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Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

In 1700s and 1800s, Barkway lay on the main coach route from London to Cambridge. The Angel Inn (later the Wheatsheaf) served as the main staging post for travellers.

Ten years before the annual Royal Regatta began, the first Oxford and Cambridge University boat race was held on the Thames at Henley.

Cambridge's Marshall Airport was built just the year before this photograph was taken.

The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.

The rowers pictured here would almost certainly have come from Cambridge University, who tend to use the river here when practising for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race because of its greater width

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Cambridge's Marshall Airport was built just the year before this photograph was taken.

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

The very fine 15th-century gateway came from the Old Schools in Cambridge in c1754. Queen Victoria rented Madingley Hall in 1861 while the Prince of Wales was at Cambridge.

Cambridge Military Hospital 1891 Named after the Duke of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's uncle, this most distinguished of buildings opened as a military hospital in 1879 and remained in use for

The Cambridge Hotel, on the corner of the High Street, was built in 1862 by Charles Raleigh Knight, and was named after the second Duke of Cambridge.

Originally called Cambridge Town, in honour of the Duke of Cambridge who founded the Army Staff College here, its name had to be changed to avoid confusion within the postal service with its university

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

Cambridge Street, misleadingly, does not head for Cambridge, and was formerly Bakers Lane. It is now a one-way street - the far end was demolished for the inner relief road.

A man brings his horses in from the fields, passing the small pub advertising tea gardens to attract visitors from Cambridge.

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

Here we see manually-operated lock gates in the River Cam at Waterbeach, north of Cambridge. These days the lock is electrically operated.

This small inn stands at the edge of the village on the main London route into Cambridge where it crosses the River Granta. The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

Not part of the University, Westminster College is one of several theological colleges in Cambridge; this one is the college of the Presbyterian Church of England.