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Sowerby Place

2 council reports at 1 address on Sowerby Place, Richmond Hill, on record since September 2024.

2 reports1 address2 days reported onfrom the air, then

Where it runs

5 Sowerby Place, 2 reports

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Sowerby Place, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Richmond Hill.

From the air, then

Sowerby Place from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Sowerby Place from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Sowerby Place from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The numbered spots

What got reported

Year by year

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

As it was reported

Latest on record

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Sowerby Place?

In Richmond Hill, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Sowerby Place?

2 reports at 1 address, most often rubbish & dumping (2).

When was Sowerby Place first reported on?

2024, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2024.

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