# Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning Books, a plaque of Upper Riccarton

A plaque of the city, standing at Upper Riccarton War Memorial P in Upper Riccarton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> SUBSCRIBERS / PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME WHEN RETURNING BOOKS

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: Upper Riccarton War Memorial P
- The suburb: [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton)
- The year the register carries: 2025
- Rides on: wall
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20250729/K13Plaque_7_Photo1/K13Plaque_7_Photo1.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning Books](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Subscribers%20%2F%20Please%20Include%20Your%20Name%20When%20Returning%20Books)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Subscribers%20%2F%20Please%20Include%20Your%20Name%20When%20Returning%20Books)
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 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 “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Local centre zone](https://www.chch.live/zones), LCZ
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 September 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 49 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53169&lon=172.57365&radius=250

## Around it

- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), track · ~500 m
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), track · ~550 m
- [This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket), plaque · under 150 m
- [Shand Reserve – John Shand, Arrived From Chester, England](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27206-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km
- [Presented to the Borough of Riccarton on the Occasion](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27188-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km
- [This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton Wigram Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/27190-shand-crescent-reserve), plaque · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
1,353 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9081790), [6 Brake St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-brake-street)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9077785), [55 Auburn Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/55-auburn-avenue)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9069345), [11 Leslie St, ????, ??? 8041, ???](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-leslie-street)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/9066555), [15 Leslie St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-leslie-street)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033949), Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9026691), [4 Haynes Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-haynes-avenue)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9024219), [8/380 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-380-riccarton-road)
- [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8980339), 372–398 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8976433), [15 Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-bowen-street)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8956755), Q4/364 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8946784), [374 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/374-riccarton-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8938261), 12–14 Haynes Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Upper Riccarton War Memorial P in [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), 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 2025. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.


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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/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p
