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Hobson's Conduit - The New River at Cambridge Commonly Called Hobson's River (Paperback)
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Hobson's Conduit - The New River at Cambridge Commonly Called Hobson's River (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
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It is a peculiarity of Cambridge that in one of the principal
streets, Trumpington Street, there is a runnel of fresh water,
called Hobson's Conduit, on either side of the road (a similar
stream in St Andrew's Street was covered over in the 1990s.) These
streams form part of a system of water supply named after Thomas
Hobson (1545 1631), the Cambridge carrier, from whom we get the
expression 'Hobson's Choice', and for who the young John Milton
wrote two verse epitaphs, reproduced in this work. For 250 years,
Hobson's Conduit provided the principal supply of drinking water
for the centre of the city, after Andrew Perne (1519 89),
Vice-Chancellor of the University, persuaded a number of patrons,
including Hobson, to subscribe towards the project. First published
in 1938, this history of Cambridge's ancient urban watercourse was
written by W. D. Bushell, one of the trustees of the Hobson's
Conduit Trust.
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