Tobias Rustat (d.1694)

Rustat Road, Cambridge

Historical notes on Rustat Road

Rustat Road is named after Tobias Rustat (d.1694) a benefactor of Jesus College and the University Library. Tobias had links to the Royal African Company and from 2020 onwards there has been a campaign to have a memorial to Rustat at Jesus College removed..

A list of all those residents of Rustat Road known to have served in World War One can be found here:

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Sources: UK census, Ancestry UK

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1910 08 12 — Proposed road linking Rock Estate and Romsey Town

A new road between Rock Estate and Romsey Town would greatly improve communication between these largely populated and widely-separated districts, Mr W.P. Fison suggests. Rustat Road, which is a private road belonging to Jesus College could be continued until it cuts into Marmora Road. It would have to cross some allotments and a farm with a bridge over the railway line. There should also be a new road from East Road through Beche Road over a bridge into Old Chesterton. Both would provide work for the numbers of unemployed men in Cambridge

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Cherryhinton Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 10 08 12e.