburb's name. 1841 Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin), wife of Sir John Franklin the Governor of Tasmania, visits Auckland. During her time in Auckland she walks up a track in the Ponsonby area subsequently named for her as Franklin Road. mid1840s Governor Hobson's secretary James Stuart Freeman lives in the area subsequently known as "Freemans Bay". 1848 The area now known as Ponsonby is included in the "Hundred of Auckland". 1851 The "Suburban West Ward" is created which includes what is now Ponsonby.