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fllMneral Maters.
A Concise Guide to the
Town and University of
Cambridge
In Four Walks
By
John Willis Clark
M.A., F.S.A.
Registrary of the University
Formerly Fellow of Trinity College
Cambridge
Macmillan and Bowes
1902
Edition, 1898.
Second Edition, 1902.
PREFACE.
HOSE who have helped me in the preparation of this
-L work are too numerous to mention individually ; and
I must ask them to accept this collective expression of my
obligations. Special thanks are due to :
1. The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, for
permission to use the text of their Architectural History of
the University and Colleges a permission of which I have
largely availed myself , and also for the loan of the following
woodcuts :
Library of Trinity Hall (p. 26), Gate of Virtue (p. 30), Bookcases in
Library of S. John's College (p. 59), Old Hall, Corpus Christi College
(p. 125), Tower of S. Benedict's Church (p. 127), Eiver Front of Queens'
College (p. 134).
2. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for the loan of a
woodcut from their Proceedings and Communications :
Section of the Castle Hill (p. 72).
3. Messrs Cassell and Co., for the loan of the following
woodcuts :
Great S. Mary's Church (p. 4), Senate-House (p. 9), King's College
Chapel, S. Porch (p. 12), Do. Interior (p. 13), S. John's College Chapel
(p. 51), Round Church, exterior (p. 63), Fitzwilliam Museum (p. 108),
Pitt Press (p. 123).
4. Messrs Macmillan and Co., for the loan of a woodcut
from Green's Short History :
Round Church, interior (p. 63).
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vi Preface-
5. Messrs Seeley and Co., for the loan of the following
woodcuts from Cambridge : llr'n'f historical and descriptive
Notes, by J. W. Clark, M.A.
King's College, from the left bank of the River (p. 20), Clare College,
Gateway in East Range (p. 23), Trinity College, Great Court (p. 41),
S. John's College, Third Court (p. 60), Magdalene College, Pepysian
Library (p. 68), Christ's College Garden (p. 86), Jesus College, Entrance-
gateway (p. 95).
JOHN WILLIS* CLARK.
28 June, 1902.
INTRODUCTION.
IN this Concise Guide I do not profess to give an exhaustive
account of Cambridge, but merely to draw the attention
of a Visitor, who has only a short time at his disposal, to what
appears to me to be most important. With his convenience
in view, I have made my descriptions as brief as possible ;
I have given no historical references ; and I have rigorously
excluded all matters requiring special knowledge or detailed
examination. In one direction only have I attempted fuller
accounts than are usually to be found in guide-books. With
the kind cooperation of the Professors and others (whom I
take this opportunity of thanking) I have described in some
detail the Scientific Museums and Laboratories which have of
late years been so largely developed by the University ; as
also the Botanic Garden, the Observatory, the Fitzwilliam
Museum, and the Museum of General and Local Archeology
and of Ethnology.
Those who require fuller information on the history of the
Town and the University are referred to the following works :
The Architectural History of the University. By the late Bob. Willis,
M.A., edited by J. W. Clark, M.A., Camb. 1886.
Cambridge described and illustrated. By T. D. Atkinson. Camb. 1897.
The University of Cambridge. By J. B. Mullinger. 2 vols. Camb.
187384.
viii Introduction
I have often heard strangers complain of the loss of
time entailed by the difficulty of finding their way about
Cambridge. To obviate this I have constructed Four WALKS,
in the course of which, with the help of the Plan, everything
of importance can be at least looked at ; and, lastly, for the
convenience of those who are too much hurried to undertake
these, I have constructed a Fifth WALK, in which those places
only are mentioned which in my judgment are indispensable.
I have appended to these walks a Chronological Table,
divided into the reigns of sovereigns, in which I have in-
cluded a few leading events of general importance, to serve as
landmarks to connect the history of the Town and University
with that of the Kingdom.
An outline of the WALKS shall next be given, with the page
in the volume where each place mentioned is described. The
names of those places that are merely alluded to in passing
are indented, and marked with an asterisk. This enumeration
will do duty as a table of contents.
FIRST WALK.
Great S. Mary's Church ........ 3
University Library .........
Senate-House .......... ( J
*King's Parade ........ 10
King's College .......... 10
West court of Library, with gateway ...... 21
Woodwardian Museum of Geology ...... 21
Clare College ........... 22
Trinity Hall ........... 25
Gonville and Caius College ........ 28
Church of S. Michael .... 3*2
*Eose Crescent .
* Turk's Head Coffee-House
Trinity College
*Site of All Saints' Church
32
33
33
48
Introduction ix
PAGE
Selwyn Divinity School ........ 48
S. John's College . . . . . ... . . 48
Church of Holy Sepulchre ........ 62
Church of S. Clement .... . . . . . . 65
Great Bridge 65
*Fisher Lane . 66
Magdalene College ......... 66
*The Cross Keys Inn 69
Church of S. Giles . . ...... . 69
Church of All Saints by the Castle 70
Church of S. Peter hy the Castle 70
*Shire Hall 71
Castle Hill . . 71
*School of Pythagoras 74
*Westminster Theological College .... 74
Observatory . . . . . . ... . . 74
*Erasmus' Walk . 75
Girton College .......... 75
SECOND WALK.
Market-Place .77
*Eose and Crown Inn ...... 78
Guildhall . . . . . 79
*Corn Exchange . 79
*Free Library . 79
*Mortlock's Bank . . . ... . 79
Church of S. Edward . . . . 79
Petty Cury 80
*Ked Lion Hotel ....... 80
Falcon Inn . . . 80
*Wrestlers' Inn 80
*Barnwell Gate '.'..'. . . . . 80
*King's Ditch 81
Church of S. Andrew the Great . . . . . . . 82
Christ's College 82
*Wesleyan Chapel . . . . . . .87
^Fosters' Bank 87
Church of the Holy Trinity . . . . . . . . 87
Henry Martyn Hall 87
Sidney Sussex College . . . ... . . . 88
University Pitt Club . . . . . . 90
*Friends' Meeting House 90
* Amateur Dramatic Club 90
x Introduction
PAGE
Jesus College 91
Church of All Saints 99
*Midsumnier Common and Fair .... HI)
The Kiver 99
Stourbridge Fair 101
Stourbridge Chapel 101
Church of S. Andrew the Less 101
*Abbey House 102
Barnwell Priory 102
*Christ Church 102
Parker's Piece 102
'University Arms Hotel 102
New Theatre 108
*New Police Station 103
*Baptist Chapel 103
Castle Inn 103
Downing College 103
*Presbyterian Church 104
Emmanuel College 105
THIRD WALK.
