# Sydenham Cemetery, a cemetery of Christchurch A cemetery of the city, lying in Somerfield, the ground as the open map draws it. Dated: 1896 Suburb: [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield) From the air, an aerial view of Sydenham Cemetery: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=cemetery-sydenham-cemetery (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby - [Sydenham Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/553) - [Somerfield Hall](https://www.chch.live/place/533), 47 Studholme Street ## The register of plots The council’s cemetery register files 15,641 plots in this ground, 14,486 marked occupied. Filed burials run 1896 to 2026. 11,677 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/sydenham-cemetery ## The ground under it - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Sydenham Cemetery - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.9](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 11 July 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 503 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.557955&lon=172.625142&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sydenham Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-74), the council’s own record of this ground, its point sits 5 m away - [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), sports ground park · under 150 m - [Cheviot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1190-cheviot-reserve), community park · ~450 m - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-469-somerfield), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-446-spreydon), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), track · ~250 m - [Addington Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/addington-cemetery), cemetery · 1.6 km - [Rutherford Street (Woolston) Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/rutherford-street-woolston-cemetery), cemetery · 4.6 km - [Mount Magdala Cemetery of the Good Shepherd Sisters](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/mount-magdala-cemetery-of-the-good-shepherd-sisters), cemetery · 4.7 km - [Bromley Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/bromley-cemetery), cemetery · 5.4 km ## The reports nearby 542 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9081536), [53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/53-studholme-street) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9081111), [24 Roker Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/24-roker-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8995738), [59 Studholme St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/59-studholme-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8990910), [59 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/59-studholme-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8950306), [46 Roker St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/46-roker-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8932700), [8 Simeon Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/8-simeon-street) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8914131), [59 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/59-studholme-street) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8909570), Somerfield Reserve 53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8803266), [53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/53-studholme-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8725897), [65 Milton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/65-milton-street) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8683369), [14 Roker St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-roker-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8638175), [47 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/47-studholme-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Sydenham Cemetery?** In Somerfield, Christchurch, the map draws its grounds as an outline, inside the city boundary. **What kind of cemetery is Sydenham Cemetery?** The map tags it none, a mapper’s tag, not the council’s register. **What’s on the register near Sydenham Cemetery?** 2 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 15,641 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 or way 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/sydenham-cemetery The monuments beside them: https://www.chch.live/memorial