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In Fond Memory of Miss Betty Hart 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003

A plaque at Millbrook Reserve, standing in Christchurch Central. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

IN FOND MEMORY OF MISS BETTY HART 30-3-1913 — 24-7-2003 LONG STANDING MEMBER OF THE CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSN INC
The year
2009, the register’s commission
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Millbrook Reserve

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

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

188 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 132 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Hazard, vehicle Harper Ave · 13 October 2026
Litter 27 Helmores Lane, Merivale · 22 September 2026
Pavement - General Helmores Ln · 8 September 2026
Trees - General 1 Harper Ave · 6 September 2026
Fallen Tree Carlton Mill Riverside Reserve Carlton Mill Bridge, Merivale · 18 August 2026
Fallen Tree 1 Harper Ave · 18 August 2026
Water Fountain 7C Rossall St · 28 July 2026
Litter 6R Desmond Street, Merivale · 26 July 2026
Litter 6R Desmond Street, Merivale · 25 July 2026
Facility - General Request Canterbury · 17 June 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Millbrook Reserve in Christchurch Central, 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 Millbrook Reserve?

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

Is the plaque still standing?

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/41206-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.