Fitzwilliam Museum ......... 107
Addenbrooke's Hospital ........ 110
Fitzwilliam Hall Ill
Peterhouse Ill
Church of S. Mary the Less 114
Museum of General and Local Archeology and of Ethnology . 115
Fitzwilliam Museum of Classical Archeology . . . .118
*Emmanuel Cougregationalist Church . . . 118
Pembroke College 119
University Printing-Press ........ 122
*Trumpington Gate 123
Church of S. Botolph lL>3
Corpus Christi College 124
*London and County Bank 12(>
Church of S. Benedict 120
*Bull Hotel 128
S. Catharine's College 128
Queens' College .... ...... 131
*Small Bridges 134
King's Mill and Bishop's Mill 134
Introduction xi
PAGE
Kidley Hall 135
Newnham College .......... 136
Selwyn College 137
*Kifle Range 138
FOURTH WALK.
Museums of Science ......... 139
Pathology 142
Medicine and Surgery ....... 143
Zoology 144
Physiological Laboratory . . . . . . 149
Human Anatomy ........ 150
Botany .......... 151
Mineralogy . . . . . . . . . 153
Zoological Laboratory . . . . . . .155
Cavendish Laboratory of Experimental Physics . . 156
Mechanism and Engineering Laboratory . . . 158
Chemical Laboratory ....... 158
Botanic Garden . . 162
FIFTH WALK.
(Supplement tary. )
Great S. Mary's Church 3
King's College . 10
Clare College 22
Walk down Avenue to Backs of Colleges and return
through Trinity College Avenue
Trinity College 33
S. John's College 48
Church of Holy Sepulchre . . . . . . . 62
Jesus College ........... 91
Walk to "Four Lamps," and thence diagonally across
Christ's Pieces to Christ's Lane, and
Christ's College . . . . 82
Petty Cury 80
Market-Place 77
xii Introduction
I'AGK
Church of S. Benedict . .126
Corpus Chrisii College 124
S. Catharine's College 128
Cross the court of S. Catharine's College to
Queens' College 131
Pembroke College 119
Peterhouse Ill
Fitzwilliam Museum . . . . . . . . .107
Chronological Summary . . . . . . . .169
Index 173
CAB FARES.
The following rates or fares shall be paid for hackney coaches and
other carriages licensed to ply for hire from seven in the morning to
eleven o'clock at night.
Between eleven o'clock at night and seven o'clock in the morning,
fares shall be one and a half times those stated in the following tables.
The hirer shall decide whether the hiring is to be taken by time or
distance, but if nothing be said on the subject it shall be taken to be by
distance.
Fares for Time.
Description of Carriage and No.
of Passengers to be carried.
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For each succeeding quarter of an hour or
part thereof
For the whole time whatever period
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DISTANCE.
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If the distance exceeds one mile and a half:
For the first mile and a half
For each succeeding half mile or part thereof
For each additional person for the whole journey . .
Luggage not exceeding 112 Ib. in weight shall be carried in or upon a
hackney carriage without any additional charge. When in excess of
112 Ib. there shall be charged and payable a sum after the rate of
sixpence for every 56 Ib. in weight, or any part thereof.
Every driver of a hackney carriage shall afford all reasonable assist-
ance in loading and "unloading any luggage to be conveyed, or which has
been conveyed, in or upon such carriage, and belonging to or in the charge
of any person hiring or being conveyed in such carriage.
TIME TABLE.
A. SERVICES IN COLLEGE CHAPELS.
Open on Wet'k-ilays.
10 a.m. 4. p.in.
11 12a.m. 2 3p.m.
121 a.m. 23 p.m.
King's College. Sunday 10.30a.m. 3.30p.m.
Week-days 5 p.m.
Trinity College. Sunday lla.m. 6.15p.m.
Week-days 7.15 p.m.
S. John's College. Sunday 10.30 a.m. p.m.
Week-days G. 30 p.m.
May term 10 la.m. 2.30 5p.m. Jesus College.
Other times of the year 11 a.m. 12 noon and 3 4 p.m.
B. SERVICES IN PARISH CHURCHES.
* before an hour (e.g.
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1 All Saints.
-S. Andrew the Great.
:! S. Andrew the Less. \
Christ Church, j
Abbey Church.
-S. Benedict.
2 S. Botolph.
2 8. Clement.
' J S. Edward.
*8a.m.) means that the Holy Communion will be celebrated
at the Service indicated.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. 7p.m. (*lst in month,
noon.) Tuesday 10.30 a.m. Thursday *8 a.m.
Daily (except Wednesday) 10a.m., 6 p.m. Wed-
nesday 8 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*lst and 3rd) 6.45p.m.
Week-days 10.30a.m. 5.30p.m. Wednesday
7.30p.m.
Sunday lla.m. (*lst and 3rd), 3.30p.m. (*5th),
I 6.45 p.m. (*2nd and 4th at 8 p.m.) Wednesday
7.30p.m.
Sunday lla.m. (*lst), 6.45p.m. (*3rd). Thursday
7.30p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*lst and 3rd), G.45p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*every Sunday and Saints
Day), 7p.m. Week-days lla.m.
Sunday *7.45 a.m. *10.30a.m. 11.30a.m. 6.45p.m
Week-days *7.30 a.m. 8.20 a.m. 8p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*2nd and *4th), 7 p.m
Open 10 6. 2 Open. Not open.
