# This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees, a plaque of Upper Riccarton A plaque of the city, standing at War Memorial Library/Plunket in Upper Riccarton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T. CHEWNHAM ARCHITECT: ROY LOVELL-SMITH A.N.Z.I.A. BUILDERS: COTTON & FIRTH 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: War Memorial Library/Plunket - The suburb: [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton) - The year the register carries: 2025 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080829/00378/R0029223.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Stone%20Was%20Laid%20by%20Lady%20Bowen%2015th%20March%201919%20Trustees) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Stone%20Was%20Laid%20by%20Lady%20Bowen%2015th%20March%201919%20Trustees) - [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 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 - [The plan zones this ground Local centre zone](https://www.chch.live/zones), LCZ - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 September 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 50 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53153&lon=172.57362&radius=250 ## Around it - [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), track · ~500 m - [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), track · ~550 m - [Upper Riccarton War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p), plaque · under 150 m - [Shand Reserve – John Shand, Arrived From Chester, England](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27206-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km - [Presented to the Borough of Riccarton on the Occasion](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27188-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km - [This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton Wigram Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27190-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 1,243 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9081790), [6 Brake St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-brake-street) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9077785), [55 Auburn Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/55-auburn-avenue) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9069345), [11 Leslie St, ????, ??? 8041, ???](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-leslie-street) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/9066555), [15 Leslie St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-leslie-street) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033949), Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9024219), [8/380 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-380-riccarton-road) - [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8980339), 372–398 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8976433), [15 Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-bowen-street) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8956755), Q4/364 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8946784), [374 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/374-riccarton-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8935746), [8 Brake St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-brake-street) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8912326), [374 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/374-riccarton-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at War Memorial Library/Plunket in [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 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. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2025. 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/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket