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Edited by Andrew Roberts Trumpington's history in the second half of the 19th century, including housing development to the north of the village, population growth and the building of the Cambridge-Bedford railway. One of a series of pages with Trumpington's timeline.

Local passenger train from Cambridge to Bedford, passing under Long Road bridge, Trumpington. Reproduced with permission from Bletchley to Cambridge, Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 2007.

1851 Census carried out on 30 March, population of Trumpington 771 people. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 138. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 249. Local History Group web page: 1851 Census of Trumpington.

1851 In addition to the standard 10-year census, a Religious Census was carried out across the country.

1852 Completion of the Kings Cross to Cambridge railway line, merging with the Liverpool Street to Cambridge line at the 'Shepreth Branch Junction' to the south of Trumpington. Sources of information: Fellows, Reginald B. (1976). London to Cambridge by Train 1845-1938. Cambridge: Oleander Press. Local History Group web page: Introduction to Railways in Trumpington and The Railways of Trumpington, 1845-2010.

1857 Building of the Schoolmaster’s House, next to the Church School, Church Lane. The house was designed by acclaimed architect William Butterfield and constructed by L. Gray & Son, Cambridge. Sources of information: Hill, Rosemary (2004). ‘Butterfield, William (1814–1900)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. [accessed 3 February 2011] Taylor, David (n.d.). The School House, Trumpington, 1857. William Butterfield: Architect. Unpublished (see Web page below). The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 266. Local History Group web pages: The School House, Trumpington, and William Butterfield. Education and schools in Trumpington

The south elevation and garden of the School House. Photo: Andrew Roberts, January 2011.

1858 The Unicorn public house recorded as a brewhouse, to the north of the school and headmaster's house on Church Lane. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 251. Local History Group web page: The Unicorn public house

The Unicorn public house, May 2009. Photo: Andrew Roberts.

1860s A boom in the extraction of coprolites across the parish. Sources of information: Grove, Richard (1976). The Cambridgeshire Coprolite Mining Rush. O'Connor, Bernard (1998). The Dinosaurs on Coldham's Common: the Story of Cambridge's Coprolite Industry. O'Connor, Bernard (1999). The Trumpington Fossil Diggings: An Account of the 19th Century Coprolite Diggings. Local History Group web page: Farming in Trumpington: Evidence from Censuses

1861 Census carried out on 7 April, population of Trumpington fallen to 716. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 138. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 249. Local History Group web page: 1861 Census of Trumpington.

1861 Monument (obelisk) erected at Nine Wells to commemorate the benefactors involved in the building of Hobson's Brook and Hobson's Conduit. Sources of information: Bushell, W.D. (1938). Hobson's Conduit. The New River at Cambridge Commonly Called Hobson's River. Gray, E.A. (1977). Hobson's Conduit, the Story of a Cambridgeshire Chalk Stream. Local History Group web page: Hobson's Brook and Hobson's Conduit

Left: the monument in the 1920s, from a photograph used by Percy Robinson during lectures in the 1920s-1940s. Right: the east side of the monument. Photo: Andrew Roberts, August 2008.

1862 Construction of the Bedford-Cambridge railway line, LNWR, through the parish, from the south west across the River Cam, to the south east of the village and a junction near Long Road with the London-Cambridge line. Opened 1 August 1662. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 133. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 250. Local History Group web page: Introduction to Railways in Trumpington and The Railways of Trumpington, 1845-2010.

1864 Foundation of the Trumpington Amateur Brass Band by Mr T.R. Higham, Schoolmaster, which thrived for at least 50 years. Sources of information: Percy Robinson notes held by Local History Group (1910). The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 251. Local History Group web page: Trumpington Amateur Brass Band.

Trumpington Brass Band. From a photograph used by Percy Robinson during lectures in the 1920s-1940s.

1865 Building of Anstey Hall cottage, Maris Lane, with "ornate Ruskinian Gothic details", including a design with the date and the initials CFF (Charles Finch Foster). Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 255-56. Entry in the Victorian Web. Local History Group web page:

Anstey Hall cottage. Photo: Jacqueline Banerjee, 2008.