Time Table
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J S. Giles.
-S. Peter's.
1 S. Mary the Great.
1 S. Mary the Less.
:} S. Matthew's.
S. Michael's.
iS. Paul's.
4 Holy Sepulchre.
5 Holy Trinity.
1 Open.
Sunday *8 a.m. (also *lst 7 a.m.), 10.15 a.m.
*11 a.m. 6.45 p.m. Week-days *7.30 a.m.
Wednesday and Friday 7.45 p.m. Other days
6 p.m.
Week-days 10 a.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*12 noon every Sunday),
6.45 p.m. Week-days 9.15 a.m. 6.30 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. (also *lst 7a.m. *2nd 6a.m.),
10.45a.m. (*11.45a.m. every Sunday), 3.15, 4,
6.45p.m. Week-days *7.30 a.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*2nd and last), 3.15p.m.
(*lst), 6.45p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. 11 a.m. (*12 noon every Sunday,
Choral 1st), 6.45 p.m.
Holy Days *8 a.m. 11 am. 5 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*lst), 3p.m. (*2nd),
7 pail. (*4th). Week-days 7.45a.m. Wednesday
and Friday 11 a.m. Wednesday 7. 30 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. (except the 1st), 11 a.m. (*lst),
6.45 p.m. (*3rd). Week-days. Wednesday
7.30 p.m.
Sundays (*2nd), 8 a.m. 11 a.m. (*lst), 3 p.m.
(*4th3.30), 6.45p.m. (*3rd). Week-days. Wed-
nesday 7.30p.m.
2 Open 7.30-10.80. 3 Not open. * 10 4.
5 Until sunset (except Saturday).
C. SERVICES IN OTHER CHURCHES.
Baptist. St Andrew's Street. Sunday 10.30 a.m. 6.30p.m.
Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
Zion Chapel, East Road. Sunday 10.30 a.m.
6.30p.m. Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
Congregational. Emmanuel Church, Trumpingtoii Street. Sunday
11 a.m. 7 p.m. Wednesday 8 p.m.
Presbyterian. S. Columba's, Downing Street. Sunday 11 a.m.
7p.m.
Roman Catholic. Hills Koad. Sunday 8.30a.m. 11 a.m. 3p.m. 7p.m.
Week-days: Monday 7.30 a.m. and 9.15 a.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
7.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. (Friday on alternate weeks
at 8 a.m. only). Saturday 8 a.m. Tuesday
4.20 p.m. Friday 8 p.m.
Wesleyan. Hobson Street. Sunday 10.30 a.m. 6.30 p.m.
Tuesday 7.30p.m.
Hills Road. Sunday 11 a.m. 6.30p.m. Wednesday
7.30p.m.
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D. ADMISSION TO MUSEUMS.
Archeology, Classical : same hoars as Fitzwilliam.
,, General and Local and Ethnology (Curator Baron A. von
Hiigel, M.A., Croft Cottage, Barton Road) : 10 a.m. 6 p.m. in
summer ; 10a.m. 4p.m. in winter.
Fitzwilliam (Director, Dr M. E. James, King's College) : 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
1 Sept. 30 Apr. ; 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 1 May 24 June ; 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
25 June 31 Aug.
Geology, Woodwardian (Curator, Mr H. Keeping) : 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
Museums of Science : inquire of the Porter, Mr H. Lunn, at the entrance
in Free School Lane.
Botanic Garden : 8 a.m. dusk, during the winter months ; 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
during the summer months : the precise hour being indicated by a
notice posted at each gate. The plant-houses may be visited by
strangers after 2 p.m.
Free Library : 10 a.m. 9.30 p.m.
Observatory : by application to the Director, Sir E. Ball.
Trinity College Library : 2 4 p.m. ; if accompanied by a Fellow of the
College, lla.m. 4p.m.
University Library : 9.30a.m. 3.30p.m. 15 Nov. to 31 Jan. ; 10 a.m.
4p.m. 1 Feb. to 14 Nov. ; 9a.m. 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
CAMBKIDGE. '
GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO A STRANGER.
ON leaving the Railway Station a visitor may either walk
into the centre of the town (a distance of about Ij miles) or
take a cab or tram-car.
In either case he passes down Station Road, and then
turns to the right into a road which, under the various names
of Hills-Road, Regent Street, St Andrew's Street, Sidney
Street, Bridge Street, Magdalene Street, and Castle Street,
passes through Cambridge from south to north, and represents
the Roman Via Devana.
On entering this road he passes, left, the WESLEYAN CHAPEL,
a Gothic building, built 1872 ; light, S. PAUL'S CHURCH, built
1842 ; and on the same side of the street the PERSE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL, founded 1615, by Stephen Perse, M.D., Fellow of
Gonville and Caius College. It was rebuilt on this site in
1890. The Perse School for girls is at a little distance ^ in
Panton Street. Opposite to this School, at the corner of Hills
Road and Lensfield Road, is the Roman Catholic Church of
OUR LADY AND THE ENGLISH MARTYRS, built at the sole
cost of Mrs Lyne-Stephens, 18871890; and consecrated
8 October, 1890. It was designed by Messrs Dunn of New-
castle-on-Tyne. It is 165 ft. long, and 83 ft. broad, with a
spire 216 ft. high. A rectory-house, of red brick, adjoins the
church.
At this point the visitor should turn to the left along
Lensfield Road, which joins the Hills Road to the Trumpington
Road. On his right are the newly-built houses called Downing
c.
2 Roman Catholic Church
Grove, behind which are the grounds of Downing College
(p. 103).
SPIRE OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND
THE ENGLISH MARTYRS.
On reaching the Trumpington Road, or Trumpington
Street, the visitor finds himself in what was formerly the usual
Great 8. Mary's Church 3
entrance to Cambridge, when approached by coach or carriage
from London. On his left, at the comer of Lensfield Road
and Trumpington Road, is the old stone Conduit, erected on
the Market Hill in 1614, when a supply of fresh water was
brought into the town from the springs of Nine Wells, in the
parish of Shelford. This conduit was removed to its present
position in 1855. On the opposite side of Trumpington Road
a glimpse may be obtained of the Leys School, founded in
1875 for the education of the sons of Wesleyan Methodists.
