# Woodham Park Opened 21st Nov, a plaque of Christchurch A plaque of the city, standing at Woodham Park, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > WOODHAM PARK OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 E.H. ANDREWS ESQ. MAYOR J.N. CLARKE ESQ. CHAIRMAN PARKS COMMITTEE 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: [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), the park it stands on - The year the register carries: 2003 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090623/00377/R0059914.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Loving Memory of Geof Pearce](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54006-woodham-park), “In Loving Memory of GEOF PEARCE (text partially unclear)” - [Woodham Park / Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310932-woodham-park), “WOODHAM PARK / OPENED 21ST NOV. 1942 / E. H. ANDREWS ESQ. / MAYOR / J. N. CLARKE…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Woodham Park Opened 21st Nov](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Woodham%20Park%20Opened%2021st%20Nov) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Woodham%20Park%20Opened%2021st%20Nov) - [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), 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 - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 21 June 2011 · ~550 m from the pin · 214 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52449&lon=172.6707&radius=250 ## Around it - [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park), the botanic park it’s inside - [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1890-avon-riverbank-true-right), community park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Linwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-62-linwood), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Avonside](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-54-avonside), track · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Dallington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), track · ~350 m - [This Landing / Was Opened in March 2022 / Funded](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310987-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~450 m - [Avon Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311011-avon-park), plaque · ~800 m - [This Footbridge Was Opened in May 2022](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311050-avon-corridor-5-rrz-land), plaque · ~850 m - [1932 – 1992 This Tåtara Was Planted to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59089-avebury-park), plaque · ~1000 m ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Woodham Park, 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 Woodham Park?** 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 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/53985-woodham-park