Queen's Road (designated the A1134) is a major road to the west of central
Cambridge
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River Cam
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, providing one of the best views in Cambridge of the backs of some of the biggest and oldest
Cambridge University
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Henry Sidgwick
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, a Fellow of
Trinity
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, alongside
Anne Clough
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Regent Street
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to house five female students who wished to attend lectures but did not live near enough to the University to do so. The following year (1872), this moved to Merton House (built c1800) on Queen's Road,St John's College: Queen's Road: Merton HouseCambridge 2000 and in 1875 the first building for Newnham College was built at the current site on Sidgwick Avenue adjoining Queen's Road.
Name
It is not clear whether the road was named after Queens' College or to celebrate visits made by
Queen Victoria
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in 1842 and 1847. The city council's placing of the apostrophe implies – at least according to more recent century conventions in respect of apostrophe usage – a preference on the part of the authorities for the second of these explanations.
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Listed buildings in Cambridge (west)
There are 833 listed buildings (as of December 2023) in the non-metropolitan district, district of Cambridge, England. This list summarises the 87 in the west and north-west suburbs, in the area west of the Backs and broadly between Huntingdon Road ...