In Loving Memory of / Alexander John Alder-Roome
A plaque at Sumnervale Reserve, standing in Sumner. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
In Loving Memory Of / ALEXANDER JOHN ALDER-ROOME / and JACKTON his faithful dog / To honour our Father, who in loving God and the beauty of his world found peace 2013
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
101 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 78 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Park - General Request
Abandoned Vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Water Leak
Dumped Rubbish
Rubbish and Bins - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Water General
Overgrown Vegetation
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sumnervale Reserve in Sumner, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
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.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2014. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/116811-sumnervale-reserve.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.