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Edited by Andrew Roberts
Trumpington's history in the 18th century, including early schools, the
construction of turnpikes and the building of Trumpington Hall. One of a
series of pages with Trumpington's timeline.
Trumpington's history in the 18th century, including early schools, the
construction of turnpikes and the building of Trumpington Hall. One of a
series of pages with Trumpington's timeline.
1708
Implementation of the William Austin bequest (1679): the parish appointed a school dame and it
was possible to support 11 poor children.
Sources of information: 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, page 266.
Local History Group web page: Education and schools in Trumpington
Implementation of the William Austin bequest (1679): the parish appointed a school dame and it
was possible to support 11 poor children.
Sources of information: 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, page 266.
Local History Group web page: Education and schools in Trumpington
| Milestone erected in 1728 at the Stone Bridge, now the junction of Trumpington Road and Brooklands Avenue. Photo: Andrew Roberts, September 2007. |
1715-35
Building of the current Trumpington Hall by Francis
Pemberton on the site of the earlier manor house to
the west of the village centre, overlooking the River
Cam and Grantchester further to the west. The Early
Georgian house was further extended in the early 19th
century and through the 20th century.
Sources of information: 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,
page 254. Pevsner, Nicholas (1970). Cambridgeshire.
The Buildings of England.
Local History Group web page: Trumpington Hall and
the Pemberton Family.
Building of the current Trumpington Hall by Francis
Pemberton on the site of the earlier manor house to
the west of the village centre, overlooking the River
Cam and Grantchester further to the west. The Early
Georgian house was further extended in the early 19th
century and through the 20th century.
Sources of information: 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,
page 254. Pevsner, Nicholas (1970). Cambridgeshire.
The Buildings of England.
Local History Group web page: Trumpington Hall and
the Pemberton Family.
1724
Construction of the Chesterford (Stump Cross) to Cambridge,
Turnpike Road and later erection of milestones along the route
(still in situ on Trumpington Road and Shelford Road).
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties
of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge
& the Isle of Ely. Volume II. Page 85. The Victoria History of
the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow
Hundreds. Great Shelford, page 208.
Local History Group web page: Early History of Shelford Road
Construction of the Chesterford (Stump Cross) to Cambridge,
Turnpike Road and later erection of milestones along the route
(still in situ on Trumpington Road and Shelford Road).
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties
of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge
& the Isle of Ely. Volume II. Page 85. The Victoria History of
the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow
Hundreds. Great Shelford, page 208.
Local History Group web page: Early History of Shelford Road
| Above: the second milestone on the Stump Cross Turnpike Road, outside 174 Shelford Road, near the parish boundary. Left: the first (fallen) milestone at the start of the Stump Cross Turnpike Road, on Trumpington Road near Barrow Road. Photos: Andrew Roberts, January 2008. |
1724-25 and 1728
Construction of the Fowlmere to Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Turnpike Road, in 1724-25.
The road is marked by the Trinity Hall Milestones from Great St Mary's Church to London,
dating from 1728. They were introduced by William Warren, Fellow of Trinity Hall, and are
said to be the first milestones in Britain since the Roman period.
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of
the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II. Page 85.
Local History Group web page: Early History of Chaucer Road and Latham Road.
Construction of the Fowlmere to Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Turnpike Road, in 1724-25.
The road is marked by the Trinity Hall Milestones from Great St Mary's Church to London,
dating from 1728. They were introduced by William Warren, Fellow of Trinity Hall, and are
said to be the first milestones in Britain since the Roman period.
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of
the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II. Page 85.
Local History Group web page: Early History of Chaucer Road and Latham Road.
| Milestones erected in 1728 along the Fowlmere to Cambridge Turnpike Road. Left: the first milestone from Cambridge at the Stone Bridge (now the junction of Trumpington Road and Brooklands Avenue). Centre: the second milestone, on Trumpington High Street near Wingate Way. Right: the third milestone on Hauxton Road near the entrance to the Park & Ride site. Photos: Andrew Roberts, September 2007 and June 2008. |
1790
Act passed to enhance the turnpike from Chesterford
(Stump Cross) to Cambridge, with a number of a
number of provisions, including that there should be no
buildings other than toll houses within 30 ft of the centre
of the road.
Sources of information: Act for Road from Stump Cross
to Trumpington, Stump Cross Turnpike Trust (Statutes
30 George III, c.94, 1790). Copy at Cambridgeshire
Archives, P175/28/1.
Local History Group web page: Early History of
Shelford Road
Act passed to enhance the turnpike from Chesterford
(Stump Cross) to Cambridge, with a number of a
number of provisions, including that there should be no
buildings other than toll houses within 30 ft of the centre
of the road.
Sources of information: Act for Road from Stump Cross
to Trumpington, Stump Cross Turnpike Trust (Statutes
30 George III, c.94, 1790). Copy at Cambridgeshire
Archives, P175/28/1.
Local History Group web page: Early History of
Shelford Road
| Morris men performing at the rear of Trumpington Hall, Trumpington Medieval Weekend. Photo: Andrew Roberts, June 1989. |
1748
The house now called 'Anstey Hall' passes
into the Anstey family, when Dr Christopher
Anstey and his wife Mary successfully contest
the will of her nephew James Thompson.
Sources of information: 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, page 255. Pevsner,
Nicholas (1970). Cambridgeshire. The
Buildings of England.
The house now called 'Anstey Hall' passes
into the Anstey family, when Dr Christopher
Anstey and his wife Mary successfully contest
the will of her nephew James Thompson.
