# Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs, a plaque of Lyttelton A plaque of the city, standing at Oxford Street Reserve in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF CHARLES HAZLITT UPHAM MRCS LRCP (THE LITTLE DOCTOR) 1863 - 1950 WHO DEVOTED 52 YEARS OF SELFLESS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY 'A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN' 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: [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080110/00378/R0010333.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), “OPENED 1928 F. E. SUTTON MAYOR” - [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), “LYTTELTON GAOL ON THIS SITE STOOD THE INFAMOUS LYTTELTON GAOL BUILT IN 1851 AS A…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Erected%20in%20Grateful%20Memory%20of%20Charles%20Hazlitt%20Upham%20Mrcs) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Erected%20in%20Grateful%20Memory%20of%20Charles%20Hazlitt%20Upham%20Mrcs) - [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-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 - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Former Lyttelton Gaol Site - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan reserves this ground for Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/designations), Minister of Education - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (School)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPS - [The rockfall survey counts 34 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 9 came down · 4 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 June 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 382 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60223&lon=172.72405&radius=250 ## Around it - [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), the botanic park it’s inside - [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~800 m - [Lest We Forget](https://www.chch.live/plaque/520-lyttelton-cemetery), plaque · ~150 m - [These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour](https://www.chch.live/plaque/611-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~150 m - [Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House](https://www.chch.live/plaque/607-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~150 m - [Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August](https://www.chch.live/plaque/602-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~150 m ## The reports nearby 1,296 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9086370), [8 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/8-st-davids-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052353), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9052334), [17 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/17-oxford-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9032668), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9019163), [26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9005341), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8955564), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8950170), [34 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/34-st-davids-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918219), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918200), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Oxford Street 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. **Are there others at Oxford Street Reserve?** 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 2008. 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/576-oxford-street-reserve