It is not, however, confined to any sect. The number of boys
is now about 1 70.
Proceeding down Trumpington Street the following build-
ings, to be described subsequently, are passed : right, Adden-
brooke's Hospital; left, Fitzwilliam Museum; right, Fitzwilliam
Hall, the headquarters of the non-collegiate students ; left,
Peterhouse, the parish church of S. Mary the Less, and the
Congregational Meeting-House or Emmanuel Church ; right,
Pembroke College ; left, between Mill Lane and Silver St.,
the University Press ; right, S. Botolph's Church, Corpus
Christi College, and S. Benet's Church ; left, S. Catharine's
College, and King's College.
The tramway ends at the north-west corner of the Market-
place, where we will suppose the visitor to begin his
FIRST WALK
with a detailed examination of
GREAT S. MARY'S CHURCH,
the largest and most important church in Cambridge. It is a
parish church, and is also used by the University for sermons
on Sundays, the Litany on Ash-Wednesday, and occasionally
at other times.
A church in this position was consecrated 1351 ; the
existing church, an excellent specimen of Perpendicular Gothic,
142 ft. long, by 65 ft. broad, was begun 1478, but proceeded
very slowly, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the
University to obtain subscriptions by sending the Proctors on
horseback through England with begging-letters. The nave-
roof was not framed till 1506; the tower was begun 1491, and
12
4 Great S. Mary's Church
carried up to top of west window 1530. The belfry-stage was
begun 1593, and finished 1608. A west door of the Renais-
sance existed till 1851, when Sir G. G. Scott replaced it by
the present one.
GREAT S. MARY'S CHURCH.
On entering, note nave of five bays, with clerestory, two
windows to each bay. The font, dated 1632, is a good
specimen of Jacobean Gothic. The oak benches, with poppy-
heads, may be referred to same period. The galleries, designed
by James Gibbs, were added 1735, with funds bequeathed by
W. Worts, M.A., of Catharine Hall. Between 1738 and 1760
the University built a huge structure in the chancel called the
Throne, but commonly known as Golgotha, for the Vice-Chan-
cellor, Doctors; Professors, and University Officers to sit in. As
part of the same work, a huge pulpit stood in the centre of the
nave, which was seated with benches standing east and west.
This part was nick-named The Pit. The appearance of the whole
was so unusual and indecorous that Archdeacon Hare called it
Great 8. Mary's Church 5
'an example of the world turned topsy-turvy.' In 1863 the
Rev. H. R. Luard, M.A., Vicar, effected the present excellent
arrangement, at a cost of nearly 7,000, mostly raised by sub-
scription. The following special gifts deserve commemoration.
The altar was given by the English Church Union, and the
reredos by Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, D.D. (1865). The latter work
represents the Crucifixion, between S. Paul at Athens (right),
Samuel and the Schools of the Prophets (left). The piscina and
sedilia in the south wall, probably part of the original church,
were restored by subscription in 1866. In the same year the
altar-rails, steps, sacrarium pavement, and gas-standards, were
given by A. A. VariSittart, M.A., Trinity. The lectern was
given by Mr W. H. Hattersley (1867), and the altar-chairs by
Mr A. H. Moyes (1868). The east window was given by the
Rev. H. R. Luard, Vicar, 1869 ; and the window on the north
side, representing the Resurrection, by the same in memory of
Mrs Luard, 1890.
The subjects in the East Window are: I. Above the transom, The
Virgin and Child between the Adoration of the Kings (left) and the
Adoration of the Magi (right) : II. Below the transom, from left to right :
The Annunciation ; The Visitation ; The Angels appearing to the Shep-
herds ; The Presentation ; The Flight into Egypt.
The window on the south side commemorates Rev. .Ch.
Hardwick, M.A., Archdeacon of Ely, died 18 August, 1859.
The niches in the east wall were restored by Trinity College,
to whom the chancel belongs, in 1867 ; the sculptures, repre-
senting the Brazen Serpent (north), and Abraham and Isaac
(south), commemorate Rev. W. H. Mill, D.D., Regius Professor
of Hebrew, died 25 Dec. 1853. The monument of Wm.
Butler, M.A., fellow of Clare Hall, a celebrated physician
(d. 29 Jan. 1618) who attended Prince Henry in his last ill-
ness, has been restored and placed on the north wall of the
chancel. Note the inscription : Medicorum omnium quos
prcesens cetas vidit facile princeps. The screens at the east end
of the Aisles were made out of the eighteenth century pulpit.
The south porch, destroyed in 1783, was rebuilt in 1^88 by
Mr W. H. Hattersley, after the view of the original by Loggan,
1688.
The aisle- windows, beginning with the N.-W. window,
contain the coats of arms of the subscribers to the rebuilding
of the nave, 1478-1519, given by S. Sandars, M.A., Trinity,
6 The University Li
1892. The windows in the clerestory are being tilled, by
various donors, with stained glass to illustrate the three
verses of the Te Deum : The glorious company of the apoxtlc* :
The goodly fellowship of the prophets; The noble army of
martyrs. The series begins at the N.-W. corner with the
Prophets.
One of the bells is rung according to ancient custom every
evening from 9 p.m. to 9.15 p.m., when the ringing ends with
the number of the day of the month. The chimes were com-
posed about 1790 by Dr Jowett, Tutor of Trinity Hall. A
smaller bell rings from 5.45 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Opposite Great S. Mary's Church is the open space called
Senate House Hill; and on the west side of this, separated
from the street by massive iron railings, put up when the
Senate House was completed in 1730, is Senate House Yard.
In the centre of the lawn is a copy of the Warwick Vase, pre-
sented in 1842 by the Duke of Northumberland, then Chancellor
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fllMneral Maters.
