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Andrew Roberts
May 2011
The roads that make up the Estate
were named by Cambridge Council
in 1946 and this is a brief note of the
famous individuals whose names
were adopted (Paget, Anstey, Foster
and Byron). See also the
introduction to The Estate.
May 2011
The roads that make up the Estate
were named by Cambridge Council
in 1946 and this is a brief note of the
famous individuals whose names
were adopted (Paget, Anstey, Foster
and Byron). See also the
introduction to The Estate.
| Anstey Way from Paget Road. Photos: Andrew Roberts, May 2011. |
Paget Road and Paget Close
Sir George Edward Paget (1809-92) was born in
Great Yarmouth in 1809, one of 17 children of
Samuel Paget, a ship-owner and brewer, and
Sarah Elizabeth Tolver. He was educated at
Charterhouse School and Gonville & Caius
College, studying medicine in Cambridge, Paris
and London. He joined the staff of
Addenbrooke's Hospital as Physician in 1839.
He married Clara Fardell, the daughter of the
Vicar of Sutton, Ely, in 1851. With George
Murray Humphry, he was intimately involved in
the development of the Hospital and the
Medical School.
Paget was appointed Regius Professor of Physic
in 1872 and elected a Fellow of the Royal
Society in 1873. He introduced the practice of
bedside examinations in clinical medicine, the
first time this had been a standard approach. He
retired from his position as Physician at
Addenbrooke's in 1884 after 45 years in the
post.
He established the Natural Science Tripos in the
University. The emergence of Cambridge as a
leading centre in the natural and medical
sciences owes much to his efforts. However, he
was a conservative influence within the
University and its Senate, arguing against the
abolition of university tests and the admission of
women. He was made a Knight Commander of
the Bath in 1885.
Sources:
Arthur Rook, Margaret Carlton and W. Graham
Cannon (1991). The History of Addenbrooke's
Hospital. Cambridge: CUP. Pages 101-03,
105-09.
Mark W. Weatherall (2009). 'Paget, Sir George
Edward (1809-1892)', Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography, Oxford University Press.
Anstey Way
The manor known as Anstey Hall was acquired
by Dr Christopher Anstey in 1748 after he and
his wife, Mary, contested the will of her father,
Anthony Thompson. The estate remained in the
Anstey family until 1838, when it was sold to
Ebenezer Foster, who retained the name of the
hall. The most famous member of the family
was Dr Christopher Anstey's son, also
Christopher, who was born in Trumpington in
1724 and was the author of the allegedly
humorous New Bath Guide. He lived in Bath
from around 1770 to his death in 1805.
Sources:
Robert James Merrett (2009). 'Anstey,
Christopher (1724-1805)', Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography, Oxford University Press.
The Victoria History of the Counties of England
(1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the
Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and
Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington.
Foster Road
Ebenezer Foster was a Cambridge banker who
purchased Anstey Hall in 1838. It remained in
the Foster family until the 1940s: it was
requisitioned by the government in 1941 and
then sold to the government.
Sources:
The Victoria History of the Counties of England
(1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the
Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and
Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington.
Byron Square
Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was
an acclaimed poet. He inherited the title at the
age of 10 and went up to Trinity College in
1805 at the age of 17, with rooms in the Great
Court. When he was prevented from having a
dog in college, he retaliated by having a tame
bear which he kept in the tower above his
rooms. He supposedly swam at the weir in the
area now known as Byron's Pool. His poetry
was condemned by contemporary critics but
was immensely popular in England and abroad.
Sources:
Margaret Drabble (1985). The Oxford
Companion to English Literature. Fifth edition.
Oxford: University Press.
Jerome McGann (2009). 'Byron, George
Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)',
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,
Oxford University Press.
Sir George Edward Paget (1809-92) was born in
Great Yarmouth in 1809, one of 17 children of
Samuel Paget, a ship-owner and brewer, and
Sarah Elizabeth Tolver. He was educated at
Charterhouse School and Gonville & Caius
College, studying medicine in Cambridge, Paris
and London. He joined the staff of
Addenbrooke's Hospital as Physician in 1839.
He married Clara Fardell, the daughter of the
Vicar of Sutton, Ely, in 1851. With George
Murray Humphry, he was intimately involved in
the development of the Hospital and the
Medical School.
Paget was appointed Regius Professor of Physic
in 1872 and elected a Fellow of the Royal
Society in 1873. He introduced the practice of
bedside examinations in clinical medicine, the
first time this had been a standard approach. He
retired from his position as Physician at
Addenbrooke's in 1884 after 45 years in the
post.
He established the Natural Science Tripos in the
University. The emergence of Cambridge as a
leading centre in the natural and medical
sciences owes much to his efforts. However, he
was a conservative influence within the
University and its Senate, arguing against the
abolition of university tests and the admission of
women. He was made a Knight Commander of
the Bath in 1885.
Sources:
Arthur Rook, Margaret Carlton and W. Graham
Cannon (1991). The History of Addenbrooke's
Hospital. Cambridge: CUP. Pages 101-03,
105-09.
Mark W. Weatherall (2009). 'Paget, Sir George
Edward (1809-1892)', Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography, Oxford University Press.
Anstey Way
The manor known as Anstey Hall was acquired
by Dr Christopher Anstey in 1748 after he and
his wife, Mary, contested the will of her father,
Anthony Thompson. The estate remained in the
Anstey family until 1838, when it was sold to
Ebenezer Foster, who retained the name of the
hall. The most famous member of the family
was Dr Christopher Anstey's son, also
Christopher, who was born in Trumpington in
1724 and was the author of the allegedly
humorous New Bath Guide. He lived in Bath
from around 1770 to his death in 1805.
Sources:
Robert James Merrett (2009). 'Anstey,
Christopher (1724-1805)', Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography, Oxford University Press.
The Victoria History of the Counties of England
(1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the
Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and
Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington.
Foster Road
Ebenezer Foster was a Cambridge banker who
purchased Anstey Hall in 1838. It remained in
the Foster family until the 1940s: it was
requisitioned by the government in 1941 and
then sold to the government.
Sources:
The Victoria History of the Counties of England
(1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the
Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and
Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington.
Byron Square
Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was
an acclaimed poet. He inherited the title at the
age of 10 and went up to Trinity College in
1805 at the age of 17, with rooms in the Great
Court. When he was prevented from having a
dog in college, he retaliated by having a tame
bear which he kept in the tower above his
rooms. He supposedly swam at the weir in the
area now known as Byron's Pool. His poetry
was condemned by contemporary critics but
was immensely popular in England and abroad.
Sources:
Margaret Drabble (1985). The Oxford
Companion to English Literature. Fifth edition.
Oxford: University Press.
Jerome McGann (2009). 'Byron, George
Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)',
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,
Oxford University Press.
| The Paget Road sign and Trumpington Pavilion, May 2011. |
| Paget Road looking north from the Anstey Way junction, May 2011. |
| Anstey Way from Paget Road, May 2011. |
| Anstey Way looking east from the shops, May 2011. |
| The south end of Foster Road, looking east, May 2011. |
| The south end of Foster Road, looking east, May 2011. |
| The north side of Byron Square, looking east, May 2011. |
| The playing field and the south side of Byron Square, May 2011. |
