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Aerial view of Cambridge Old Court at Clare College as seen from The Backs Cambridge is situated about 55 miles (89 km) north-by-east of London and 95 miles (153 kilometres) east of Birmingham. The city is located in an area of level and relatively low-lying terrain just south of the Fens , which varies between 6 and 24 metres (20 and 79 ft ...
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times. It is located just west of Harvard Square, and includes all of the properties on Brattle Street west of Mason Street to Fresh Pond Parkway, all of the properties on Mason Street and Elmwood Avenue, and nearby properties on Craigie Street.
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the world's third-oldest university in continuous operation.
Cambridge Press newspaper begins publication. [27] [35] 1867 - Episcopal Theological School founded. [1] 1868 - Cambridge Mechanics Literary Association organized. [17] Old Cambridge Baptist Church from Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1869 Old Cambridge Baptist Church built on Harvard Street. North Cambridge Choral Society ...
John Willis Clark (1916), Concise Guide to the Town and University of Cambridge (5th ed.), Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, OL 23290297M; Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker (1922), Cambridge, London: A. and C. Black, OL 7159514M; Edward Godfrey Cox (1949). "Cambridge and Oxford". Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel. Vol. 3: Great Britain.
Between 1850 and 1900, Cambridge took on much of its present character, featuring streetcar suburban development along the turnpikes and working class and industrial neighborhoods focused on East Cambridge, comfortable middle-class housing on the old Cambridgeport, and Mid-Cambridge estates and upper-class enclaves near Harvard University and ...
The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges, [5] founded between the 13th and 20th centuries. No colleges were founded between 1596 (Sidney Sussex College) and 1800 (Downing College), which allows the colleges to be distinguished into two groups according to foundation date: the 16 "old" colleges, founded between 1284 and 1596, and
The Old Burying Ground, or Old Burial Ground, [1] is a historic cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, located just outside Harvard Square. [2] The cemetery opened in 1635. [ 1 ]