Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations - Brossura

Gray, Ronald

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521789567 ISBN 13: 9780521789561

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Riassunto

This 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.

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Descrizione del libro:

This 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 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.

Contenuti:

1. What do street-names mean?; 2. How can you tell?; 3. Prehistoric; 4. Roman; 5. Anglo-Saxon; 6. Medieval; 7. Barnwell; 8. Town and gown; 9. The beginning of the university; 10. The Reformation; 11. The Renaissance and science; 12. The Civil War; 13. The eighteenth century; 14. War against Napoleon; 15. George IV and his wife; 16. Queen Victoria's reign; 17. The British Empire; 18. Coprolite mining; 19. Coal, corn and iron; 20. Brewers; 21. Trams and buses; 22. Nineteenth-century historians, antiquaries and lawyers; 23. Nineteenth-century scientists; 24. Nineteeth-century bishops and clergy; 25. The 'Kite' area; 26. Sport; 27. Builders and developers; 28. Places in Cambridge; 29. Hospitals; 30. A poet; 31. Mayors; 32. Churches and saints; 33. The High Stewards: unprotected protectors; 34. Inclosures; 35. The twentieth century.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521789567
• ISBN 13: 9780521789561
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 180