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 [ … ]
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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 [ … ]