Moorpark Place in the suburb of Ilam, Christchurch

Moorpark Place in Ilam – First appears in street directories in 1968

A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name. It is possible that the property on Ilam Road where this street was developed had an orchard with Moorpark apricot trees or they called the property Moorpark. There were ads in 1950 for the sale of the large 5 acre property which included a large house and a tennis court and that it was suitable for subdividing. Mr A D Harris was selling because he had purchased another property so it would have been whoever purchased the Ilam Road property who would have subdivided it. Papers Past had lots of ads in 1964 and 1965 for sections in the Moorpark subdivision. The last section sold in 1969. A few death notices and street garden competition mentions.

All the houses here were built in the 1960s and none of them stood out for me. It looked like a pleasant street with nice gardens but I suspect that parking could be an issue during weekdays.

I didn’t intend to walk a street yesterday but I had arrived too early to meet geocaching friends for breakfast and this street was nearby. I did take notice of one house as it is having renovations done but it looked like the garage is being turned into living spaces. I checked street view and I was correct.