There’s quite a bit of history in the streets around Blyth Street, Staples Street and Querneby Road. Names that represent the families who held land in the ‘Maperley Closes’ going back 400 years. These families were also reported to be related to Lord Byron. One [ … ]
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The Travellers Rest
The Travellers Rest on Mapperley Plains is a historic pub with a rural-feel that dates back to the 18th century. It famously served as a halfway house for drovers herding geese into the city for the historic Goose Fair, offering a vital resting point for [ … ]
Monthly Blog May 2026
Memories of Judge’s Bakery Thanks to the Bread and Bitter pub, we shared this photo after John Dean bought it in. John had taken it in 1976 showing the building when it was Judge’s Bakery. The door on the right is now the door round [ … ]
Judge’s Bakery – Mapperley
Mapperley people remember Judge’s Bakery fondly. The name is synonymous with Nottingham and the historic bakery and shop on Mansfield Road (directly opposite the junction with Woodborough Road) in the city centre. Mapperley though was the centre of the bakery operation from 1912, with the [ … ]
Monthly Blog September 2025
3rd September Despite the optimism of the new cafe and shop at the Spencer family’s Spring Lane Farm it was a very sad day at the farm today when their oldest Labrador Tess gained a place at the forever farm in the sky 🐾 🤍 [ … ]
Nurse Waddingham – The Sherwood Murder Of 1936
Despite being almost a century ago, the name Nurse Waddingham is still remembered in Nottingham. Convicted of murder in 1936, she was the last person to be hanged at Winson Green Prison and there were 10.000 protesters outside the prison. Local Author Reviews The Case [ … ]
Clina House
The residential area of Mapperley is made extra special because of the variety of houses that were built over time, as plots of land became available. This haphazard way the area has developed, has given us a wide variety of dwellings, some modest and some [ … ]
The Battle of Mapperley Hills
On Tuesday August 23rd 1842, Mapperley experienced an event known as the Battle of Mapperley Hills. Troops were used to break up a peaceful rally by Chartists, the working class movement which emerged in 1836 in London and expanded rapidly across the country. During the [ … ]