| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 159 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cambridge (England) -- Gazetteers.
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Street names -- England -- Cambridge.
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Street names. |
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England -- Cambridge. |
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Streets -- England -- Cambridge.
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Streets. |
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Cambridge (England) |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Geografi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Gazetteers.
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Gazetteers.
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| Added Author |
Stubbings, Derek.
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| 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 book) |
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9780511041075 (electronic book) |
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0511046529 |
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9780511046520 |
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0511118872 (electronic book) |
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9780511118876 (electronic book) |
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9780521789561 (paperback) |
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0521789567 (paperback) |
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9780511496219 (electronic book) |
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0511496214 (electronic book) |
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