# Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery, a cemetery of Christchurch A cemetery of the city, lying in Lyttelton, the ground as the open map draws it. Denomination: catholic · Dated: 1873 Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) From the air, an aerial view of Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=cemetery-lyttelton-catholic-and-public-cemetery (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/363), 34 St Davids Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/411), 32 St Davids Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/362), 30 St Davids Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/361), 28 St Davids Street - [Former Court Queen of the Isles Foresters' Lodge Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/360), 26 St Davids Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/359), 22 St Davids Street - [Former Lyttelton Gaol Site](https://www.chch.live/place/338), 26D Oxford Street · List 7353 - [Cobblestone Gutters and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/402) ## The register of plots The council’s cemetery register files 2,449 plots in this ground, 2,202 marked occupied. Dates in this range are burial dates where recorded, otherwise dates of death: 1843 to 2026. 1,369 of the named records sit seventy years back or more, the only ones this site names. Newer burials count; they do not list. Find a plot by surname on the page: https://www.chch.live/cemetery/lyttelton-catholic-and-public-cemetery ## The ground under it - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC - [The rockfall survey counts 58 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 14 came down · 4 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 29 June 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 379 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.602097&lon=172.725646&radius=250 ## Around it - [Lyttelton Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-67), the council’s own record of this ground, its point sits 38 m away - [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · under 150 m - [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), botanic park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~950 m - [Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/lyttelton-anglican-cemetery), cemetery · ~450 m - [Diamond Harbour Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/diamond-harbour-cemetery), cemetery · 2.7 km - [Rapaki Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/rapaki-cemetery), cemetery · 3.4 km - [Rapaki Church Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/rapaki-church-cemetery), cemetery · 3.5 km ## The reports nearby 873 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9117032), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9094474), [6 Sumner Road, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-sumner-road) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9086370), [8 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/8-st-davids-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052353), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9032668), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8950170), [34 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/34-st-davids-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918219), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918200), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8859230), [65 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/65-reserve-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8820148), [77 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/77-reserve-terrace) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery?** In Lyttelton, Christchurch, the map draws its grounds as an outline, inside the city boundary. **What kind of cemetery is Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery?** The map tags it catholic, a mapper’s tag, not the council’s register. **What’s on the register near Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery?** 8 listed places within 300m, each opens its own record from this page. **Does this page list who is buried there?** Partly, the council’s register files 2,449 plots in this ground, and burials seventy years gone or older can be found by surname on this page. Newer burials are counted but never named here; the council’s own cemetery search holds the whole register. --- The ground is OpenStreetMap’s, a named node, way or relation tagged landuse=cemetery inside the city boundary (ODbL). The ground is the map’s; the graves are the council’s, the register of plots is their Green Assets layer (gmCemeteryPlot), names included only where the death is seventy years gone or more. The page: https://www.chch.live/cemetery/lyttelton-catholic-and-public-cemetery The monuments beside them: https://www.chch.live/memorial