This walking trail will lead you from the area surrounding St Pauls School into the Market place in the heart of Cambridge, exploring the important stories along the way including the The Cambridge Uniiversity Botanical Gardens, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Great St Mary's the Cambridge Gaol Overlooking Parker's Piece and give you insights into the Cambridge Coat of Arms, the story of football, and much more!
You can see a preview or the trail and route below or download a pdf version HERE
Michael Rosen has composed poems about Cambridge people and places pinned to the history trail which Historyworks has recorded with some new songs performed by local primary children to entertain you on your journey. The trail lasts approximately 90 minutes.
Audio Trail downloadable in MP3 format available on the web at: www.audioboom.fm/historyworks
© Historyworks 2017.
This trail & accompanying audio have been devised and produced by Helen Weinstein, to whom all suggestions for revisions should be directed (historyworkstv@gmail.com).
Narration of the trails by Michael Rosen. Michael Rosen is a poet, novelist, broadcaster, famous for his poems like 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt', 'Chocolate Cake', and for this project his poems include 'The Fitzwilliam Lions' and 'Coldham's Common'. Photos from Cambridgeshire Collection, the National Railways Museum and Historyworks.
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A) Botanic Garden
<p>The original Cambridge University Botanic Garden was not on the current site, but were established in the centre of town between 1760-63 where the Cavendish Laboratory …
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B) Hobson's Fountain
<p><span>In Tudor times, Cambridge was a very smelly place, with toilets being emptied into the river, and dirty water spreading diseases! To help clean up the …
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C) The Old Hospital
<p><span>Addenbrooke’s Hospital was originally located on the site of the University's Judge Business School on Trumpington Street. It was founded following a generous gift of £4,500, …
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D) Fitzwilliam Lions
<p>The Fitzwilliam Museum was founded thanks to Richard, VII Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who donated his library and collection of art to the University in 1816, …
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E) Great St. Mary’s Church
<p class="p1">Great St. Mary’s foundations were thought to have been laid around 1010 and it was first recorded in legal documents in 1205 when the Church …
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F) The Fire of 1849 in Market Square
<p><span>On the night of Saturday 15th September 1849 there was a huge blaze which came to be known as the Great Fire of Cambridge Market. It …
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G) Sedgwick Museum
<p><span>The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences was founded in 1904 in memory of Adam Sedgwick. It was designed as a working museum where research could also …
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H) Cambridge Town Gaol
<p><span>There was a prison cell to lock up criminals on the Market Place in medieval times and then a big prison on Castle Hill, but in …
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I) The Two Mills of Mill Road
<p><span>There have been two famous Mills on Mill Road. The street was originally named because of the windmill that was for milling grain to bake bread …
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