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Town vs. Gown: Social divides in Cambridgeshire antiquarian life
Tue 10 March 2020
Ross Street Community Centre
The University of Cambridge was at the forefront of the national revival of interest in antiquarianism and archaeology in the 1830s, but as casual groups dedicated to the study and preservation of historic architecture, artefacts, and landscapes were formed across the country, ordinary Cambridge townspeople were left out of the conversation.
Mill Road History Society presents a talk by Mariel Rodriguez who will look at the ways Cambridgeshire residents like Frederick Leach and C. H. Evelyn White found to insert themselves into the conversation until by the twentieth century it was the non-university antiquarian society that was the leader in the national preservation debates.
Mariel Rodriguez is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of History where she examines heritage preservation practices at the local level in the nineteenth century. She is also a volunteer guide at the David Parr House on Gwydir Street.
Doors open at 7pm, talk starts at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome, admission £3 on the
door. Tea and biscuits available.
Cost: £3
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| Address: | Ross Street Community Centre Ross Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3UZ |
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