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Girton, Cambridgeshire history

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Girton has been home to a poor settlement for more than 2000 years. The parish lies on the Via Devana, the Roman road, and a cemetery with at least 225 burials between the second century AD and the early Anglo Saxon period was found near to Girton College in 1880.

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Girton, Cambridgeshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Girton, Cambridgeshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Girton, Cambridgeshire’s information audio spots:

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is one of the teaching and research departments at the University of Cambridge. It conducts original research at the interfaces between engineering, chemistry, biology and physics.

University of Cambridge Sports Centre The University of Cambridge Sports Centre is the University’s main sporting facility. It is located in the centre of Cambridge’s main sports facilities. The centre is home to the Cambridge University Football Club.

Institute for Manufacturing Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) integrates research and education with practical application in industry. All areas of the IfM work closely with industry. Research is undertaken in collaboration with companies.

Cavendish Laboratory The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics. It is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish. 30 Cavendish researchers have won Nobel Prizes.

Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007 it employed 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students.

William Gates Building, Cambridge The William Gates Building is a square building that houses the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. It was named after William H. Gates Sr., the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Construction on the building began in 1999 and was completed in 2001 at a cost of £20 million.

Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge The Institute of Astronomy is the largest of the three astronomy departments in the University of Cambridge. Around 180 academics, postdocs, visitors and assistant staff work at the department. The Kavli Institute for Cosmology is also located on the department site.

Cambridge Observatory Cambridge Observatory is an astronomical observatory at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1823 and is now part of the Institute of Astronomy. There are a set of optical telescopes at the site on the Madingley Road in Cambridge. The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is a few kilometres southwest.

Møller Centre The Møller Institute is a leadership and professional development Institute at Churchill College. It was founded with a gift of approximately £10 million to Churchill College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

Churchill Archives Centre Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) is one of the largest repositories in the UK for the preservation and study of modern personal papers. It is best known for housing the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, the private papers of Baroness Thatcher, and a wide range of political, diplomatic, military and scientific collections.

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