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Came to the College under the Barnwell Enclosure Award of 1809

No. 1 - known as Moorvale
No. 2 - Craftholme
No. 3 - Moorhurst
No. 4 - The Homestead
No. 5 - Ranmoorhurst
No. 6 - Holmfield
No. 7 - Normanhurst
No. 8 - St Albans
No. 9 - Rhinefeld
No. 10 - St Elmo
No. 11 - Drachenfeld
No. 12 - Ferndale
No. 13 - Glencairn
No. 14 - Dovedale
No. 15 - Kilmeny
No. 16 - Lea Vale
No. 17 - Thirlmere
No. 18 - Clive Vale or Clive Dale
No. 19 - Lynfield
No. 20 - Blackmoor
No. 21 - Cliveden
No. 22 - Ranmoor
No. 23 - Lynden
No. 24 - Heatherdene
No. 25 - Marden
No. 26 - Rosedene
No. 27 - Hazelcroft
No. 28 - Hollydene
No. 29 - Elmley
No. 30 - Ivydene
No. 31 - Lyndhurst
No. 32 - Thorndene

Came to the College as part of the Barnwell Inclosure Act of 1809
New Square is made up of three rows of terraced two storey Gault brick and slate roofed houses. Each of the three terraces were built at different stages: the South terrace c. 1825; the East terrace c. 1834 and the North terrace c. 1835

Eastbourne Terrace (63-99 Hills Road)
1-19 Eastbourne Terrace now known as 99-63 Hills Road (odd numbers)

The portion of the road frontage where Nos. 63-99 Hills Road were built was first leased to Richard Reynolds Rowe (the College Agent). He did not take up his option and in 1865 he assigned his interest to Arthur John Gray (builder)

In 1870 a lease of 8 dwelling houses called Eastbourne Terrace was granted to Gray for 40 years. By 1884 (when the lease was due for renewal) he had built 11 more making 19 in total

He kept an interest in 6 houses (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 and 11 Eastbourne Terrace) and after his death in 1898 he left his daughter, Elizabeth Jane Bennett, these houses (now called Nos. 79, 81, 85, 91, 97 and 99 Hills Road)

The name changed from Eastbourne Terrace to Hills Road around 1896

College Terrace (101-123 Hills Road)
This was next to Eastbourne Terrace and consisted of 12 houses. These are now 123-101 Hills Road (odd numbers)

Trumpington Inclosure (172-176 Hills Road)
For a history of Nos. 172-176 Hills Road see under 172 Hills Road

Title to the land in the Station Road area stems from the Barnwell Inclosure Award 1808-1809.

In 1846 the College agreed to sell land to the Eastern Counties Railway Company for a station and for the approved road.
The conveyance was signed in 1850 [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1850].

The College then gave notice to its agricultural tenants and started to let the land to developers. The occupiers in 1847 were Mr Dixon, Mr Gotobed (most of his land was sold to the Great Eastern Railway Co in 1874) and Mr George Bullen (who farmed the land on the south side of Station Road).

Land near the station was leased to Robert Sayle on 7 March 1859 [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1859]
This lease was determined on 22 March 1873 [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1873] and the land sold to the Great Eastern Railway Company.

On 4 June 1874 Arthur John Gray was granted a lease of the first of his houses 'Salisbury Villa' built on the north side of Station Road [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1874]
This lease included land afterwards compulsorily purchased by the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners to make Tenison Road.

6 May 1876 Arthur John Gray surrendered to the College part of Gotobed's allotment in order that the College might sell it to the Great Eastern Railway Company [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1876/1].

On 24 December 1888 Arthur John Gray renewed his lease of 1, 2, and 3 Salisbury Villas [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1888]
When the lease was renewed it was found that Gray still held a square piece of land at the rear of the gardens of his houses, separate from them, with a frontage to the proposed new Tenison Road of 400 feet.

On 11 December 1885 the Notice of proposed purchase of land for the roadway under the Public Health Act 1875 was issued
The conveyance was signed on 9 July 1889.

1 November 1888 the College agreed with Arthur John Gray to pay him an annuity in the form of a remission of rent. Gray thereby surrendered 3150 square yards of land for the road.

On 14 March 1894 Gray surrendered to the College two pieces of land at the back of his houses Salisbury Villas and Arundel Villas. The first portion was in a lease dated 1874 and the second in a lease of Arundel Villas dated 1 November 1882. This land was then leased to developers to build houses facing Tenison Road and Tenison Avenue. This left Gray with 200 feet frontage on Tenison Road (the site of St Colette's School).

The College planned Tenison Avenue, leasing sites to builders, so that it was left with a piece of land extending as far as the Highsett houses. Mr Charles Armstrong, builder of some of the Tenison Avenue houses, took this on a yearly agreement in 1897 [JCAD/3/CAM/STA/GEN/1/1897].

Malcolm Street is named after a former benefactor to the nunnery of St Radegund, Malcolm IV, King of Scotland.

According to the Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959, the five terraces of Malcolm Street, 1-6, 7-11, 16-18, 19-25 and 26-29, were probably built by James Webster, a local builder, soon after 1842.

[Source: Capturing Cambridge website: https://capturingcambridge.org/centre/malcolm-street/malcolm-street/

Records are of properties in Manor Street before the street was moved to the west as part of the Manor Place development [JCAD/3/CAM/MAN]. Resultantly these properties no longer exist

Leases relating to properties on Jesus Lane have been catalogued under the current property number.

