Writing in the 1670s about lands in the lordship of Basford (i.e. west of present-day Woodborough Road) which were called cornerswong, Dr Robert Thoroton, notes: In the time of Richard the second (reigned 1377-99), Thomas Mapurley was a considerable man at Nottingham….

[4] In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Thoroton mentions lands in 'Maperley Closes' being in the possession of members of families called Staples, Querneby and Blyth (q.v.).

[5] Bankes' Crown Survey of 1609 has 'Five closes of pasture called Mapperley lying between Basford Waste and Nottingham Lordship in the occupation of Thomas Blithe, freeholder' and 'two other closes of pasture next thereunto adjoining the one called Mapperley in the occupation of Robert Staples, freeholder'.

[6] An advertisement of 1772 in the Nottingham Journal announced: To be sold to the highest bidder… A compact freehold estate called Mapperley situated in the parish of Basford, within one mile of Nottingham, consisting of two messuage houses, and 18 closes of rich meadow and pasture land adjoining thereto, and lying within a ring fence, containing 88 acres [36 hectares] and upwards.

Mapperley is a very pleasant situation, near Sherwood Forest, in a fine sporting country and is entitled to a common right, without stint on the said Forest.To judge from the land awarded as a result of the Basford Inclosure Act 1792 (32 Geo.

On 20 March of that year, the northern side of the estate was put up for auction, its 130 acres being described as a 'picturesque and finely timbered park'.

[10] At the auction the Wrights sold it for £74,500 to a group that included a well known local architect, William Beedham Starr, who wasted no time in submitting a detailed development plan to Nottingham Corporation for a series of streets to be set out on the land.

the land in this area was sold into private ownership, eventually falling into the possession of Jonathan and Benjamin Hine in the 1850s.

Following the construction of these early houses Alexandra Park continued to develop as an exclusive residential area and does still retain something of this reputation.

[12] Developments further north, along the east side of Woodborough Road started later and by 1881 there were about forty buildings, beyond Alexandra Park, stretching as far as the city's new boundary.

Some of the Nottingham region's largest brickworks were formerly on the high ground at Mapperley, as its Keuper marl (now known as Mercia Mudstone), was suitable for brick making.

[23] Locally, the name "Mapperley Top" is used to describe the collection of shops running along Woodborough Road roughly three miles from Nottingham's city centre.

Mapperley Park is a conservation area and one of Nottingham's most prestigious residential locations, just north of the city centre and noted for its distinguished Victorian and Edwardian properties set along attractive tree lined avenues.

The location known as Mapperley Ridge, at 122 metres above sea level, has a transmitter which broadcasts BBC Radio Nottingham and Capital FM (formerly Trent FM), as well as three DAB digital radio multiplexes (NOW Nottingham, BBC National DAB, and Digital One).