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I-Spy History around the Cambridge War Memorial

I-Spy History trail around the Cambridge War Memorial

Look up, look down, look all around your local area and become a history detective! Much of the area around the War Memorial has been developed in the last fifty years. The Osborne Arms, a two hundred year old pub, was demolished recently, but there some features left that tell the history of the area.

See how many of these things you can find – they are all close by around the War Memorial and the junction of Hills and Station Road.

Stone relief carving of a coat of arms with two birds flanking a central shield and helmet, above a banner reading PER VNDAS PER AGRO.

A bronze plaque on a sculpture, reading R. Tait McKenzie fecit 1922, flanked by decorative roses on a light stone base.

A weathered stone sculpture of a pig’s head and chest perched on a ledge against a light blue wall.

Black iron railings with decorative fleur-de-lis finials line the front of a white stone building with a basement window.

A large, stone relief sculpture of a stylized tree with geometric foliage and abstract figures mounted on a brick wall.

A close-up view of a dark grey shop sign with gold-colored lettering that reads Norfolk Street BAKERY.

A metal railing with a central circular ornament stands in front of a window featuring rectangular, leaf-patterned stained glass.

A green paneled door features two sets of metal house numbers reading 1A, one at the bottom left and one at the top right.

A rectangular plaque set into a stone wall bearing the raised capital letters of the word CLAREMONT.

The word CLAREMONT is carved in bold, uppercase, sans-serif stone lettering recessed into a rectangular stone slab.

A cylindrical sign featuring a white background with diagonal red stripes, mounted on a grey wall with dark top and base caps. Black street sign with white capital letters reading STATION ROAD mounted on a rustic light-colored stone wall.

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  • world war one

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  • Hills Road
  • I-Spy Trails
  • Station Road

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