# Woodham Park / Opened 21st Nov, a plaque of Christchurch A plaque of the city, standing at Woodham Park, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > WOODHAM PARK / OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 / E. H. ANDREWS ESQ. / MAYOR / J. N. CLARKE ESQ. / CHAIRMAN PARKS COMMITTEE 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: [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), the park it stands on - The year the register carries: 2009 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090623/00377/R0059913.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Woodham Park Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53985-woodham-park), “WOODHAM PARK OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 E.H. ANDREWS ESQ. MAYOR J.N. CLARKE ESQ. CHAI…” - [In Loving Memory of Geof Pearce](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54006-woodham-park), “In Loving Memory of GEOF PEARCE (text partially unclear)” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Woodham Park / Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Woodham%20Park%20%2F%20Opened%2021st%20Nov) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Woodham%20Park%20%2F%20Opened%2021st%20Nov) - [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), the ground’s own page 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium 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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 21 June 2011 · ~550 m from the pin · 214 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5245&lon=172.6707&radius=250 ## Around it - [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), the botanic park it’s inside - [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-62-christchurch), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), track · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Dallington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), track · ~350 m - [This Landing / Was Opened in March 2022 / Funded](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310987-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~450 m - [Avon Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311011-avon-park), plaque · ~800 m - [This Footbridge Was Opened in May 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311050-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~850 m - [1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59089-avebury-park), plaque · ~1000 m ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Woodham Park, 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 Woodham Park?** 3 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. 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/310932-woodham-park