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The Backs, the Glossary

The Backs is a picturesque area to the east of Queen's Road in the city of Cambridge, England, where several colleges of the University of Cambridge back on to the River Cam with their grounds covering both banks of the river.^[1]

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River Cam
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Beech

Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Eurasia and North America.

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Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge

The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge, England is a stone covered bridge at St John's College, Cambridge.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cambridge City Council

Cambridge City Council is the local authority for Cambridge, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Library is the main research library of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Capability Brown

Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.

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Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Darwin College, Cambridge

Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles.

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Elm

Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the family Ulmaceae.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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Grazing

In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other forages into meat, milk, wool and other animal products, often on land that is unsuitable for arable farming.

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Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Jesus Green

Jesus Green is a park in the north of central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, north of Jesus College. The Backs and Jesus Green are parks and open spaces in Cambridge.

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King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge.

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King's College, Cambridge

King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Landscape architect

A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture.

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List of bridges in Cambridge

The following is a list and brief history of the bridges in Cambridge, England, principally those over the River Cam of which there are 25, soon to be 26.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Magdalene Street

Magdalene Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. The Backs and Magdalene Street are history of Cambridge.

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Mathematical Bridge

The Mathematical Bridge is a wooden footbridge in the southwest of central Cambridge, England.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Picturesque

Picturesque is an aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc.

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Punt (boat)

A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers and shallow water.

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Queen's Road, Cambridge

Queen's Road (designated the A1134) is a major road to the west of central Cambridge, England.

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Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings.

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River Cam

The River Cam is the main river flowing through Cambridge in eastern England. The Backs and river Cam are Geography of Cambridge.

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Silver Street, Cambridge

Silver Street is located in the southwest of central Cambridge, England. The Backs and Silver Street, Cambridge are university of Cambridge sites.

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Simon Jenkins

Sir Simon David Jenkins FLSW (born 10 June 1943) is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. The Backs and university of Cambridge are history of Cambridge.

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Wildlife corridor

A wildlife corridor, habitat corridor, or green corridor is an area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures (such as development, roads, or land clearings), allowing the movement of individuals between populations, that may help prevent negative effects of inbreeding and reduced genetic diversity (via genetic drift) that can occur within isolated populations.

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Wren Library

The Wren Library is the library of Trinity College in Cambridge.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backs

Also known as Cambridge Backs, The Backs, Cambridge.

The Backs, the Glossary

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See also

Geography of Cambridge

Parks and open spaces in Cambridge

River Cam

University of Cambridge sites

References