# Paul Stapylton-Smith Son of Camp Bay Built This Seat, a plaque of Christchurch

A plaque of the city, standing at Camp Bay Cemetery, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> Paul Stapylton-Smith son of Camp Bay built this seat (plaque variant)

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: [Camp Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-72), the facility it stands on
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080218/00377/R0011835.jpg

## The ground’s other names

- [Camp Bay Cemetery in Remembrance of the Seventy Prospective](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3133-camp-bay-cemetery), “CAMP BAY CEMETERY In remembrance of the seventy prospective early settlers and s…”
- [Gaejkje Hingma-Seinstra Diamond Harbour 12-12-1956](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3136-camp-bay-cemetery), “GAEJKJE HINGMA-SEINSTRA DIAMOND HARBOUR 12-12-1956 11-11-1986”
- [Richard James Candy / 1884 - 1975](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3137-camp-bay-cemetery), “RICHARD JAMES CANDY / 1884 - 1975 / "HOME IS THE… HOME FROM SEA…”

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Paul Stapylton-Smith Son of Camp Bay Built This Seat](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Paul%20Stapylton-Smith%20Son%20of%20Camp%20Bay%20Built%20This%20Seat)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Paul%20Stapylton-Smith%20Son%20of%20Camp%20Bay%20Built%20This%20Seat)
- [Camp Bay Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-72), the ground’s own page

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Quarantine Cemetery
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC5.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 182 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62087&lon=172.78565&radius=250

## Around it

- [Camp Bay Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1261-camp-bay-foreshore), community park · ~450 m
- [Erected in Memory of Paul Stapylt0n-Smith of Camp Bay](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3479-camp-bay-foreshore), plaque · ~400 m
- [Tree Planted in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/5443-stoddart-point-reserve), plaque · 3.5 km
- [Diamond Harbour Cemetery plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311021-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · 3.5 km
- [In Memory of a Special Lady / Glenys Marilyn Martin](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310941-diamond-harbour-cemetery), plaque · 3.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Camp Bay Cemetery, 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 plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**Are there others at Camp Bay Cemetery?**

4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

**Is the plaque still standing?**

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.


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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/3135-camp-bay-cemetery
