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 [ … ]
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Charles Bennett – Mapperley’s Founding Father
Driving along Woodborough Road towards Nottingham, just before the Aldi Supermarket, you pass a house on the corner of Bennett Street, with a brick porch around the front door. This is where Charles Bennett lived until his death in 1909. Bennett was born in 1832 at St Werburgh [ … ]