# J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire, a plaque of Lyttelton A plaque of the city, standing at Sumner Road Gardens in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > J. C. GRUBB MAYOR S. R. WEBB EX-MAYOR CHAIRMAN FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE 1902 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: [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), 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/20080111/00378/R0010420.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Presented to the People of Lyttelton and the Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/plaque/589-sumner-road-gardens), “Presented to the people of Lyttelton and the Canterbury Province by the Canterbu…” - [Kate Sheppard Camellia Commemorating 100 Years of Womens](https://www.chch.live/plaque/593-sumner-road-gardens), “KATE SHEPPARD CAMELLIA Commemorating 100 years of Womens Suffrage Planted by Noe…” - [Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August](https://www.chch.live/plaque/602-sumner-road-gardens), “ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AUGUST 9 1902” - [Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House](https://www.chch.live/plaque/607-sumner-road-gardens), “CANTERBURY CENTENARY 1850 1950 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE ERECTED BY THE CANTE…” - [These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour](https://www.chch.live/plaque/611-sumner-road-gardens), “THESE GATES WERE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF DR. E. H. GILMOUR M.B. CH.B 1920 - 1945” ## In the archive - [Documents naming J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=J.%20C.%20Grubb%20Mayor%20S.%20R.%20Webb%20Ex-Mayor%20Chairman%20Fire) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=J.%20C.%20Grubb%20Mayor%20S.%20R.%20Webb%20Ex-Mayor%20Chairman%20Fire) - [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), 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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 29 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 9 came down · 3 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 6 February 2012 · ~450 m from the pin · 376 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60313&lon=172.7229&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), the community park it’s inside - [Baden Norris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/971-baden-norris-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~750 m - [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m - [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m - [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), plaque · ~150 m - [Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310888-sled-dog), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 1,699 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) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9060214), 44–78 London St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [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) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9033390), [5C Norwich Quay, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/5c-norwich-quay) - [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 sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9001841), [14 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/14-canterbury-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8978315), [25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/25-canterbury-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sumner Road Gardens 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 Sumner Road Gardens?** 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 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/599-sumner-road-gardens