# In Memory of John Richard Webb, a plaque of Lyttelton

A plaque of the city, standing at Simeon Quay Reserve in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> IN MEMORY OF JOHN RICHARD WEBB

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: [Simeon Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1759-simeon-quay-reserve), the park it stands on
- The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- The year the register carries: 2000
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080108/00378/R0010107.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming In Memory of John Richard Webb](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Memory%20of%20John%20Richard%20Webb)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Memory%20of%20John%20Richard%20Webb)
- [Simeon Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1759-simeon-quay-reserve), the ground’s own page
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), the suburb it stands in

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
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou
- [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The rockfall survey counts 8 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down · 3 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 March 2012 · ~350 m from the pin · 383 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60313&lon=172.71431&radius=250

## Around it

- [Simeon Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1759-simeon-quay-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Lyttelton War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1214-lyttelton-war-memorial), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-163-heathcote-valley), track · 1.2 km
- [In Memory of Stanley James Helms 1947 - 1997 in Recognition](https://www.chch.live/plaque/481-sutton-reserve), plaque · ~300 m
- [In Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/486-captain-john-parsons-memorial), plaque · ~300 m
- [‘ohinehou’ / This Carving Represents ‘hinehouroko’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310890-sutton-reserve), plaque · ~350 m
- [Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310888-sled-dog), plaque · ~500 m


## The reports nearby
596 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9065307), 3–17 Cunningham Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9065304), [2 Cunningham Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-cunningham-terrace)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9023431), [1 Hawkhurst Road, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/1-hawkhurst-road)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8953140), [11 Sutton Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/11-sutton-quay)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8862299), [4E Harmans Road, Cass Bay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/4e-harmans-road)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8858080), [2 Cunningham Tce, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-cunningham-terrace)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8858062), Bridle Path, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8830613), [3 Harmans Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/3-harmans-road)
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8716361), Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8664672), [25 Bridle Path, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/25-bridle-path)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8581608), [6 Bridle Path, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-bridle-path)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8566863), [10 Bridle Path, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/10-bridle-path)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Simeon Quay Reserve in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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 2000. 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/465-simeon-quay-reserve
