# Erected in Memory of Paul Stapylt0n-Smith of Camp Bay, a plaque of Christchurch

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

## The words it carries

> Erected in Memory of PAUL STAPYLT0N-SMITH Of Camp Bay 28-7-1929 to 3-9-2004

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 Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1261-camp-bay-foreshore), the park 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/R0011828.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Erected in Memory of Paul Stapylt0n-Smith of Camp Bay](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Erected%20in%20Memory%20of%20Paul%20Stapylt0n-Smith%20of%20Camp%20Bay)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Erected%20in%20Memory%20of%20Paul%20Stapylt0n-Smith%20of%20Camp%20Bay)
- [Camp Bay Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1261-camp-bay-foreshore), 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

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 November 2011 · ~500 m from the pin · 175 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62271&lon=172.78168&radius=250

## Around it

- [Camp Bay Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1261-camp-bay-foreshore), community park · under 150 m
- [Gaejkje Hingma-Seinstra Diamond Harbour 12-12-1956](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3136-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m
- [Camp Bay Cemetery in Remembrance of the Seventy Prospective](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3133-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m
- [Paul Stapylton-Smith Son of Camp Bay Built This Seat](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3135-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m
- [Richard James Candy / 1884 - 1975](https://www.chch.live/plaque/3137-camp-bay-cemetery), plaque · ~400 m


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Camp Bay Foreshore, 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.

**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/3479-camp-bay-foreshore