# 1929–2009 / This Seat Is a Gift, a plaque of Somerfield A plaque of the city, standing at Somerfield Park in Somerfield, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > 1929–2009 / This seat is a gift from / St Mark’s Methodist Church / to celebrate 80 years in the / Somerfield Community 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: [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield) - The year the register carries: 2013 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130320/IMG_003674/IMG_003674.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming 1929–2009 / This Seat Is a Gift](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=1929%E2%80%932009%20%2F%20This%20Seat%20Is%20a%20Gift) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=1929%E2%80%932009%20%2F%20This%20Seat%20Is%20a%20Gift) - [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), the ground’s own page - [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield), 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 520 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55908&lon=172.62847&radius=250 ## Around it - [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [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 · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), track · ~500 m - [Kelvin & Gaye Shamy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/111470-barrington-park), plaque · ~850 m - [These Gates Were Presented and Erected in 1926](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28249-barrington-park), plaque · ~900 m - [Remembering our Dear Wife & Mother Shirley Patricia Bell](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28479-barrington-park), plaque · 1.1 km - [These Gates Were Presented and Erected in 1926](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28460-barrington-park), plaque · 1.1 km ## The reports nearby 704 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) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9063835), Somerfield Reserve 53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9055419), [59 Studholme St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/59-studholme-street) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/9032622), [47 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/47-studholme-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) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8995669), Somerfield Reserve 53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [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) - [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 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8892469), [71A Somerfield Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/71a-somerfield-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8864358), Somerfield Reserve 53 Studholme Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8817459), [1 Stenness Avenue, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/1-stenness-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Somerfield Park in [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield), 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 seat. 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/112030-somerfield-park