from the 1840s until the 1890s greenlane was noted for its rich pasture land which supported both dairy herds and grain crops. initially large country houses and farms dotted the landscape but from the 1890s onwards suburban development spread southwards from newmarket across the fields of epsom. dr john logan campbell gifted part of his one tree hill farm to the city as a public park in 1901, coinciding with a visit from the duke of cornwall, after whom the park was named. since the early 1990s there has been a considerable amount of real estate development with clutches of townhouses altering the villa streetscapes in some parts of greenlane.