Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations

by Ronald Gray , Derek Stubbings , Illustrated by Virén Sahai

• ISBN13: 9780521789561
• ISBN10: 0521789567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
What do street-names mean?	viii
How can you tell?	xiii
Prehistoric	1	(1)
Roman	1	(3)
Anglo-Saxon	4	(4)
Medieval	8	(12)
Barnwell	20	(4)
Town and gown	24	(2)
The beginning of the University	26	(3)
The Reformation	29	(7)
The Renaissance and science	36	(8)
The Civil War	44	(3)
The eighteenth century	47	(8)
War against Napoleon	55	(2)
George IV and his wife	57	(1)
Queen Victoria's reign	57	(7)
The British Empire	64	(1)
Coprolite mining	65	(1)
Coal, corn and iron	65	(3)
Brewers	68	(3)
Trams and buses	71	(1)
Nineteenth-century historians, antiquaries and lawyers	72	(2)
Nineteenth-century scientists	74	(6)
Nineteenth-century bishops and clergy	80	(3)
Architects	83	(3)
The `Kite' area	86	(1)
Sport	87	(1)
Builders and developers	88	(3)
Localities in Cambridge	91	(4)
Hospitals	95	(2)
A poet	97	(2)
Mayors	99	(8)
Churches and saints	107	(1)
The High Stewards: unprotected protectors	108	(10)
Inclosures	118	(3)
The twentieth century	121	(21)
The later colleges	121	(1)
Scientists	122	(2)
Musical composers	124	(1)
The armed services	125	(2)
Politicians	127	(1)
Landowners, farmers and businessmen	128	(6)
Clergy	134	(1)
Benefactors	134	(1)
Others	135	(7)
Plan of street locations	142	(3)
Index of streets	145