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Edward Paterson Esq. Chairman 1909

A plaque at Halswell Domain, standing in Halswell. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

EDWARD PATERSON ESQ. CHAIRMAN 1909 — 19— (weathered)
The ground
Halswell Domain
The suburb
Halswell
The year
2008, the register’s commission
Rides on
stone plinth
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Halswell Domain

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.

The ground’s other names

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

620 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 498 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Water Leak Canterbury · 7 October 2026
Pothole Halswell Shops, Halswell · 30 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish 9 Nicholls Rd · 20 September 2026
Pothole 9 Nicholls Rd · 15 September 2026
Pothole 362 Halswell Rd · 10 August 2026
Road Signage 2 Nicholls Rd · 3 August 2026
Bus Shelter Issue Halswell Rd, Halswell · 27 July 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Halswell Domain in Halswell, 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 stone plinth. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

Are there others at Halswell Domain?

8 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.

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/21143-halswell-domain.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.