# In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / , no. 310936, a plaque of Christchurch A plaque of the city, standing at Sumner Beach, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / \[illegible\] / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey Lawn / David's grandparents 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: [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), the park it stands on - Rides on: not in list - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20210622/Plaque220646/Plaque220646.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / , no. 310935](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), “In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / illegible / In Loving Memory / Norm…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / , no. 310936](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20%2F%20David%20John%20Edgecombe%20%2F%20%5B%5D%2C%20no.%20310936) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20%2F%20David%20John%20Edgecombe%20%2F%20%5B%5D%2C%20no.%20310936) - [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), 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 - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Sumner, the managed reach - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal](https://www.chch.live/zones), OC - [The rockfall survey counts 5 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 5 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 December 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 541 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56623&lon=172.75731&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), the regional park it’s inside - [Sumner Coronation Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1763-sumner-coronation-garden), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · ~200 m - [This Monument Was / Refurbished](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118637-king-edward-memorial), plaque · ~200 m - [Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118638-king-edward-memorial), plaque · ~200 m - [W. Rollitt / Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118640-king-edward-memorial), plaque · ~200 m - [King Edward Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118641-king-edward-memorial), plaque · ~200 m ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sumner Beach, 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 not in list. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Sumner Beach?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service. 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/310936-sumner-beach