1865-66 Construction of new building for the original Addenbrooke's Hospital, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Sources of information: Rook, Arthur, Carlton, Margaret and Cannon, W. Graham (1991). The History of Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP. Pages 149.

The Addenbrooke’s Hospital building (now the Judge Business School). Photo: Andrew Roberts, January 2011.

1860s- The majority of the Trinity College land along the east side of Trumpington Road to the north of Long Road was used to form large estates, such as Leighton House, and St Faith’s School. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 250. Local History Group web page:

1866-69 Construction of Leighton House on the east side of Trumpington Road, for Robert Sayle (now the Perse Preparatory School). Robert Sayle (1816-83) was a retailer and philanthropist. Sources of information: Sieveking, L.M., Gooch, Jenifer and Daly, Olivia (2008). A History of Robert Sayle, 1840-2007. Local History Group web page: Reminscences of the Perse Prep School

Leighton House in the mid 1950s. Source: Edmund Brookes.

1868 Extension of the Church School by the addition of an infants' schoolroom. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 266. Local History Group web page: Education and schools in Trumpington

1870 Elementary Education Act: Board Schools provided an education for the 5-10 age group, but it was not yet compulsory. Local History Group web page: The Education system in England

1871 Census carried out on 2 April, population of Trumpington 841 people. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 138. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 249. Local History Group web page: 1871 Census of Trumpington.

1875 Publication of the first Parish Magazine. Sources of information:

1876 Construction of Cavendish College, Hills Road (then in Trumpington Parish, buildings taken over by Homerton College in 1892-94). Sources of information: Sieveking, L.M., Gooch, Jenifer and Daly, Olivia (2008), A History of Robert Sayle, 1840-2007. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 267.

1878- Housing developments along Chaucer Road, Newton Road, etc., on land owned by the Pemberton estate. Sources of information: Renfrew, Jane M., Renfrew, Magnus A. and Rose, John K. (1996). Rus In Urbe. Chaucer Road and Latham Road: the History of Two Rural Roads in Cambridge. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 250. Local History Group web page: Developing Chaucer Road and Latham Road

Extract from the Inland Revenue Land Value map for Trumpington, 1910-11, reproduced by permission of Cambridgeshire Archives, file 470/047, sheet XLVII.10.

1880 Southacre, Latham Road, built for Reverend Henry Latham of Trinity Hall, in the grounds of a former nursery Sources of information: Renfrew, Jane M., Renfrew, Magnus A. and Rose, John K. (1996). Rus In Urbe. Chaucer Road and Latham Road: the History of Two Rural Roads in Cambridge. Local History Group web page: Developing Chaucer Road and Latham Road

1880 Elementary Education Act requiring compulsory attendance at school from 5-10 years of age. Local History Group web page: The Education system in England

1881 Census carried out on 3 April, population of Trumpington 940. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 138. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 249. Local History Group web page: 1881 Census of Trumpington.

1883 Trumpington and Grantchester Horticultural Show. Sources of information: Cambridge Chronicle, 1883. Trumpington Gardening Society history.

1883 The retailer and philanthropist Robert Sayle died at his home, Leighton House, on 5 October 1883. He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 10 October, with the inscription "In affectionate remembrance of Robert Sayle JP of Cambridge and China. Born at Southery, Norfolk February 22nd 1816 died at Trumpington, Cambridge October 5th 1883" on his monument. Sources of information: Mill Road Cemetery Web site [accessed 4 February 2011]. Sieveking, L.M., Gooch, Jenifer and Daly, Olivia (2008). A History of Robert Sayle, 1840-2007. Page 34.

The grave of Robert Sayle and members of his family, Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge. Photo: Andrew Roberts, February 2011.

1884 Death of Henry Fawcett on 6 November 1884, buried at the Parish Church on 10 November 1884. Henry Fawcett (1833-84) was an economist and politican, married to Millicent Garrett, who lived at 18 Brookside, Cambridge. His grave is on the south side of the church. It was renovated and rededicated in 2009. Sources of information: Dawson, Peter (2009). Henry Fawcett - Man of Vision. Dawson, Peter (2009). Who Was Henry Fawcett? Goldman, Lawrence (2006). ‘Fawcett, Henry (1833–1884)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Local History Group web page: Rededication of grave, 1 April 2009.

