# This Garden Is Dedicated to the Memory of James McCombs, a plaque of Woolston A plaque of the city, standing at Woolston Park in Woolston, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS GARDEN IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES McCOMBS AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH REID McCOMBS BOTH OF WHOM SERVED AS COUNCILLORS OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH FOR MANY YEARS 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: [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Rides on: wall - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090629/00377/R0060615.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Woolston Centennial 27th July 1893–1993 Plaque – Donated](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54222-woolston-park), “WOOLSTON CENTENNIAL 27TH JULY 1893–1993 PLAQUE – DONATED BY WOOLSTON MASONIC LOD…” - [Coronation 1910 Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54233-woolston-park), “CORONATION 1910 ERECTED BY ANCHOR LODGE U.A.O.D.” - [George Wears Samms 1882 – 1954 Lily Samms Scott 1909 – 2005](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54542-woolston-park), “GEORGE WEARS SAMMS 1882 – 1954 LILY SAMMS SCOTT 1909 – 2005 FOR ALL TO ENJOY” - [Coronation / 1910 / Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310933-woolston-park), “CORONATION / 1910 / ERECTED BY ANCHOR LODGE / U.A.O.D.” - [Woolston Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310934-woolston-park), its words filed unknown ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Garden Is Dedicated to the Memory of James McCombs](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Garden%20Is%20Dedicated%20to%20the%20Memory%20of%20James%20McCombs) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Garden%20Is%20Dedicated%20to%20the%20Memory%20of%20James%20McCombs) - [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park), the ground’s own page - [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 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 - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [Inside the plan’s high flood hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), the strong contour - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “High 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: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 29 October 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 476 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54799&lon=172.67553&radius=250 ## Around it - [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Christchurch Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/908-christchurch-quay-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-83-woolston), track · under 150 m - [Christchurch Quay Est](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53354-christchurch-quay-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [Woolston Proclaimed a Borough July 27th 1893 ‘may IT](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53344-woolston-borough-monument), plaque · ~200 m - [Limestone Landed Here Was … for Use by Tanneries and Brick…](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58249-heathcote-quay-monuments), plaque · ~400 m - [Andrew Mensal Johnson / 1830 - 1916](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311081-heathcote-riverbank-tr-east), plaque · ~450 m ## The reports nearby 1,101 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9059426), [26 Richardson Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/26-richardson-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9053948), [33 Radley Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/33-radley-street) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9022549), [24 Richardson Terrace, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/24-richardson-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022220), [583 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/583-ferry-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8996775), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8996262), [583 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/583-ferry-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8982524), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8962498), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8940212), [589 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/589-ferry-road) - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/8925741), [30A Richardson Terrace, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/30a-richardson-terrace) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8898890), [31 Radley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/woolston/31-radley-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8891092), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Woolston Park in [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston), 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 wall. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Woolston Park?** 6 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. --- 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/54470-woolston-park