Sources of information: 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, page 255. Pevsner,
Nicholas (1970). Cambridgeshire. The
Buildings of England.
| The south front of Anstey Hall. Photos: Andrew Roberts, September 2008. |
1760s
Dr Anstey's son and heir, Christopher Anstey (1724-1805), retired to Bath, poet and author of
the 'humorous' New Bath Guide, 1766.
Sources of information: Merrett, Robert (2009). 'Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)', Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography. 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, page 255.
Dr Anstey's son and heir, Christopher Anstey (1724-1805), retired to Bath, poet and author of
the 'humorous' New Bath Guide, 1766.
Sources of information: Merrett, Robert (2009). 'Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)', Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography. 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, page 255.
1770s
Last known hanging on Gibbet Hill, to the east of Trumpington Road (the area where Leighton
House was built in the late 19th century, now the Perse Preparatory School).
Sources of information:
Last known hanging on Gibbet Hill, to the east of Trumpington Road (the area where Leighton
House was built in the late 19th century, now the Perse Preparatory School).
Sources of information:
1783
James Cuming was appointed schoolmaster of the Dame School and continued in post until
1837, when his son, Charles, did the teaching. By 1791, James was also keeping a boarding
school.
Sources of information: 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, page 266.
Local History Group web page: Education and schools in Trumpington
James Cuming was appointed schoolmaster of the Dame School and continued in post until
1837, when his son, Charles, did the teaching. By 1791, James was also keeping a boarding
school.
Sources of information: 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, page 266.
Local History Group web page: Education and schools in Trumpington
| Extract from title page, Act for Road from Stump Cross to Trumpington, Stump Cross Turnpike Trust (Statutes 30 George III, c.94, 1790). Reproduced by permission of Cambridgeshire Archives, P175/28/1. |
1790
Brasley Bridge constructed over the River Cam between Trumpington and Grantchester,
replacing an earlier ford.
Sources of information: 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, page 249.
Brasley Bridge constructed over the River Cam between Trumpington and Grantchester,
replacing an earlier ford.
Sources of information: 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, page 249.
1796
Transport options from Cambridge to London now included a nightly Royal Mail coach, 16
shillings per passenger, taking only 7½ hours.
Sources of information: Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The
History of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Page 24.
Transport options from Cambridge to London now included a nightly Royal Mail coach, 16
shillings per passenger, taking only 7½ hours.
Sources of information: Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The
History of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Page 24.
1760
There was a daily passenger service from Cambridge to London carrying four passenger,
costing 12 shillings and taking 10 hours.
Sources of information: Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The
History of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Page 24.
There was a daily passenger service from Cambridge to London carrying four passenger,
costing 12 shillings and taking 10 hours.
Sources of information: Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The
History of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Page 24.
1766
The first patients were admitted to the new Addenbrooke's Hospital in October 1766. It was
built on what was then the southern edge of Cambridge, on the road to Trumpington. This was
a period when the town was stagnating, with a static population, few new houses, unpaved
streets, diseases including typhoid and a polluted river. Patients were drawn from Cambridge
and the surrounding parishes.
John Addenbrooke (c. 1681-1719) left his estate of £4067 2s. 1¼d. "to hire, fit-up, purchase or
erect a building fit for a small physicall hospital for poor people". He had been a student at
Catharine Hall (now St Catharine's College) from 1697, then had a medical career, leaving
Cambridge in 1711-12 to set up practice in London. Despite the nearly 40 year gap from his
death to the hospital opening, Addenbrooke's was one of the earliest general hospitals to be
established outside London.
From 1772, the hospital was supplied with water from Hobson's Conduit.
The Pemberton family was one of the leading supporters of the hospital from its opening to the
present day.
Sources of information: Cambridge University Hospitals Web site [accessed 8 January 2011].
Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The History of
Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Pages 12-19, 21-23, 27, 68. The
Victoria History of the Counties of England (1959). The History of the County of Cambridge &
the Isle of Ely. Volume III. The City and University of Cambridge. Public Health, page
106-08.Woodward, John (2008). 'Addenbrooke, John (bap. 1681, d. 1719)', Oxford Dictionary
of National Biography. Oxford University Press. [accessed 22 December 2010]
The first patients were admitted to the new Addenbrooke's Hospital in October 1766. It was
built on what was then the southern edge of Cambridge, on the road to Trumpington. This was
a period when the town was stagnating, with a static population, few new houses, unpaved
streets, diseases including typhoid and a polluted river. Patients were drawn from Cambridge
and the surrounding parishes.
John Addenbrooke (c. 1681-1719) left his estate of £4067 2s. 1¼d. "to hire, fit-up, purchase or
erect a building fit for a small physicall hospital for poor people". He had been a student at
Catharine Hall (now St Catharine's College) from 1697, then had a medical career, leaving
Cambridge in 1711-12 to set up practice in London. Despite the nearly 40 year gap from his
death to the hospital opening, Addenbrooke's was one of the earliest general hospitals to be
established outside London.
From 1772, the hospital was supplied with water from Hobson's Conduit.
The Pemberton family was one of the leading supporters of the hospital from its opening to the
present day.
Sources of information: Cambridge University Hospitals Web site [accessed 8 January 2011].
Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The History of
Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Pages 12-19, 21-23, 27, 68. The
Victoria History of the Counties of England (1959). The History of the County of Cambridge &
the Isle of Ely. Volume III. The City and University of Cambridge. Public Health, page
106-08.Woodward, John (2008). 'Addenbrooke, John (bap. 1681, d. 1719)', Oxford Dictionary
of National Biography. Oxford University Press. [accessed 22 December 2010]
1702
The coach service from Cambridge to London took 15 hours..
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1959). The History of
the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume III. The City and University of
Cambridge. City of Cambridge, page 1.
The coach service from Cambridge to London took 15 hours..
Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1959). The History of
the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume III. The City and University of
Cambridge. City of Cambridge, page 1.