Henry Fawcett’s grave before renovation. Photo: Stephen Brown.

1884 James Payn (1830-98), publishes The Canon’s Ward, with the line ‘Beside the pleasant mill at Trumpington’ Sources of information: Text of The Canon's Ward

1882 or 1887 The windmill on Long Road stopped working, the Victoria County History says this was after a boiler blew up in 1882, other sources say in 1887. The mill was demolished at some point, the Victoria County History says that only the stump was left by 1930, other sources say c. 1889. By the 9160s, the site had been taken over by the telephone exchnage. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 261.

1888 The Indian Prince Ranji (Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, maharaja jam sahib of Navanagar), a renowned batsman who later played for England, lived at 1 Chaucer Road. Sources of information: Renfrew, Jane M., Renfrew, Magnus A. and Rose, John K. (1996). Rus In Urbe. Chaucer Road and Latham Road: the History of Two Rural Roads in Cambridge. Wilde, Simon (2004). ‘Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, maharaja jam sahib of Navanagar [Ranjitsinhji or Ranji] (1872–1933)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Local History Group web page: Developing Chaucer Road and Latham Road

1889 Publication of Widnall’s Reminiscences of Trumpington Fifty Years Ago. Sources of information: Widnall, S.P. [Samuel Page] (1889). Reminiscences of Trumpington Fifty Years Ago. Jennings, Christine (2003). Widnall. A Capital Contriver. the Story of a Victorian Household in the Village of Grantchester. Local History Group web page:

1890 or 1893 Opening of cemetery at the corner of Hauxton Road and Shelford Road. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 265. Local History Group web page:

Extract from the Inland Revenue Land Value map for Trumpington, 1910-11, showing the cemetery. Reproduced by permission of Cambridgeshire Archives, file 470/047, sheet XLVII.10.

Trumpington cemetery and the first houses to be built on Shelford Road. Photo: Andrew Roberts, January 2008

1891 Census carried out on 5 April, population of Trumpington 975 people. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1948). The History of the County of Cambridge & the Isle of Ely. Volume II, page 138. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 249. Local History Group web page: 1891 Census of Trumpington.

1892-96 Housing construction started along Newton Road. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 250. Local History Group web page:

1892-94 Opening of Homerton College in buildings previously occupied by Cavendish College, Hills Road (then in Trumpington Parish). Sources of information: Sieveking, L.M., Gooch, Jenifer and Daly, Olivia (2008), A History of Robert Sayle, 1840-2007. The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 267.

1893 School leaving age raised to 11. Local History Group web page: The Education system in England

1893 First Working Men’s Chrysanthemum Show. Sources of information: Cambridge Chronicle, 7 April 1893, p.4. Trumpington Gardening Society history.

late 1890s Construction of Alpha Terrace to the north of the old village and east of the High Street, mainly built from 1897 to 1910. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 250.

Extract from the Inland Revenue Land Value map for Trumpington, 1910-11, showing Alpha Terrace. Reproduced by permission of Cambridgeshire Archives, file 470/047, sheet XLVII.10.

1894 St Faiths School moved from Belvoir Terrace, Cambridge, to Trumpington Road. Sources of information: The Victoria History of the Counties of England (1982). A History of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Volume VIII. Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds. Trumpington, page 267. Local History Group web page: History of St Faith's School

School House, St Faith’s School. Photo: Howard Slatter, 2010.

1894 The Oddfellows Sidney Campion Lodge (Friendly Society) was founded in 1894 and based at the Tally Ho Public House in the High Street (then known as London Road). The original Lodge Secretary was David Howard, a Trumpington man who worked as a Domestic Gardener and was secretary of the Brass Band until 1892. Sidney Campion was a Cambridge Justice of Peace and held the post of Mayor of Cambridge on two occasions. By the 1950s the Lodge had moved to the Free Church School, when it was run by the Haslop family. Sources of information: Stephen Harper-Scott [January 2011].

1899 School leaving age raised to 12. Local History Group web page: The Education system in England.

1899 Opening of Free Church, Alpha Terrace. Sources of information:

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