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Caius College and Senate HouseGonville 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)
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