Step Into History
Walk Cambridge in 1660
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Step Into History · City walk
Newton's Cambridge, 1660
Cambridge in 1660 sits at an academic hinge: the colleges reassert their skyline after decades of national turmoil, scholars in gowns reoccupy courts, and the River Cam sorts the city into quads and quays. This walk passes the market and Hobson's Conduit, Trinity's Great Court and its fountain, the river-banks called the Backs, and the sites where a new college library by Christopher Wren will soon be raised.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Cambridge as it stood in 1660 (“Cambridge”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Gog Magog Hills View
- 2. Trumpington Street Approach
- 3. Parker's Piece
- 4. Market Hill
- ↳ Market Tavern · interior
- 5. Great St Mary's
- ↳ Nave of Great St Mary's · interior
- 6. King's Parade
- ↳ Old University Library · interior
- 7. King's College Chapel
- ↳ King's Choir · interior
- 8. The Backs
- 9. Clare Bridge and College
- ↳ Clare College Hall · interior
- 10. Trinity Great Court
- ↳ Great Hall · interior
- ↳ College Chapel · interior
- 11. Trinity Great Gate
- 12. Trinity Lane
- 13. Trinity Library Site
- 14. Garret Hostel Lane
- ↳ Alchemical Study · interior
- 15. The Quays
- ↳ Riverside Warehouse · interior
- 16. Magdalene Bridge
- 17. Magdalene College Front
- ↳ Magdalene College Hall · interior
- 18. St John's Street
- 19. St John's College Front
- ↳ St John's Hall · interior
- 20. Mill Lane and King's Mill
- ↳ King's Mill Interior · interior
- 21. Midsummer Common
- 22. Castle Hill Motte