# Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Was One of the Most Popular, a plaque of Addington A plaque of the city, standing at Mountfort Park in Addington, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. Dickens' own life experiences, together with the people he met, greatly influenced his later fiction and essays. The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington) - The year the register carries: 2013 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130226/IMG_000523/IMG_000523.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Was One of the Most Popular](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Charles%20Dickens%20(1812%20-%201870)%20Was%20One%20of%20the%20Most%20Popular) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Charles%20Dickens%20(1812%20-%201870)%20Was%20One%20of%20the%20Most%20Popular) - [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park), the ground’s own page - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 19 January 2011 · ~600 m from the pin · 253 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54319&lon=172.61519&radius=250 ## Around it - [Mountfort Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1219-mountfort-park), the botanic park it’s inside - [Cornelius O'connor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1307-cornelius-o-connor-reserve), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-398-addington), track · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), track · ~400 m - [Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) Was Both a Statesman](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311069-disraeli-reserve), plaque · ~650 m - [Disraeli Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311070-disraeli-reserve), plaque · ~650 m - [Addington Water Tower Ipenz Recognises This Engineering](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6957-christchurch-railway-station-r), plaque · ~750 m - [What a Difference a Drain Makes!](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65246-baxters-drain), plaque · ~800 m ## The reports nearby 2,093 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9093017), [78 Poulson St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/78-poulson-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069493), [316 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/316-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069491), [316 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/316-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069489), [330 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/330-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9069484), [330 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/330-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9069482), [342 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/342-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9069469), [355 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/355-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9069462), Lincoln Rd near Hazeldean Rd, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9069324), [359B Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/359b-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069320), [355 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/355-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9069317), [351 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/351-lincoln-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069311), [335 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/335-lincoln-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Mountfort Park in [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2013. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/111863-mountfort-park