P.G. Nops Reserve (Inglewood)

P.G.Nops Reserve, located at the southern entrance to Inglewood, also includes two houses.

Percy George Nops was a long-standing Inglewood businessman with interests in finance, land and property. He died on 3 September 1954, aged 83, and did not leave a will. The Public Trust was appointed to administer his estate and his sole surviving brother, Walter Nops, was the beneficiary.

Walter Nops then gifted a block of land, part of Percy's estate, to the Inglewood County Council and Inglewood Borough Council - the sections straddled the boundary between the two territorial authorities. The land included two houses which were rented out.

Lot 1 DP8128 comprises a parcel 1897 sq. m. and a residence which is thought to have been built about 1920. Lot 3 DP 8128 comprises a parcel 2959 sq. m. and a residence built a little later, perhaps 1930. 

Related documents and plans:

Percy Nops Obituary (Taranaki Herald 6 September 1954)

Native Bush Area (Taranaki Herald 10 October 1955)

Vision That Saved Area of Natural Beauty (Taranaki Herald 28 October 1961)

P.G. Nops Reserve (Inglewood Informer 18 June 1992)

P G Nops Reserve (NPDC Green Spaces Management Plan 2019)

Taranaki DP4278 Sheet 1 Part Section 124 (1922), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Taranaki DP4263 Sheet 1 Part Section 124 - Sub 1 (1922), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)