This  is a really interesting map of Nottingham!. It is the Badder and Peat Map of 1745 which shows Nottingham as a garden town. Lots of orchards and gardens, and the town stops at what is now Parliament Street in the north, and the River Leen in the south.  There is an incredible amount of detail in the map!

 Little changed before the Enclosure Act of 1845, which relieved the pressure by permitting building on the common fields surrounding the old town. It can be noted that there is no road outlet from the town to the south, except for the London Road bridge over the River Leen.

 Other streets show much more importance than today, for example

 North Street, (now Foreman Street), which was the main outlet to the Mansfield Road, compared with  Boot Lane (now Milton Street).
 The map doesn't even show the modern busy roads of Albert Street, Carrington Street, King Street and Market Street.

 Discarded names include:

 Cow lane (Clumber Street),
 Gridlesmith Gate (Pelham Street),
 Bearward lane, (Mount Street)
 Back Side (Parliament Street)
 Timber Hill (South Parade)
 Bar Gate (Chapel Bar)
 Fink Hill Street (Maid Marian Way)
 The map has all street names, and individual buildings and gardens, but some places are shown numbered on the map itself. A key to the various numbered places/features is shown below.  This key is not shown on the map itself.

     1 - Shoe booths
     2 - Hen Cross
     3 - Queen Street
     4 - Peck Lane
     5 - White Friars
     6 - St. Peter's Church
     7 - Reservoir
     8 - Collin's Hospital
     9 - Mrs Newdigate's House
     10 - Mrs Bennet's house
     11 - The home of the Hon. Rothwell Willoughby
     12 - Johnson's Court
     13 - Byard lane
     14 - Weekday Cross
     15 - Charity School
     16 - St. Mary's Church
     17 - The Long Stairs
     18 - Castle
     19 - Bog Hole
     20 - St. Nicholas's Church
     21 - The Water Engine
     22 - The Lead Works formerly Grey Friars
     23 - Marsden's Court
     24 - Pennyfoot Row
     25 - The summerhouse of Longford Collins