"Cool-123's new Cambridge Page" Cambridgeshire by Cool-123

Cambridgeshire Travel Guide: 1,322 reviews and 2,887 photos

Cambridge is famous for its University. The University of Cambridge has been in existence since the early thirteenth century when scholars moving form Oxford and Paris formed a school here. The early students lived in private houses: not until later were they provided with communal hostels.

There were a number of monastic houses in Cambridge at that time, including a Hospital of St John which was in existence by the early thirteenth century on the site of what later became St John's College. In 1280, Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, tried to introduce scholars into this foundation, but the monks and the academics did not get on together so the latter moved down the road to found Cambridge's first true college, Peterhouse in 1284.

The following sites are recommended for visitors:
www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/tourism.htm
www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/city.htm
www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/acc00.htm

Last visit to Cambridgeshire: Aug 2001
Intro Updated Dec 8, 2002
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You should take time to visit the colleges in Cambridge. (Note that some colleges charge for admission, particularly... more travel advice

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Walking tours of the City and Colleges leave the Tourist Information centre daily throughout the year. Walks last about... more travel advice

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Punts on the River: Punt the boat yourself or you may prefer to take advantage of a chauffeurpunt. Punts are available... more travel advice

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Confucius Jul 20, 2006 at 9:35 AM

4 years without a comment on this page? My goodness! Doesn't anybody else want to visit Cambridge? (I did!)
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erikute3534 Jul 27, 2002 at 11:18 AM

nice page!
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gkitzmil Jun 8, 2002 at 11:28 AM

nicely done!!
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DPando Jun 8, 2002 at 10:26 AM

we miss you in BCN
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HORSCHECK May 30, 2002 at 12:25 PM

I think you have made punting by yourself ... :-)
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Ronald_T May 23, 2002 at 3:49 PM

I never made it to the University Edith ;-) Great page...