# In Memory of Geoffrey Courthorpe Salt, a plaque of Redcliffs A plaque of the city, standing at Glenstrae Road Reserve in Redcliffs, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > IN MEMORY OF GEOFFREY COURTHORPE SALT WHO ESTABLISHED AND LOVINGLY CARED FOR THIS RESERVE UNTIL HIS DEATH 8–12–92 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: [Glenstrae Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1461-glenstrae-road-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090721/00377/R0063383.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Memory of Geoffrey Courthorpe Salt](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Geoffrey%20Courthorpe%20Salt) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Memory%20of%20Geoffrey%20Courthorpe%20Salt) - [Glenstrae Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1461-glenstrae-road-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 42 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 38 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 598 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56141&lon=172.7285&radius=250 ## Around it - [Glenstrae Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1461-glenstrae-road-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Drayton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1552-drayton-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~600 m - [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-162-ferrymead), track · 1.2 km - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · 1.2 km - [In Proud Memory of My Son Steven Clive Taylor 1959 – 1982](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62210-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~200 m - [Dunkeld Meeting Place Opened by Anthony Docherty Deputy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55227-balmoral-hill-reserve), plaque · ~250 m - [Sit and Enjoy the Beauty of our Southern Alps — Donated](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62130-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~400 m - [In Remembrance of Ruth Spragge ‘a Friend of the Estuary’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62144-mccormacks-bay), plaque · ~400 m ## The reports nearby 194 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8731162), [11B Balmoral Lane, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/11b-balmoral-lane) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8704214), [29 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/29-glenstrae-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8671110), [26 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/26-glenstrae-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8375895), [1 Rifleman Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/1-rifleman-lane) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7831944), [26 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/26-glenstrae-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7824343), [11 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/11-glenstrae-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7657775), [20 Inverness Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/20-inverness-lane) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7630820), [56A Balmoral Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/56a-balmoral-lane) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7545628), 118–132 McCormacks Bay Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7512121), [34 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/34-glenstrae-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7451666), [34 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/34-glenstrae-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7423196), [61 Glenstrae Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs/61-glenstrae-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Glenstrae Road Reserve in [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs), 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 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/56768-glenstrae-road-reserve