However, there are many leases, particularly relating to 17-32 Jesus Lane which don't easily relate to an existing property. This area has undergone much development since the earliest records held in the Archive which date to the 14 and 15th centuries. Often there were a number of smaller houses with cottages, workshops and stables behind or there was one bigger house where there are now 4.

Explanatory notes have been added to the catalogue to help researchers understand the history of each section of the street.

Records have been catalogued under the following numbers:

16 Jesus Lane
This is known as Little Trinity and the records are catalogued under JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/4

17 Jesus Lane
In 2012 this was renumbered 18 Jesus Lane and No. 17 no longer exists.
Records relating to this property have been catalogued under 18 Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/5
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records: JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60

18 Jesus Lane
In 2012 this was renumbered 19A Jesus Lane and records have been catalogued under 19A Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/6
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records: JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60

19 Jesus Lane
Records up to 1912 and between 2001-2012 have been catalogued under 19 Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/7
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60
After 2012 this property became part of Marshall's Court and the records have been catalogued under JCAD/7/27

20 Jesus Lane
Records up to 1912 and between 2001-2012 have been catalogued under 19 Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/7
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60
After 2012 this property became part of Marshall's Court and the records have been catalogued under JCAD/7/27

21 Jesus Lane
Records up to 1912 and between 2001-2012 have been catalogued under 19 Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/7
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60
After 2012 this property became part of Marshall's Court and the records have been catalogued under JCAD/7/27

22 Jesus Lane
Records up to 1912 and between 2001-2012 have been catalogued under 19 Jesus Lane - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/7
Between 1912 and 2001 this property was part of the Marshall's Garage site and have been catalogued with these records - see JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/60
After 2012 this property became part of Marshall's Court and the records have been catalogued under JCAD/7/27

All Saints Church
For records relating to All Saints Church on Jesus Lane see: JCAD_3_CAM 3/2/LIV/1 - Cambridge, All Saints

Known as 'Drachenfeld'.

Leased to Charles Armstrong along with Rhinefeld [No. 9] for 99 years from 1895.

Sold by the College in January 1982.

Known as 'Normanhurst'.

Leased to Charles Armstrong along with Ranmoorhurst [No. 5] and Elmley [No. 29] for 99 years from 25 March 1895.

Sold by the College in February 2008.

Formerly No. 1 Eastbourne Terrace.
Sold in 1991.

Formerly 12 College Terrace.

Sold in 1997.

Formerly No. 4 Eastbourne Terrace

Sold in 2000

Marshall's

1909 - Marshall's was established by David Gregory Marshall, in a small lock-up garage in Brunswick Gardens, Cambridge as a chauffeur drive company

1910 - this was an immediate success and prompted the move to larger premises in Kings Street

1912 - the company’s premises relocated to Jesus Lane when the trade expanded to include selling cars

1914-1918 - the garages were used for servicing and repairing vehicles required for the war effort

1920 - formal contracts were signed resulting in Marshall's being awarded the Distributorship for Austin in Cambridgeshire

1939-1945 - the garage was closed down as part of the war effort and re-opened in 1945 concentrating on Austin Cars. During the 60s/70s/80s the franchise base broadened

Marshall’s held the site under 2 leases: 15 March 1954 and 27 November 1957. Both leases expired on 24 March 2052.

By 2000 Marshall had ceased to trade from the premises and was in discussion with the College to agree a mutually acceptable use for the site. They explored different possibilities for developing the site in partnership with the College. These were ultimately unsuccessful and in 2001 the College acquired the site by buying out the Marshall Group's long lease.

The Marshall's garage occupied the site between Little Trinity (16 Jesus Lane) and 22 Jesus Lane. There was a garage, showroom and offices.

No. 62-72 Jesus Lane had never belonged to the College. Almshouses facing Jesus Lane were built on this site in the 17th century by Knight's Charity and were surrounded by a large garden. By 1798 a house or houses had been built on the corner of Jesus Lane and Belmont Place [now 62 Jesus Lane].
In the 1880s the almshouses were rebuilt on the King Street side of the site, the old buildings facing Jesus Lane were demolished and the existing houses built, one storey higher than Rhadegund Buildings.

In the late 1920s and 1930s the College pursued a policy of buying leaseholds of these as they came onto the market, but never succeeded in obtaining control over the whole block. This policy was reversed in the 1960s and the leaseholds were resold to the ground landlords

1999, c. 2008, c. 2014

Exhibitions focussing mainly on collections held by the Old Library. Due to no suitable exhibition space in College at time of exhibitions taking place, items were copied with copies then put on display in the Creswick Room in the Quincentenary Library.

Papers in this series relate to the College Libraries that have existed since the Old Library ceased to be the main College Library. These Libraries were the Shield Library, the War Memorial Library (1949 - 1996) and the Quincentenary Library (1996 - present).

Records relating to The Great Northern Hotel have been included under 1 Station Road. The first surviving lease is dated 1869 and granted 3 messuages, including 1 called 'Great Northern Hotel' to Arthur John Gray. In 1896 the lease was granted to Charles Edward Gray and the plan shows the Great Northern Hotel was the property between 57 Hills Road and 1 Station Road. In 1926 the lease was granted to Messrs Worthington & Co