# In Loving Memory of William Clarkson & His Wife Sarah, a plaque of Lyttelton

A plaque of the city, standing at Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLARKSON & HIS WIFE SARAH (NEE NICHOLSON) ... (partial due to glare)

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: [Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/lyttelton-anglican-cemetery), the cemetery it stands on
- The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080115/00378/R0010551.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [This Rest Area Is Dedicated to the Memory of Those](https://www.chch.live/plaque/1374-lyttelton-anglican-cemetery), “THIS REST AREA IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE 1919 INFLUENZ…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Loving Memory of William Clarkson & His Wife Sarah](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20William%20Clarkson%20%26%20His%20Wife%20Sarah)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20William%20Clarkson%20%26%20His%20Wife%20Sarah)
- [Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/lyttelton-anglican-cemetery), the ground’s own page
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou
- [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Cemetery)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPC
- [The rockfall survey counts 21 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 20 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 406 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59889&lon=172.72329&radius=250

## Around it

- [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · ~300 m
- [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), botanic park · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~750 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · 1.4 km
- [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~350 m
- [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~350 m
- [Lest We Forget](https://www.chch.live/plaque/520-lyttelton-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m
- [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~400 m


## The reports nearby
338 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9078659), [71 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/71-canterbury-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9043666), [87 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/87-oxford-street)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9040079), [11 Ripon Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/11-ripon-street)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8950171), [17 Days Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/17-days-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8878280), [18 Exeter Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/18-exeter-street)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8823184), [57 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/57-canterbury-street)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8818180), [49 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/49-canterbury-street)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8765729), [6 Days Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-days-road)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8605451), [57 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/57-canterbury-street)
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8530806), [25 Days Road, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/25-days-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8519396), [6 Days Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-days-road)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8479493), [73 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/73-canterbury-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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 plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery?**

2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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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/1373-lyttelton-anglican-cemetery
