Bridge Road / Victoria Avenue

History of Bridge Road

A man in a top hat sits on a wooden railing beside a river, with several moored boats and buildings visible in the background.

William Bates c1880 (J Palmer Clarke)

This picture is labelled as ‘William Bates on his ferry in the 1890s’ in ‘Images of England Chesterton 2013: Chesterton Local History Group’. It seems to be taken from the later location of Victoria Bridge looking east. There is no William Bates listed in either the 1891 or 1901 census in Cambridge so the identity of the photo is a little mysterious.

Newspaper clipping showing a man sitting on a wooden ferry platform on the River Cam with several moored boats in the distance.

Same image used by local paper in article on Old Cambridge (MoC)

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