# This Hall Was Erected 1954 / to the Memory, a plaque of Yaldhurst A plaque of the city, standing at Yaldhurst Hall in Yaldhurst, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS HALL WAS ERECTED 1954 / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY / 1914 – 1918 AND 1939 – 1945 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: Yaldhurst Hall - The suburb: [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst) - The year the register carries: 1899 - Rides on: wall - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20220603/Plaque0306125/Plaque0306125.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Hall Was Erected 1954 / to the Memory](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Hall%20Was%20Erected%201954%20%2F%20to%20the%20Memory) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Hall%20Was%20Erected%201954%20%2F%20to%20the%20Memory) - [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst), 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 “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Rural Urban Fringe](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuUF - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 6 September 2010 · ~850 m from the pin · 18 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51286&lon=172.50916&radius=250 ## Around it - [In Remembrance of / Matthew McEachen](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311071-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve), plaque · 1.8 km - [In Loving Memory / of Libby Hart](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115487-yaldhurst-cemetery), plaque · 2.6 km - [Ilam Stream / Waitu-Utu: the Rebirth of a Stream](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112399-avonhead-park), plaque · 2.7 km - [This Bench Is Presented / the Local Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311059-avonhead-park), plaque · 2.7 km ## The reports nearby 58 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8737368), [3 West Coast Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/3-west-coast-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8726744), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8476672), [10 West Coast Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/10-west-coast-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8153373), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8153364), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8106047), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8047972), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7977245), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7759133), [10 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/10-school-road) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7753207), 1–11 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7729994), [10 West Coast Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/10-west-coast-road) - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7725725), [10 West Coast Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/10-west-coast-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Yaldhurst Hall in [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/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. --- 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/310962-yaldhurst-hall