Tour 5 – Bridge Street area
Self Guided Tour of Park Terrace and King Street area of Cambridge
Preface
For the information on this particular tour, we are indebted to the work of T E Faber whose extraordinary study of the history of St Clement’s parish was posthumously published privately in 2006:
An Intimate History of the Parish of St Clement in Cambridge, 1250-1950
The list below of links to the Capturing Cambridge website is a selection of the more interesting entries en route. Information about most of the buildings, and their historical occupants, that you will pass on this tour, and many that have vanished, can be accessed on the web site.
As with our other tours, suggestions of corrections and additions are most welcome and should be offered via the email address on the website.
Guide
Start at the Museum of Cambridge on Castle Street
00 Castle Street, White Horse Inn, Museum of Cambridge
Cross over to Magdalene Street and proceed along east side
Cambridge Core and Flower Trail
7 Magdalene Street (site of)
Quayside – for a detailed description of the buildings Quayside as it was before the demolitions of the 20th century – visit these sites, otherwise move on to Bridge Street:
31 Bridge Street, Anchor Inn
30 Bridge Street, The Peacock
29 Bridge Street, The Crow
28 Bridge Street, The Greyhound
27 Bridge Street, The Griffin
25-26 Bridge Street, The Barley Mow
24 Bridge Street, The Black Swan
21-22 Bridge Street / Copyn Hall, 36 Thompson’s Lane
Turn Left into Thompson’s Lane
The Old Vicarage, Thompson’s Lane
34 Thompson’s Lane, in 1913 home of bookseller Gustav David
3 Thompson’s Lane, The Nine Pins (site of)
Thompson’s Lane synagogue / historical site
31 Thompson’s Lane, Clerk’s House and home of the Cambridge Tapestry Company
30 Thompson’s Lane, Malpas Lodge
28 Thompson’s Lane, Varsity Hotel
Turn left to continue on Thompson’s Lane
Thompson’s Lane & Richmond Terrace
Turn right onto Park Parade
Turn right onto Portugal Street
21-27 Portugal Street, University Racquet and Fives Courts (site of)
8 Portugal Street, home of William Hackleton, town missionary
Take a short detour to the left on Portugal Place
19-20 Portugal Place, home of Francis Crick, Nobel prize winner
The Maypole, publican in 1901 Charles Rowell
Return to main section of Portugal Place
10 Portugal Place, home of Prof. Meyer Fortes
9 Portugal Place, the Cambridge Valet
7 Portugal Place, Parish School
20 Bridge Street, The Salutation
Turn right and then cross the road onto the west side of Bridge Street
51 Bridge Street, Saracen’s Head (site of)
46/47 Bridge Street, The White Swan (site of)
45 Bridge Street, le Cage (site of)
43 Bridge Street, The (Black) White Bull (site of)
39 Bridge Street, The Griffin (site of)
38 Bridge Street, The Red Lion (site of)
36 Bridge Street, The Tabbard / The Marquis of Granby
33 Bridge Street, The Fox and Goose
Continue on along west side of Magdalene Street
31 Magdalene Street, Bullen’s boatyard
30 Magdalene Street, Pickerel Inn
Arrive back at the Museum of Cambridge
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