A Concise Guide to the
Town and University of
Cambridge
In Four Walks
By
John Willis Clark
M.A., F.S.A.
Registrary of the University
Formerly Fellow of Trinity College
Cambridge
Macmillan and Bowes
1902
Edition, 1898.
Second Edition, 1902.
PREFACE.
HOSE who have helped me in the preparation of this
-L work are too numerous to mention individually ; and
I must ask them to accept this collective expression of my
obligations. Special thanks are due to :
1. The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, for
permission to use the text of their Architectural History of
the University and Colleges a permission of which I have
largely availed myself , and also for the loan of the following
woodcuts :
Library of Trinity Hall (p. 26), Gate of Virtue (p. 30), Bookcases in
Library of S. John's College (p. 59), Old Hall, Corpus Christi College
(p. 125), Tower of S. Benedict's Church (p. 127), Eiver Front of Queens'
College (p. 134).
2. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for the loan of a
woodcut from their Proceedings and Communications :
Section of the Castle Hill (p. 72).
3. Messrs Cassell and Co., for the loan of the following
woodcuts :
Great S. Mary's Church (p. 4), Senate-House (p. 9), King's College
Chapel, S. Porch (p. 12), Do. Interior (p. 13), S. John's College Chapel
(p. 51), Round Church, exterior (p. 63), Fitzwilliam Museum (p. 108),
Pitt Press (p. 123).
4. Messrs Macmillan and Co., for the loan of a woodcut
from Green's Short History :
Round Church, interior (p. 63).
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vi Preface-
5. Messrs Seeley and Co., for the loan of the following
woodcuts from Cambridge : llr'n'f historical and descriptive
Notes, by J. W. Clark, M.A.
King's College, from the left bank of the River (p. 20), Clare College,
Gateway in East Range (p. 23), Trinity College, Great Court (p. 41),
S. John's College, Third Court (p. 60), Magdalene College, Pepysian
Library (p. 68), Christ's College Garden (p. 86), Jesus College, Entrance-
gateway (p. 95).
JOHN WILLIS* CLARK.
28 June, 1902.
INTRODUCTION.
IN this Concise Guide I do not profess to give an exhaustive
account of Cambridge, but merely to draw the attention
of a Visitor, who has only a short time at his disposal, to what
appears to me to be most important. With his convenience
in view, I have made my descriptions as brief as possible ;
I have given no historical references ; and I have rigorously
excluded all matters requiring special knowledge or detailed
examination. In one direction only have I attempted fuller
accounts than are usually to be found in guide-books. With
the kind cooperation of the Professors and others (whom I
take this opportunity of thanking) I have described in some
detail the Scientific Museums and Laboratories which have of
late years been so largely developed by the University ; as
also the Botanic Garden, the Observatory, the Fitzwilliam
Museum, and the Museum of General and Local Archeology
and of Ethnology.
Those who require fuller information on the history of the
Town and the University are referred to the following works :
The Architectural History of the University. By the late Bob. Willis,
M.A., edited by J. W. Clark, M.A., Camb. 1886.
Cambridge described and illustrated. By T. D. Atkinson. Camb. 1897.
The University of Cambridge. By J. B. Mullinger. 2 vols. Camb.
187384.
viii Introduction
I have often heard strangers complain of the loss of
time entailed by the difficulty of finding their way about
Cambridge. To obviate this I have constructed Four WALKS,
in the course of which, with the help of the Plan, everything
of importance can be at least looked at ; and, lastly, for the
convenience of those who are too much hurried to undertake
these, I have constructed a Fifth WALK, in which those places
only are mentioned which in my judgment are indispensable.
I have appended to these walks a Chronological Table,
divided into the reigns of sovereigns, in which I have in-
cluded a few leading events of general importance, to serve as
landmarks to connect the history of the Town and University
with that of the Kingdom.
An outline of the WALKS shall next be given, with the page
in the volume where each place mentioned is described. The
names of those places that are merely alluded to in passing
are indented, and marked with an asterisk. This enumeration
will do duty as a table of contents.
FIRST WALK.
Great S. Mary's Church ........ 3
University Library .........
Senate-House .......... ( J
*King's Parade ........ 10
King's College .......... 10
West court of Library, with gateway ...... 21
Woodwardian Museum of Geology ...... 21
Clare College ........... 22
Trinity Hall ........... 25
Gonville and Caius College ........ 28
Church of S. Michael .... 3*2
*Eose Crescent .
* Turk's Head Coffee-House
Trinity College
*Site of All Saints' Church
32
33
33
48
Introduction ix
PAGE
Selwyn Divinity School ........ 48
S. John's College . . . . . ... . . 48
Church of Holy Sepulchre ........ 62
Church of S. Clement .... . . . . . . 65
Great Bridge 65
*Fisher Lane . 66
Magdalene College ......... 66
*The Cross Keys Inn 69
Church of S. Giles . . ...... . 69
Church of All Saints by the Castle 70
Church of S. Peter hy the Castle 70
*Shire Hall 71
Castle Hill . . 71
*School of Pythagoras 74
*Westminster Theological College .... 74
Observatory . . . . . . ... . . 74
*Erasmus' Walk . 75
Girton College .......... 75
SECOND WALK.
Market-Place .77
*Eose and Crown Inn ...... 78
Guildhall . . . . . 79
*Corn Exchange . 79
*Free Library . 79
*Mortlock's Bank . . . ... . 79
Church of S. Edward . . . . 79
Petty Cury 80
*Ked Lion Hotel ....... 80
Falcon Inn . . . 80
*Wrestlers' Inn 80
*Barnwell Gate '.'..'. . . . . 80
*King's Ditch 81
Church of S. Andrew the Great . . . . . . . 82
Christ's College 82
*Wesleyan Chapel . . . . . . .87
^Fosters' Bank 87
Church of the Holy Trinity . . . . . . . . 87
Henry Martyn Hall 87
Sidney Sussex College . . . ... . . . 88
University Pitt Club . . . . . . 90
*Friends' Meeting House 90
* Amateur Dramatic Club 90
x Introduction
PAGE
Jesus College 91
Church of All Saints 99
*Midsumnier Common and Fair .... HI)
The Kiver 99
Stourbridge Fair 101
Stourbridge Chapel 101
Church of S. Andrew the Less 101
*Abbey House 102
Barnwell Priory 102
*Christ Church 102
Parker's Piece 102
'University Arms Hotel 102
New Theatre 108
*New Police Station 103
*Baptist Chapel 103
Castle Inn 103
Downing College 103
*Presbyterian Church 104
Emmanuel College 105
THIRD WALK.
