# The Parkinson Memorial / Park Trust, a plaque of Port Levy A plaque of the city, standing at Port Levy Former School Site in Port Levy, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THE PARKINSON MEMORIAL / PARK TRUST / ASSISTED IN THIS BUILDINGS / RESTORATION 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: Port Levy Former School Site - The suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy) - The year the register carries: 1899 - Rides on: wall - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20221128/Plaque281121/Plaque281121.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [These Baths Were / Officially Opened / by / L. H. Field](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310864-port-levy-former-school-site), “THESE BATHS WERE / OFFICIALLY OPENED / BY / L. H. FIELD / February 1963” ## In the archive - [Documents naming The Parkinson Memorial / Park Trust](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=The%20Parkinson%20Memorial%20%2F%20Park%20Trust) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=The%20Parkinson%20Memorial%20%2F%20Park%20Trust) - [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), 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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Koukourārata / Te Ara Whānui o Makawhiua - [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), 18 March 2023 · ~300 m from the pin · 85 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.66633&lon=172.80929&radius=250 ## Around it - [Forestry Reserve Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/park/998-forestry-reserve-port-levy), regional park · under 150 m - [Erected in Memory of Paul Stapylt0n-Smith of Camp Bay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3479-camp-bay-foreshore), plaque · 5.3 km - [Paul Stapylton-Smith Son of Camp Bay Built This Seat](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3135-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · 5.4 km - [Gaejkje Hingma-Seinstra Diamond Harbour 12-12-1956](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3136-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · 5.4 km - [Camp Bay Cemetery in Remembrance of the Seventy Prospective](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3133-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · 5.4 km ## The reports nearby 5 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8772377), [1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7070003), [893 Purau Port Levy Road, Diamond Harbour, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/893-purau-port-levy-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6698657), [1679 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1679-western-valley-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5436752), [1710 Western Valley Road, Banks Peninsula, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1710-western-valley-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2585813), [1708 Western Valley Road, Port Levy 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/port-levy/1708-western-valley-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Port Levy Former School Site in [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), 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. **Are there others at Port Levy Former School Site?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **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/310978-port-levy-former-school-site