In the 17th century many people thought that the river Cam would dry up as a result of Vermuyden's drainage scheme; Cambridge university and the town both protested against the building of the Denver Sluice
The number of inns in Sawston is proof of its importance: it was on the coaching routes between Cambridge and London, and from Norwich to the south-west.
This view looks east past
the much-reduced George
pub, with Burton's facade
beyond, to the junction of
Cambridge Street at the
left and High Street to the
right of the Round House.
From 1757 until 1762 this had been the earlier site of a higher education institution for Nonconformists, who were barred by law from attending Oxford or Cambridge University.
Although the Cambridge version, built in 1831, has barred unglazed windows, the students passing through it were not necessarily looking their last upon the outside world as were the users of the original
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