Fitzwilliam Museum ......... 107
Addenbrooke's Hospital ........ 110
Fitzwilliam Hall Ill
Peterhouse Ill
Church of S. Mary the Less 114
Museum of General and Local Archeology and of Ethnology . 115
Fitzwilliam Museum of Classical Archeology . . . .118
*Emmanuel Cougregationalist Church . . . 118
Pembroke College 119
University Printing-Press ........ 122
*Trumpington Gate 123
Church of S. Botolph lL>3
Corpus Christi College 124
*London and County Bank 12(>
Church of S. Benedict 120
*Bull Hotel 128
S. Catharine's College 128
Queens' College .... ...... 131
*Small Bridges 134
King's Mill and Bishop's Mill 134
Introduction xi
PAGE
Kidley Hall 135
Newnham College .......... 136
Selwyn College 137
*Kifle Range 138
FOURTH WALK.
Museums of Science ......... 139
Pathology 142
Medicine and Surgery ....... 143
Zoology 144
Physiological Laboratory . . . . . . 149
Human Anatomy ........ 150
Botany .......... 151
Mineralogy . . . . . . . . . 153
Zoological Laboratory . . . . . . .155
Cavendish Laboratory of Experimental Physics . . 156
Mechanism and Engineering Laboratory . . . 158
Chemical Laboratory ....... 158
Botanic Garden . . 162
FIFTH WALK.
(Supplement tary. )
Great S. Mary's Church 3
King's College . 10
Clare College 22
Walk down Avenue to Backs of Colleges and return
through Trinity College Avenue
Trinity College 33
S. John's College 48
Church of Holy Sepulchre . . . . . . . 62
Jesus College ........... 91
Walk to "Four Lamps," and thence diagonally across
Christ's Pieces to Christ's Lane, and
Christ's College . . . . 82
Petty Cury 80
Market-Place 77
xii Introduction
I'AGK
Church of S. Benedict . .126
Corpus Chrisii College 124
S. Catharine's College 128
Cross the court of S. Catharine's College to
Queens' College 131
Pembroke College 119
Peterhouse Ill
Fitzwilliam Museum . . . . . . . . .107
Chronological Summary . . . . . . . .169
Index 173
CAB FARES.
The following rates or fares shall be paid for hackney coaches and
other carriages licensed to ply for hire from seven in the morning to
eleven o'clock at night.
Between eleven o'clock at night and seven o'clock in the morning,
fares shall be one and a half times those stated in the following tables.
The hirer shall decide whether the hiring is to be taken by time or
distance, but if nothing be said on the subject it shall be taken to be by
distance.
Fares for Time.
Description of Carriage and No.
of Passengers to be carried.
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For the first hour
For each succeeding quarter of an hour or
part thereof
For the whole time whatever period
2 6
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DISTANCE.
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If the distance exceeds one mile and a half:
For the first mile and a half
For each succeeding half mile or part thereof
For each additional person for the whole journey . .
Luggage not exceeding 112 Ib. in weight shall be carried in or upon a
hackney carriage without any additional charge. When in excess of
112 Ib. there shall be charged and payable a sum after the rate of
sixpence for every 56 Ib. in weight, or any part thereof.
Every driver of a hackney carriage shall afford all reasonable assist-
ance in loading and "unloading any luggage to be conveyed, or which has
been conveyed, in or upon such carriage, and belonging to or in the charge
of any person hiring or being conveyed in such carriage.
TIME TABLE.
A. SERVICES IN COLLEGE CHAPELS.
Open on Wet'k-ilays.
10 a.m. 4. p.in.
11 12a.m. 2 3p.m.
121 a.m. 23 p.m.
King's College. Sunday 10.30a.m. 3.30p.m.
Week-days 5 p.m.
Trinity College. Sunday lla.m. 6.15p.m.
Week-days 7.15 p.m.
S. John's College. Sunday 10.30 a.m. p.m.
Week-days G. 30 p.m.
May term 10 la.m. 2.30 5p.m. Jesus College.
Other times of the year 11 a.m. 12 noon and 3 4 p.m.
B. SERVICES IN PARISH CHURCHES.
* before an hour (e.g.
t
1 All Saints.
-S. Andrew the Great.
:! S. Andrew the Less. \
Christ Church, j
Abbey Church.
-S. Benedict.
2 S. Botolph.
2 8. Clement.
' J S. Edward.
*8a.m.) means that the Holy Communion will be celebrated
at the Service indicated.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. 7p.m. (*lst in month,
noon.) Tuesday 10.30 a.m. Thursday *8 a.m.
Daily (except Wednesday) 10a.m., 6 p.m. Wed-
nesday 8 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*lst and 3rd) 6.45p.m.
Week-days 10.30a.m. 5.30p.m. Wednesday
7.30p.m.
Sunday lla.m. (*lst and 3rd), 3.30p.m. (*5th),
I 6.45 p.m. (*2nd and 4th at 8 p.m.) Wednesday
7.30p.m.
Sunday lla.m. (*lst), 6.45p.m. (*3rd). Thursday
7.30p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*lst and 3rd), G.45p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*every Sunday and Saints
Day), 7p.m. Week-days lla.m.
Sunday *7.45 a.m. *10.30a.m. 11.30a.m. 6.45p.m
Week-days *7.30 a.m. 8.20 a.m. 8p.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*2nd and *4th), 7 p.m
Open 10 6. 2 Open. Not open.
Time Table
xv
J S. Giles.
