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This Hall Was Erected 1954 / to the Memory

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

THIS HALL WAS ERECTED 1954 / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / 1914 – 1918 AND 1939 – 1945
The ground
Yaldhurst Hall
The suburb
Yaldhurst
The year
1899, the register’s commission
Rides on
wall
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Yaldhurst Hall

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.

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

58 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Roads & footpaths and Vehicles & parking, 34 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Dumped Rubbish 1–11 School Rd · 11 August 2026
Hazard, vehicle 1–11 School Rd · 26 April 2026
Road Blockage 1–11 School Rd · 26 April 2026
Hazard, vehicle 1–11 School Rd · 18 April 2026
Abandoned Vehicle 1–11 School Rd · 8 April 2026
Abandoned Vehicle 1–11 School Rd · 26 March 2026
General Request 10 School Rd · 18 February 2026
Abandoned Vehicle 1–11 School Rd · 17 February 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Yaldhurst Hall in Yaldhurst, 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 wall. 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 1899. 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/310962-yaldhurst-hall.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.