Gonville and Caius College

History of Gonville & Caius College

Oak bracket made in 1918 by Samuel Cowle of the Museum of Archaology, Cambridge from a beam of the 1414 roof of the hall of Caius College, from Mr N Tuelon Porter (MoC)

General information about Gonville and Caius College can be found on Wikipedia.

c.1860 photo of Gonville and Caius college site on Trinity Street corner (MoC5/53/49)(J Palmer Clarke)

Old Gonville and Caius college 1860

The college acquired the houses on the corner of Trinity Street in 1782 and partly converted them into rooms for students in 1854. They were demolished 1868-1879 when Tree Court was rebuilt.

Trinity Street (MoC19/53/49) prior to modern Caius building

Gonville and Caius, Trinity Street, undated

Caius College and Senate House c1904

1891

Ernest Stewart Roberts, college tutor, 43, b Lincs,

Mary, 41, b Oxon

Caroline M S , 3, Oxon,

Walter S, 1, b Oxon,

Margaret S, 5 mos, b Ireland

Mary Ann J Lee, 29, housemaid, b Germany

Maria Weis, 38, nurse, b Berks

Mary Annie Illsley, 17, nurse, b Berks

William Beckley, 47, head porter, b Herts

Alice Beckley, 40, b Herts

Job Bendall, 35, under butler, b Cambridge

Albert Beckley, 16, b Hants

Richard Briggs, 26, under porter, b Histon

Samuel G Humphrey, 37, under porter, b Essex

Mary Ann Humphrey, 37, b Oakington

Samuel T Humphrey, 10, b Cambridge

Mary Ann Humphrey, 7, b Cambridge

Alice Maud Humphrey, 6 mos, b Cambridge

Arthur Tilbrook Humphrey, 2, b Cambridge

Arthur Sheridan Lea, fellow, 37, assistant tutor, b New York

William T Lendrum, fellow, 35, lecturer, b Ireland

Ralph F Darcy, 26, graduate student, b Ireland

Caius College and Senate House c1903

1900

Great Eastern Railway parcels van outside Caius College in Trinity Street c.1900

In the picture are: George Frederick Conquest, driver for 26 years, from left to right, Mr Walpole, chief clerk of booking office, George Long, chief clerk of the goods department, and Mr Banham, chief clerk of the town office.

1901

During the period 1903-5 Harold Delph Gillies was a student at Caius. His work during WWI has led to him being widely considered the father of modern plastic surgery. Harold Gillies Close (CB5 8ZD) is named in his honour.

1904

Gonville and Caius, c.1904

Gonville and Caius, c.1904

Rather cryptic postcard sent to be forwarded back by the Master of Gonville and Caius:

20/12/04 135 Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, Kent

Dear Sir, May I ask you to kindly return this card to the above and fill in the lines as ever as I want this for my postal collection. thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully W Reginald May

Gonville and Caius Vollege, Senate House c1917

Gonville and Caius, undated

1911

Edward Davis, 48, naval pensioner, Royal Hut Reserve, College Head Porter, b Middlesex

Ellen Jane, 45, b Middlesex

Caius College building scheme 1934 (MoC522/55)