# The Base Line for the Survey of / Canterbury Settlement Ran, a plaque of Avonhead A plaque of the city, standing at Base Line Survey Monument in Avonhead, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THE BASE LINE FOR THE SURVEY OF / CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT RAN / THROUGH THIS POINT. IT WAS MEASURED / BY CAPTAIN J. THOMAS C. O. TORLESSE / AND T. CASS IN SEPTEMBER 1849. 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: Base Line Survey Monument - The suburb: [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead) - The year the register carries: 2013 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20130508/IMG_0054873/IMG_0054873.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming The Base Line for the Survey of / Canterbury Settlement Ran](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Base%20Line%20for%20the%20Survey%20of%20%2F%20Canterbury%20Settlement%20Ran) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Base%20Line%20for%20the%20Survey%20of%20%2F%20Canterbury%20Settlement%20Ran) - [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead), 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 “Low 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: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 4 September 2010 · 1.3 km from the pin · 14 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.512&lon=172.54424&radius=250 ## Around it - [Avonhead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/980-avonhead-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Greystoke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1262-greystoke-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-219-broomfield), track · 1.2 km - [Walk and bike track through Russley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-226-russley), track · 1.2 km - [This Bench Is Presented / the Local Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311059-avonhead-park), plaque · ~150 m - [Ilam Stream / Waitu-Utu: the Rebirth of a Stream](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112399-avonhead-park), plaque · ~150 m - [In Loving Memory of / Isabel Mavis Vance / 1993 01058](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115273-avonhead-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m - [In Loving Memory of / Betty Margaret Montgomery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115274-avonhead-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m ## The reports nearby 326 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9036251), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9027114), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8974909), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8961462), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8927199), [1 Brockhall Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/1-brockhall-lane) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8918290), [7 Arundel Gate, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/7-arundel-gate) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8866558), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8863296), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8723164), [22 Kedleston Drive, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/22-kedleston-drive) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8703202), [23 Kedleston Drive, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/23-kedleston-drive) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8691988), [1 Arundel Gate, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/1-arundel-gate) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8574291), [49 Kedleston Drive, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/49-kedleston-drive) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Base Line Survey Monument in [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead), 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/112401-base-line-survey-monument