Esplanade

11 council reports at 2 addresses on Esplanade, Scarborough, on record since January 2019.

11 reports 2 addresses11 days reported onfrom the air, then 338 documents carry the name

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Esplanade from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Esplanade from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Esplanade 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

147 Esplanade, 7 reports
147A Esplanade, 4 reports

What got reported

Trees & parks, 3 reports
Everything else, 2 reports
Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
Water & drains, 1 report
Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
Roads & footpaths, 1 report
Animals & pests, 1 report

Year by year

2019, 1 report
2023, 3 reports
2024, 5 reports
2025, 2 reports

Documents that name it

Records on the shelf that name Esplanade, 338 in total; the 12 earliest:

Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851) · Papers Past · 25 Jan 1851
…and are ready to offer them for sale at the usi pro wholesale prieer longden and le ceex esplanade lyttelton jan 22 1851 for freight or charter rphe schooneb boat margaret to sumner or any place on t…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851) · Papers Past · 15 Mar 1851
…istchurch and its vicinity that he has taken a site for an office and auction mart on the esplanade lyttelton where he intends to carry on the business of an auctioneer surveyor appraiser and general…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1851) · Papers Past · 22 Mar 1851
…e market-place and the bricks 5 plots of ground each 82 feet by 21 apply to t ttjlloch 11 esplanade lyttelton lyttelton rno be let a valuable section of land l containing a quarter of and acre apply t…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851) · Papers Past · 12 Apr 1851
…ee plots of ground each 21ft 6in wide by 165 ft in depth apply to j tulloch auctioneer 11 esplanade april 10 1851 building land to be let on lease several valuable sections of land advantageously situ…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 03 May 1851) · Papers Past · 3 May 1851
…ee plots of ground each 21ft 6in wide by 105 ft in depth apply to j tulloch auctioneer 11 esplanade april 10 1851 lyttelton eor sale a thatched cottage containing two booms apply to j ttjlloch 11 espl…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1851) · Papers Past · 10 May 1851
…o richard wormald esq solicitor canterbury street lyttelton or to j tuixoch auctioneer 11 esplanade lyttelton may 8 land to let several most eligible town sections at christchurch in lots to suit the…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 May 1851) · Papers Past · 31 May 1851
…po let fpur sections of land each containing one quarter of an acre apply to j tulloch 11 esplanade lytteltonmay 30 christghurch mo let six sections of land each containing one quarter of an acre appl…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 June 1851) · Papers Past · 7 Jun 1851
…po let four sections of land each containing one quarter of an acre apply to j tulloch 11 esplanade lyttelton may 30 christchurch rpo let six sections of land 7 each containing one quarter of an acre…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 June 1851) · Papers Past · 28 Jun 1851
…d cattle for grazing on his run at the mouth of the waipara for terms apply to a j aipokt esplanade or at th c station c h bkown fencing rilwo able labourers accustomed to ditching and fencing may obt…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 June 1851) · Papers Past · 28 Jun 1851
…ation for passengers for freight or passage apply to captain lovett or to gilbert pickett esplanade june 26th kew whaleboat for sale the splendid new whaleboat lavinia built by t and w day sydney and…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 July 1851) · Papers Past · 26 Jul 1851
…c bichaed beamish commission and custom house agent storage for a few tons of goods no 6 esplanade superior port and sherry tmported from it duncan co 43 j j lime street are justly celebrated in wei…
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 October 1851) · Papers Past · 4 Oct 1851
…o e m templar esq or to mrrichard woemald solicitor london-street lyttelton to let on the esplanade a house containing four comfortable apartments and a two-stalled stable with or without for particul…

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The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.