In Loving Memory of / James Ryder Burford / 1944 - 2017
A plaque at Millbrook Reserve, standing in Merivale. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
In loving memory of/ James Ryder Burford/ 1944 - 2017/ cherished father, brother,/ partner and friend
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
The ground’s other names
Millbrook Reserve plaque
In Fond Memory of Miss Betty Hart 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003In 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
373 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 282 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Rubbish and Bins - General
Overgrown Vegetation
Overgrown Vegetation
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Pavement - General
Pavement - Damaged
Water Fountain
General Request
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Flooding
Hazard, vehicle
Pavement - DamagedQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Millbrook Reserve in Merivale, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
3 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. 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/311054-millbrook-reserve.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.