Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) Was Both a Statesman
A plaque at Disraeli Reserve, standing in Addington. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) was both a statesman and novelist. In 1868 and from 1874-80 he enjoyed two periods as one of the most popular British Prime Ministers. In 1876 he was made Earl of Beaconsfield. He secured working class support through his efforts to establish his trade union legislation. For Disraeli, literature was second to politics. However, the novels of his "'Young England Trilogy': Coningsby (1844); Sybil (1845) and Tancred (1847), written to promote his doctrine of Troy Democracy, have great characterisation and show his keen insight into the structure of Society. The Artwork 'Sybil' was created by Christchurch artist Ian Lamont (2007). The Cherubs, reproduced here from the Addington Cemetery, forms part of the Literary Streets Heritage Trail on which you are invited to collect crayon (or similar) rubbings of the images on paper.
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
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
1,011 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 829 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Damaged Street Sign
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Hazard, vehicle
Water Leak
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water Leak
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Dumped Rubbish
Pavement - Damaged
Roads - General
Rubbish and Bins - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Disraeli Reserve in Addington, 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 stone plinth. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. 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/311069-disraeli-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.