# Remembering our Dear Wife & Mother Shirley Patricia Bell, a plaque of Spreydon A plaque of the city, standing at Barrington Park in Spreydon, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Remembering Our Dear Wife & Mother SHIRLEY PATRICIA BELL (née DIGGS) 15-2-1931 — 15-8-2001 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: [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080911/00377/R0034535.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [These Gates Were Presented and Erected in 1926, no. 28249](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28249-barrington-park), “THESE GATES WERE PRESENTED AND ERECTED IN 1926 BY W. H. WINSOR ESQ. MAYOR OF SPR…” - [These Gates Were Presented and Erected in 1926, no. 28460](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28460-barrington-park), “THESE GATES WERE PRESENTED AND ERECTED IN 1926 BY W. H. WINSOR ESQ. MAYOR OF SPR…” - [Kelvin & Gaye Shamy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/111470-barrington-park), “Kelvin & Gaye Shamy / 28-9-1932 - 18-9-2008 31-3-1934 - 19-7-2009 / True models…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Remembering our Dear Wife & Mother Shirley Patricia Bell](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Remembering%20our%20Dear%20Wife%20%26%20Mother%20Shirley%20Patricia%20Bell) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Remembering%20our%20Dear%20Wife%20%26%20Mother%20Shirley%20Patricia%20Bell) - [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), the ground’s own page - [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon), 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 431 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55454&lon=172.61618&radius=250 ## Around it - [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Cheviot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1190-cheviot-reserve), community park · ~500 m - [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-406-spreydon), track · under 150 m - [1929–2009 / This Seat Is a Gift](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112030-somerfield-park), plaque · 1.1 km - [The Passionflowers, Reproduced Here From the Addington](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31204-ruskin-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km - [John Ruskin (1819–1900), Was the Pre-Eminent Critic](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31205-ruskin-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km - [Ruskin Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31207-ruskin-reserve), plaque · 1.2 km ## The reports nearby 541 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/9030554), [7 Coronation St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/7-coronation-street) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9004517), [315 Barrington St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/315-barrington-street) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9002530), [323 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/323-barrington-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9002502), [287 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/287-barrington-street) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9002488), [281 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/281-barrington-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8979949), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8972621), [31 Sugden St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/31-sugden-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8944295), [23 Diamond Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/23-diamond-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8939491), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8936688), [266 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/266-barrington-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8893620), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8883853), [23 Diamond Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spreydon/23-diamond-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Barrington Park in [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon), 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. **Are there others at Barrington Park?** 4 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. --- 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/28479-barrington-park