Description |
1 online resource (xix, 159 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; What do street-names mean?; How can you tell?; Prehistoric; Roman; Anglo-Saxon; Medieval; Barnwell; Town and gown; The beginning of the University; The Reformation; The Renaissance and science; The Civil War; The eighteenth century; War against Napoleon; George IV and his wife; Queen Victoria s reign; The British Empire; Coprolite mining; Coal, corn and iron; Brewers; Trams and buses; Nineteenth-century historians, antiquaries and lawyers; Nineteenth-century scientists; Nineteenth-century bishops and clergy; Architects |
Summary |
This book draws on the great wealth of associations of street-names in Cambridge. It is not a dictionary, but it provides a fascinating series of explanatory entries on historical periods and topics - and on a wide variety of notable and sometimes curious characters who lived in or often visited Cambridge |
Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Geografi |
Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Street names -- England -- Cambridge
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Streets -- England -- Cambridge
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TRAVEL -- General.
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Street names
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Streets
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SUBJECT |
Cambridge (England) -- Gazetteers
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Subject |
England -- Cambridge
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Genre/Form |
Gazetteers
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Gazetteers.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Stubbings, Derek
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ISBN |
0511041071 |
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9780511041075 |
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0511046529 |
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9780511046520 |
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0511118872 |
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9780511118876 |
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9780521789561 |
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0521789567 |
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9780511496219 |
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0511496214 |
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9786610159239 |
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6610159238 |
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1107129397 |
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9781107129399 |
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1280159235 |
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9781280159237 |
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0511148518 |
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9780511148514 |
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0511305370 |
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9780511305375 |
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