# In Loving Memory of / Alexander John Alder-Roome, a plaque of Sumner A plaque of the city, standing at Sumnervale Reserve in Sumner, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > 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 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: [Sumnervale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1105-sumnervale-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) - The year the register carries: 2014 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20140213/IMG_00091666/IMG_00091666.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Loving Memory of / Alexander John Alder-Roome](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Alexander%20John%20Alder-Roome) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20%2F%20Alexander%20John%20Alder-Roome) - [Sumnervale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1105-sumnervale-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner), 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 “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The rockfall survey counts 445 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 193 came down · 108 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 July 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 468 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.58456&lon=172.75108&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sumnervale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1105-sumnervale-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), regional park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-188-sumner), track · ~200 m - [Rapanui Bush plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/86092-rapanui-bush), plaque · 1.1 km - [Presented by Mrs A.M. O’Vary 1959](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59021-port-hills-11-rrz-land), plaque · 1.5 km - [In Memory of Ann Palmer](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59018-port-hills-11-rrz-land), plaque · 1.6 km - [Donated by E & U …](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59014-port-hills-11-rrz-land), plaque · 1.6 km ## The reports nearby 101 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8563692), [132 Sumnervale Drive, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/132-sumnervale-drive) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8396654), [43A Sumnervale Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/43a-sumnervale-drive) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8221339), [3 Cascade Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-cascade-place) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7861134), [98 Sumnervale Drive, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/98-sumnervale-drive) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7781328), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7772901), [104 Sumnervale Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/104-sumnervale-drive) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7479821), [21 Cascade Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/21-cascade-place) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7398172), [3 Cascade Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-cascade-place) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7338607), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7298391), [106 Sumnervale Drive, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/106-sumnervale-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7276652), [102 Sumnervale Drive, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/102-sumnervale-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7269554), [102 Sumnervale Drive, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/102-sumnervale-drive) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sumnervale Reserve in [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner), 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 2014. 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/116811-sumnervale-reserve