Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mapperley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Mapperley, dist., in N. of bor. of Nottingham, pop. 9165; P.O., and P.O. at Mapperley Plain, where is the Midland Observatory, founded 1853.