Trinity Street (formerly the High Street) is a street in central

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, England. The street continues north as St John's Street, and south as

King's Parade King's Parade is a street in central Cambridge, England.Trumpington Street Trumpington Street is a major historic street in central Cambridge, England. At the north end it continues as King's Parade where King's College is located. To the south it continues as Trumpington Road (the A1134), an arterial route out ...

. The street is named after

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, which is on its west side. Also on the street, just to the south, is

Gonville and Caius College Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of t ...

. St Michael's and St Mary's Courts in Gonville and Caius lie across Trinity Street on land surrounding St Michael's Church. St Michael's Court was completed in the 1930s when its south side was built.

Trinity Lane Trinity Lane is a street in the centre of Cambridge, England.Trinity Lane

leads off Trinity Street to the west, between Trinity College and Gonville and Caius, turning south around the back of Gonville and Caius, which leads to Trinity Hall and Clare College.

History

Michaelhouse Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History ''St. Michael's Diocesan College'' was founded in Pietermaritzburg in 1896 ...

, a former college of the University of Cambridge, was established on Michaelmas Day 1324. It was named after the parish church of St Michael on the ''magna strata'' or High Street, as Trinity Street was then known. Michaelhouse was combined with King's Hall to form Trinity College in 1546.

Bowes & Bowes Bowes & Bowes was a bookselling and publishing company based in Cambridge, England. It was established by Robert Bowes (1835–1919), a nephew of Daniel Macmillan (1813–1857) — the founder, with his brother Alexander, , of a firm which by 1 ...

was a bookshop and publishing company at 1 Trinity Street, on the corner of King's Parade. It had a claim to be the oldest bookshop in the United Kingdom, since books had been sold on the site since 1581.
History of the Bookshop
', Cambridge University Press. Bowes & Bowes closed in 1986 and its successor,

Sherratt & Hughes Bowes & Bowes was a bookselling and publishing company based in Cambridge, England. It was established by Robert Bowes (1835–1919), a nephew of Daniel Macmillan (1813–1857) — the founder, with his brother Alexander, , of a firm which by ...

, closed in 1992. Since then the site has been occupied by the Cambridge University Press bookshop. The Victorian printer and publisher W. Metcalfe and Son was located in Trinity Street before moving to the adjoining St Mary's Street.

Heffers Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones. It was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Henry Blackwell, after whom the chain is named, on Broad Street ...

bookshop is on the east side of Trinity Street. It is now part of

Blackwell's Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones. It was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Henry Blackwell, after whom the chain is named, on Broad Street ...

. The

Hawks' Club The Hawks' Club is a members-only social club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1872, the club represents the best sportsmen in the University of Cambridge. Membership is by election only, and the usual criterion is that t ...

, a social club founded in 1872 for sportsmen at the university, was originally in Trinity Street, but by the 1890s it had moved to a property owned by St John's College in All Saints' Passage.

Panoramic view

References

External links

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