Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and AssociationsThis book, first published in 2000, draws on the great wealth of associations of street-names in Cambridge. It is not a dictionary, but it provides a series of entries on such topics as the Reformation, George IV and his wife, twentieth-century British scientists, businessmen, Elizabethan times, medieval Cambridge, mayors, millers, and builders. It includes hermits and coal merchants, field marshals and laundresses, martyrs and bombers, unscrupulous politicians and the founder of a Christian community, Cromwell and Newton, an Anglo-Saxon queen and the discoverer of Uranus - all people who lived in or often visited Cambridge. The ancient Stourbridge fair is included, along with castles and boat-races, sewage pumps and the original Hobson of 'Hobson's Choice'. Who was St Tibb? Where did Dick Turpin hide? Where was the medieval takeaway? Unlike earlier works, this is a history of everybody for everybody. |
Contents
Prehistoric | 1 |
AngloSaxon | 4 |
Medieval | 8 |
Barnwell | 20 |
Town and gown | 24 |
The beginning of the University | 26 |
The Reformation | 29 |
The Renaissance and science | 36 |
Sport | 87 |
Builders and developers | 88 |
Localities in Cambridge | 91 |
Hospitals | 95 |
A poet | 97 |
Mayors | 99 |
Churches and saints | 107 |
unprotected protectors | 108 |
The Civil War | 44 |
The eighteenth century | 47 |
War against Napoleon | 55 |
George IV and his wife | 57 |
The British Empire | 64 |
Coprolite mining | 65 |
Brewers | 68 |
Trams and buses | 71 |
Nineteenthcentury historians antiquaries and lawyers | 72 |
Nineteenthcentury scientists | 74 |
Nineteenthcentury bishops and clergy | 80 |
Architects | 83 |
The Kite area | 86 |
Inclosures | 118 |
The twentieth century | 121 |
Scientists | 122 |
Musical composers | 124 |
The armed services | 125 |
Politicians | 127 |
Landowners farmers and businessmen | 128 |
Clergy | 134 |
Others | 135 |
Plan of street locations | 142 |
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Other editions - View all
Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations Ronald Gray,Derek Stubbings Limited preview - 2000 |
Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations Ronald D. Gray,Derek Stubbings No preview available - 2000 |
Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations Ronald Gray,Derek Stubbings No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
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