# Amelia Frances Rogers, a plaque of Burwood A plaque of the city, standing at Amelia Rogers Reserve in Burwood, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Amelia Frances Rogers (Nee Inwood) / 1848 – 1928 An early resident of the Burwood district Frances Rogers occupied the house previously sited on this reserve and which was demolished in 1993. Postmistress for Burwood 1891 - 1898 and 1908 - 1928 Frances Rogers operated a shop and library from her home in addition to telephone and telegraph services. / Always dressed in black, Frances Rogers was described as a strict woman but kindly and devout. 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: [Amelia Rogers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1622-amelia-rogers-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090609/00378/R0046949.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Amelia Frances Rogers](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Amelia%20Frances%20Rogers) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Amelia%20Frances%20Rogers) - [Amelia Rogers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1622-amelia-rogers-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 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 - [Inside the Crown red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone), the 2011 residential line - [Inside the plan’s high flood hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), the strong contour - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPOA - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 16 March 2011 · ~550 m from the pin · 157 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50139&lon=172.69124&radius=250 ## Around it - [Amelia Rogers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1622-amelia-rogers-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Avondale Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1033-avondale-park), sports ground park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-112-avondale), track · under 150 m - [This Footbridge / Was Opened in March 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310975-avon-corridor-10-rrz-land), plaque · ~400 m - [Stephen and Rebecca Brooker Settled on 40 Acres of Land](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51296-brooker-monument), plaque · ~550 m - [Donated by Ivan and Clarice Donnell Long Term Residents](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51694-donnell-sports-park), plaque · ~650 m - [Donated by the Lions Club of Christchurch Seaview 2002](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51911-anzac-drive-reserve), plaque · ~850 m ## The reports nearby 360 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8865003), [366B New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/366b-new-brighton-road) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8826354), [24 Stour Drive, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/24-stour-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8792161), [4 Stour Drive, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/4-stour-drive) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8783230), [369 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/369-new-brighton-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8624647), 2–26 Priory Cl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8609244), [27 Stour Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/27-stour-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8321960), [358 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/358-new-brighton-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8307359), [366B New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/366b-new-brighton-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8011747), [12 Stour Drive, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/12-stour-drive) - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/8001541), [317 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/317-new-brighton-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7891839), [2 Edwins Way, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/2-edwins-way) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7505396), [351 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/burwood/351-new-brighton-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Amelia Rogers Reserve in [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood), 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 2003. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- 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/51436-amelia-rogers-reserve