-S. Peter's.
1 S. Mary the Great.
1 S. Mary the Less.
:} S. Matthew's.
S. Michael's.
iS. Paul's.
4 Holy Sepulchre.
5 Holy Trinity.
1 Open.
Sunday *8 a.m. (also *lst 7 a.m.), 10.15 a.m.
*11 a.m. 6.45 p.m. Week-days *7.30 a.m.
Wednesday and Friday 7.45 p.m. Other days
6 p.m.
Week-days 10 a.m.
Sunday *8a.m. lla.m. (*12 noon every Sunday),
6.45 p.m. Week-days 9.15 a.m. 6.30 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. (also *lst 7a.m. *2nd 6a.m.),
10.45a.m. (*11.45a.m. every Sunday), 3.15, 4,
6.45p.m. Week-days *7.30 a.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*2nd and last), 3.15p.m.
(*lst), 6.45p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. 11 a.m. (*12 noon every Sunday,
Choral 1st), 6.45 p.m.
Holy Days *8 a.m. 11 am. 5 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. lla.m. (*lst), 3p.m. (*2nd),
7 pail. (*4th). Week-days 7.45a.m. Wednesday
and Friday 11 a.m. Wednesday 7. 30 p.m.
Sunday *8 a.m. (except the 1st), 11 a.m. (*lst),
6.45 p.m. (*3rd). Week-days. Wednesday
7.30 p.m.
Sundays (*2nd), 8 a.m. 11 a.m. (*lst), 3 p.m.
(*4th3.30), 6.45p.m. (*3rd). Week-days. Wed-
nesday 7.30p.m.
2 Open 7.30-10.80. 3 Not open. * 10 4.
5 Until sunset (except Saturday).
C. SERVICES IN OTHER CHURCHES.
Baptist. St Andrew's Street. Sunday 10.30 a.m. 6.30p.m.
Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
Zion Chapel, East Road. Sunday 10.30 a.m.
6.30p.m. Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
Congregational. Emmanuel Church, Trumpingtoii Street. Sunday
11 a.m. 7 p.m. Wednesday 8 p.m.
Presbyterian. S. Columba's, Downing Street. Sunday 11 a.m.
7p.m.
Roman Catholic. Hills Koad. Sunday 8.30a.m. 11 a.m. 3p.m. 7p.m.
Week-days: Monday 7.30 a.m. and 9.15 a.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
7.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. (Friday on alternate weeks
at 8 a.m. only). Saturday 8 a.m. Tuesday
4.20 p.m. Friday 8 p.m.
Wesleyan. Hobson Street. Sunday 10.30 a.m. 6.30 p.m.
Tuesday 7.30p.m.
Hills Road. Sunday 11 a.m. 6.30p.m. Wednesday
7.30p.m.
xvi Time Table
D. ADMISSION TO MUSEUMS.
Archeology, Classical : same hoars as Fitzwilliam.
,, General and Local and Ethnology (Curator Baron A. von
Hiigel, M.A., Croft Cottage, Barton Road) : 10 a.m. 6 p.m. in
summer ; 10a.m. 4p.m. in winter.
Fitzwilliam (Director, Dr M. E. James, King's College) : 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
1 Sept. 30 Apr. ; 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 1 May 24 June ; 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
25 June 31 Aug.
Geology, Woodwardian (Curator, Mr H. Keeping) : 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
Museums of Science : inquire of the Porter, Mr H. Lunn, at the entrance
in Free School Lane.
Botanic Garden : 8 a.m. dusk, during the winter months ; 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
during the summer months : the precise hour being indicated by a
notice posted at each gate. The plant-houses may be visited by
strangers after 2 p.m.
Free Library : 10 a.m. 9.30 p.m.
Observatory : by application to the Director, Sir E. Ball.
Trinity College Library : 2 4 p.m. ; if accompanied by a Fellow of the
College, lla.m. 4p.m.
University Library : 9.30a.m. 3.30p.m. 15 Nov. to 31 Jan. ; 10 a.m.
4p.m. 1 Feb. to 14 Nov. ; 9a.m. 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
CAMBKIDGE. '
GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO A STRANGER.
ON leaving the Railway Station a visitor may either walk
into the centre of the town (a distance of about Ij miles) or
take a cab or tram-car.
In either case he passes down Station Road, and then
turns to the right into a road which, under the various names
of Hills-Road, Regent Street, St Andrew's Street, Sidney
Street, Bridge Street, Magdalene Street, and Castle Street,
passes through Cambridge from south to north, and represents
the Roman Via Devana.
On entering this road he passes, left, the WESLEYAN CHAPEL,
a Gothic building, built 1872 ; light, S. PAUL'S CHURCH, built
1842 ; and on the same side of the street the PERSE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL, founded 1615, by Stephen Perse, M.D., Fellow of
Gonville and Caius College. It was rebuilt on this site in
1890. The Perse School for girls is at a little distance ^ in
Panton Street. Opposite to this School, at the corner of Hills
Road and Lensfield Road, is the Roman Catholic Church of
OUR LADY AND THE ENGLISH MARTYRS, built at the sole
cost of Mrs Lyne-Stephens, 18871890; and consecrated
8 October, 1890. It was designed by Messrs Dunn of New-
castle-on-Tyne. It is 165 ft. long, and 83 ft. broad, with a
spire 216 ft. high. A rectory-house, of red brick, adjoins the
church.
At this point the visitor should turn to the left along
Lensfield Road, which joins the Hills Road to the Trumpington
Road. On his right are the newly-built houses called Downing
c.
2 Roman Catholic Church
Grove, behind which are the grounds of Downing College
(p. 103).
SPIRE OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND
THE ENGLISH MARTYRS.
