# Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor, 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 > OPENED 1928 F. E. SUTTON MAYOR 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/20080109/00378/R0010244.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), “ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF CHARLES HAZLITT UPHAM MRCS LRCP (THE LITTLE DOCTOR…” - [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 Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Opened%201928%20F.%20E.%20Sutton%20Mayor) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Opened%201928%20F.%20E.%20Sutton%20Mayor) - [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 28 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 · ~400 m from the pin · 383 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60201&lon=172.72328&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 · ~750 m - [J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire](https://www.chch.live/plaque/599-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 - [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 ## The reports nearby 1,612 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) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9040079), [11 Ripon Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/11-ripon-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) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8978315), [25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/25-canterbury-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) ## 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/618-oxford-street-reserve