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Author Gray, Ronald D

Title Cambridge Street-Names : Their Origins and Associations / Ronald Gray and Derek Stubbings ; With Illustrations by Virén Sahai
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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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
English
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Subject Street names -- England -- Cambridge
Streets -- England -- Cambridge
TRAVEL -- General.
Street names
Streets
SUBJECT Cambridge (England) -- Gazetteers
Subject England -- Cambridge
Genre/Form Gazetteers
Gazetteers.
Form Electronic book
Author Stubbings, Derek
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