Hobson's Conduit : The New River at Cambridge Commonly Called Hobson's River (Paperback)

Preface; Author's note; 1. The open watercourses in the streets of Cambridge; 2. The Nine Wells, and the watercourse down to the Conduit Head; 3. The distribution of the water from the Conduit Head; 4. The Elizabethan proposals; 5. The ancient King's Ditch; 6. The water brought down Trumpington Street to the King's Ditch; 7. The water brought to the Market Hill; 8. The water brought to Emmanuel and Christ's Colleges; 9. Thomas Hobson, the carrier; 10. Other benefactors of the Conduit; 11. The constitution of the Trust; 12. Roman and medieval waterworks and the New River from Ware to London; 13. Technical skill in the seventeenth century; 14. Cambridge water supplies, past and present; 15. The medieval water supply of Trinity Cambridge; 16. The old account books of the Trust; 17. The more recent history of the Conduit; Appendices; Index.