On reaching the Trumpington Road, or Trumpington
Street, the visitor finds himself in what was formerly the usual
Great 8. Mary's Church 3
entrance to Cambridge, when approached by coach or carriage
from London. On his left, at the comer of Lensfield Road
and Trumpington Road, is the old stone Conduit, erected on
the Market Hill in 1614, when a supply of fresh water was
brought into the town from the springs of Nine Wells, in the
parish of Shelford. This conduit was removed to its present
position in 1855. On the opposite side of Trumpington Road
a glimpse may be obtained of the Leys School, founded in
1875 for the education of the sons of Wesleyan Methodists.
It is not, however, confined to any sect. The number of boys
is now about 1 70.
Proceeding down Trumpington Street the following build-
ings, to be described subsequently, are passed : right, Adden-
brooke's Hospital; left, Fitzwilliam Museum; right, Fitzwilliam
Hall, the headquarters of the non-collegiate students ; left,
Peterhouse, the parish church of S. Mary the Less, and the
Congregational Meeting-House or Emmanuel Church ; right,
Pembroke College ; left, between Mill Lane and Silver St.,
the University Press ; right, S. Botolph's Church, Corpus
Christi College, and S. Benet's Church ; left, S. Catharine's
College, and King's College.
The tramway ends at the north-west corner of the Market-
place, where we will suppose the visitor to begin his
FIRST WALK
with a detailed examination of
GREAT S. MARY'S CHURCH,
the largest and most important church in Cambridge. It is a
parish church, and is also used by the University for sermons
on Sundays, the Litany on Ash-Wednesday, and occasionally
at other times.
A church in this position was consecrated 1351 ; the
existing church, an excellent specimen of Perpendicular Gothic,
142 ft. long, by 65 ft. broad, was begun 1478, but proceeded
very slowly, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the
University to obtain subscriptions by sending the Proctors on
horseback through England with begging-letters. The nave-
roof was not framed till 1506; the tower was begun 1491, and
12
4 Great S. Mary's Church
carried up to top of west window 1530. The belfry-stage was
begun 1593, and finished 1608. A west door of the Renais-
sance existed till 1851, when Sir G. G. Scott replaced it by
the present one.
GREAT S. MARY'S CHURCH.
On entering, note nave of five bays, with clerestory, two
windows to each bay. The font, dated 1632, is a good
specimen of Jacobean Gothic. The oak benches, with poppy-
heads, may be referred to same period. The galleries, designed
by James Gibbs, were added 1735, with funds bequeathed by
W. Worts, M.A., of Catharine Hall. Between 1738 and 1760
the University built a huge structure in the chancel called the
Throne, but commonly known as Golgotha, for the Vice-Chan-
cellor, Doctors; Professors, and University Officers to sit in. As
part of the same work, a huge pulpit stood in the centre of the
nave, which was seated with benches standing east and west.
This part was nick-named The Pit. The appearance of the whole
was so unusual and indecorous that Archdeacon Hare called it
Great 8. Mary's Church 5
'an example of the world turned topsy-turvy.' In 1863 the
Rev. H. R. Luard, M.A., Vicar, effected the present excellent
arrangement, at a cost of nearly 7,000, mostly raised by sub-
scription. The following special gifts deserve commemoration.
The altar was given by the English Church Union, and the
reredos by Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, D.D. (1865). The latter work
represents the Crucifixion, between S. Paul at Athens (right),
Samuel and the Schools of the Prophets (left). The piscina and
sedilia in the south wall, probably part of the original church,
were restored by subscription in 1866. In the same year the
altar-rails, steps, sacrarium pavement, and gas-standards, were
given by A. A. VariSittart, M.A., Trinity. The lectern was
given by Mr W. H. Hattersley (1867), and the altar-chairs by
Mr A. H. Moyes (1868). The east window was given by the
Rev. H. R. Luard, Vicar, 1869 ; and the window on the north
side, representing the Resurrection, by the same in memory of
Mrs Luard, 1890.
The subjects in the East Window are: I. Above the transom, The
Virgin and Child between the Adoration of the Kings (left) and the
Adoration of the Magi (right) : II. Below the transom, from left to right :
The Annunciation ; The Visitation ; The Angels appearing to the Shep-
herds ; The Presentation ; The Flight into Egypt.
The window on the south side commemorates Rev. .Ch.
Hardwick, M.A., Archdeacon of Ely, died 18 August, 1859.
The niches in the east wall were restored by Trinity College,
to whom the chancel belongs, in 1867 ; the sculptures, repre-
senting the Brazen Serpent (north), and Abraham and Isaac
(south), commemorate Rev. W. H. Mill, D.D., Regius Professor
of Hebrew, died 25 Dec. 1853. The monument of Wm.
Butler, M.A., fellow of Clare Hall, a celebrated physician
(d. 29 Jan. 1618) who attended Prince Henry in his last ill-
ness, has been restored and placed on the north wall of the
chancel. Note the inscription : Medicorum omnium quos
prcesens cetas vidit facile princeps. The screens at the east end
of the Aisles were made out of the eighteenth century pulpit.
The south porch, destroyed in 1783, was rebuilt in 1^88 by
Mr W. H. Hattersley, after the view of the original by Loggan,
1688.
The aisle- windows, beginning with the N.-W. window,
contain the coats of arms of the subscribers to the rebuilding
of the nave, 1478-1519, given by S. Sandars, M.A., Trinity,
6 The University Li
1892. The windows in the clerestory are being tilled, by
various donors, with stained glass to illustrate the three
verses of the Te Deum : The glorious company of the apoxtlc* :
The goodly fellowship of the prophets; The noble army of
martyrs. The series begins at the N.-W. corner with the
Prophets.
One of the bells is rung according to ancient custom every
evening from 9 p.m. to 9.15 p.m., when the ringing ends with
the number of the day of the month. The chimes were com-
posed about 1790 by Dr Jowett, Tutor of Trinity Hall. A
smaller bell rings from 5.45 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Opposite Great S. Mary's Church is the open space called
Senate House Hill; and on the west side of this, separated
from the street by massive iron railings, put up when the
Senate House was completed in 1730, is Senate House Yard.
In the centre of the lawn is a copy of the Warwick Vase, pre-
sented in 1842 by the Duke of Northumberland, then Chancellor
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