Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I've looked at the Notts History site hundreds of times but I'd missed this gem. If you click anywhere on the map at this link, you get a fully zoomable PDF of a 1748 map of Nottingham. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1907/nottinghamstreets1.htm 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thanks Cliff Ton......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 The map was produced by Badder & peat. The best one I've seen is in the facesmile of the Deering history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted September 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 The map was produced by Badder & peat. That'll teach me to not read the thing properly. I've changed the title of the thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Any idea what the dotted lines on the map represent? Most go along the middle of streets, but some also go under buildings etc. Was it a proposal for a Nottingham Tube network? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 They are not dots but trees the copy of the map in the Deering facesmile clearly shows this. In fact if you enlarge(magnify)the map in post #1 you can see this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I think the dots Notty Ash is referring to are the very fine lines running sometimes up the middle of roads and sometimes across fields and buildings. I don't think they are trees, and an early tube network does look a better suggestion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Could they be the "ward" boundaries for the old corporation(pre 1835) ? Not even noticed the dots before. (must go to spec savers ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 There were five wards in the town at or about that time St Ann's,Byron,Castle,Exchange,St,Mary's,Park & Sherwood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 The dotted lines will mark the old Burghs of the early town IMO...The market place was split by a wall into Norman and Saxon Burghs for centuries and if you go back to the map part of the line of the wall is marked by the dotted line across the Market Place. I like that map as it clearly shows the extremely narrow road from the north into the town via Boot Lane (Milton Street) So narrow that most wheeled vehicles turned right up what is now Forman Street and down to the market via Sheep Lane (Market Street) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sclomax 2 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 The Local Studies Library has a fantastic quality copy of this map, much much better than in Deering and anything you can find online. Thankfully I have a copy of it at work and every time I look at it I see something new. By the way, the map dates to 1744, not 1748. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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