The former Coppice Hospital in Mapperley is now named Hine Hall, after the architect and designer Thomas Chambers Hine. This was one of two 19th century mental health facilities in the Mapperley area of Nottingham. It opened as the Coppice Private Asylum in August 1859. [ … ]
Category: History
Where Are Our Civic Plaques?
Civic plaques are a popular way of remembering our history and people. The Mapperley area doesn’t seem to have many though. Why is this? Nottingham city centre has many, and so does the Beeston area. Surely our area has people and places that are worth [ … ]
Cyril Stapleton And Jacky Pownall
Many thanks to Alan Smith for sharing this photo of the school class of 1924 at the Town Mission Ragged School, at Sneinton Market in Nottingham. The boy with the yellow dot above his head is Cyril Stapleton who went on to become a famous [ … ]
Lance Corporal Terry – Mapperley’s Commando
On a recent tour of the Commonwealth War Graves at Carlton Cemetery, we were shown the grave of Lance Corporal John Leslie TERRY, of the Grenadier Guards. He died on 29th August 1940 and was 22 years of age. What do we know about him? [ … ]
Middlebeck Farm – Mapperley Plains
We all know the ruins of Middlebeck Farm. We pass the location when we travel along Mapperley Plains near Coppice Road and Brookfields Garden Centre, but what happened to it? Thanks to a recent post on the Arnold Community Group and the contributions, we have [ … ]
The History Of Mapperley’s Houses
Interested in the history of where you live in the Mapperley area? Well Richard Johnson of Sherwood is here to help you. For a modest fee, Richard will research your house (or family) and produce a historical document to cover the early history of the [ … ]
The Mystery Of Park House In Mapperley Park.
Mapperley Park is a conservation area and one of Nottingham’s most prestigious residential locations. It is noted for its distinguished Victorian and Edwardian properties, set along attractive tree lined avenues. It seems though that not all of these mansions survived. One of them was named [ … ]
Where Did The Name ‘Porchester’ Come From?
It is well recorded how the area of Mapperley known as Porchester Gardens took its name from the Porchester Freehold Garden Estate, the allotment gardens that were established in 1887. But where did the name Porchester come from? How about the names Stanhope Road and [ … ]
Our Champion Jockey Who Married a Baroness
Local historian David Dunford has unearthed a fascinating story of a Nottingham jockey who married a Hungarian Baroness and lived on Private Road in Sherwood. George Williamson was born in Nottingham on 25th November 1867. His father, John, was a horse dealer and a successful [ … ]
David Whittingham and Porchester Garden Estate
Whittingham Road in the Porchester Gardens area of Mapperley takes its name from David Whittingham, one of the founders of the Garden Estates that were created for local people in the 1900s. On his death in 1918, his obituary included the words: It is no [ … ]