# To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This Land, a plaque of Bishopdale A plaque of the city, standing at Veitch Reserve in Bishopdale, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > TO THE MEMORY OF F. W. SISSON WHO GREW APPLES ON THIS LAND FOR A LIFETIME ERECTED BY MAISIE AND PETER SISSON 1981 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: [Veitch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1560-veitch-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080428/00377/R0015632.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This Land](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=To%20the%20Memory%20of%20F.%20W.%20Sisson%20Who%20Grew%20Apples%20on%20This%20Land) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=To%20the%20Memory%20of%20F.%20W.%20Sisson%20Who%20Grew%20Apples%20on%20This%20Land) - [Veitch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1560-veitch-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale), 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 - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium 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), 28 September 2010 · 1.8 km from the pin · 10 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.48224&lon=172.59511&radius=250 ## Around it - [Veitch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1560-veitch-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Highsted Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1780-highsted-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Northcote](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-343-northcote), track · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-325-bishopdale), track · ~850 m - [Walk and bike track through Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-389-casebrook), track · ~1000 m - [This Outdoor Cooking Facility Was Provided With the Support](https://www.chch.live/plaque/8542-morrison-avenue-bowling-club), plaque · ~800 m - [In Memory of Mary Lasorsa 10-10-28 — 6-5-97](https://www.chch.live/plaque/36357-tulett-park), plaque · ~900 m - [åœrauwahata / Sculptor – Tim Wraight / July 2017](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310889-orauwhata), plaque · 1.1 km - [Graham Condon / 1949 – 2007 / QSM / JP / Paralympian](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310850-graham-condon), plaque · 1.5 km ## The reports nearby 108 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9070667), [251A Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/251a-sawyers-arms-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8629453), [97 Highsted Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/97-highsted-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8518212), [110 Highsted Road, Casebrook, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/110-highsted-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8253256), [127 Reynolds Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/127-reynolds-avenue) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8174364), [108 Highsted Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/108-highsted-road) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8076368), Highsted Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8027575), [237 Sawyers Arms Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/237-sawyers-arms-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8022862), [108 Highsted Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/108-highsted-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7971839), [251 Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/251-sawyers-arms-road) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7970986), [251 Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/251-sawyers-arms-road) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7853641), Highsted Rd, Canterbury Region 8051, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7833297), [108 Highsted Road, Papanui, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale/108-highsted-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Veitch Reserve in [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale), 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 other. 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 2003. 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/7604-veitch-reserve