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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 the users of the original

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

Madingley Hall was purchased by Cambridge University in 1948 for the Extra-Mural Board, their staff and research students. By 1950 the stables had been rebuilt to provide offices and accommodation.

Among the wooden walls to be seen at Devonport around 1904 were the gunnery training ships 'Cambridge' and 'Calcutta', the torpedo schoolship 'Defiance', the receiving ship 'Circe', and the training

With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge. Indentification of one's own on retrieval must have proved challenging!

The first village settlement was around a huge green beside the Car Dyke, a Roman ditch that connected Cambridge with Peterborough and the north.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

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

It fell out of use when the St Ives to Cambridge railway was built in c1850. The house with the 'Sold' sign was the Swan Inn; like the other houses it was built on a bank above the dock.

North-east of Cambridge, the River Cam quickly becomes wooded on either side, setting an attractive scene here at Baits Bite Lock.

North-east of Cambridge, the River Cam quickly becomes wooded on either side, setting an attractive scene here at Baits Bite Lock.

It is here that the poet Byron is said to have swum naked with a choirboy from Cambridge.

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

The Cambridge Cottage Improvement Society bought them in 1938 for £150, and with a grant, Wrights Row was repaired and modernised. This scene has not changed at all in the past 45 years.

We are now looking towards Bagshot, with the Cambridge Hotel the last building on the right.

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.

They were opened by the then Master of Trinity College Cambridge, the Reverend Butler.

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.

To the right one can just see the Cambridge Tea-Rooms, a smart place to have morning coffee or afternoon tea. Further up on the right is Whites Garage, with the clock outside.

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.

This shows the early 16th-century nave and aisle designed by John Wastell, the architect of King's College, Cambridge. Sir George Scott designed the hammer-beam roof and the chancel (1865-69).

In 1579, 146 tons of stone were shipped from here to Cambridge for the new chapel of Corpus Christi.

Parked outside Timothy Whites (left) is a 1954 Austin A40 Cambridge saloon. There were over 600 Timothy Whites chemists across the UK.

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