Title Cambridge Street-Names : Their Origins and Associations / Ronald Gray and Derek Stubbings ; With Illustrations by Virén Sahai.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 159 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Note	Includes index.
	Print version record.
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.
Subject	Cambridge (England) -- Gazetteers.
	Street names -- England -- Cambridge.
	Streets -- England -- Cambridge.
	Cambridge (England)
	TRAVEL -- General.
	Street names. (OCoLC)fst01134705
	Streets. (OCoLC)fst01134794
	England -- Cambridge. (OCoLC)fst01204479
Indexed Term	Samfundsvidenskab Geografi.
Genre/Form	Gazetteers. (OCoLC)fst01423817
Added Author	Stubbings, Derek.
Other Form:	Print version: Gray, Ronald D. Cambridge street-names. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521789567 (DLC) 00031174 (OCoLC)43945254
ISBN	0511041071 (electronic bk.)
	9780511041075 (electronic bk.)
	0511118872 (electronic bk.)
	9780511118876 (electronic bk.)
	9780511496219 (electronic bk.)
	0511496214 (electronic bk.)

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