The watercourse was named after Thomas Hobson, a local businessman who paid ... Even the railings are listed It feeds the lake in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and runs between ...

Cambridge City Council have confirmed all ... is a Victorian redevelopment of a site owned by Elizabethan philanthropist Thomas Hobson, who was famous for the phrase ‘Hobson’s Choice’.

The Grade II listed building and former police station is currently in office use and is named after famous Cambridge carrier Thomas Hobson. Standing on the site of the former Spinning House ...

By John V. Orth Four hundred years ago, Thomas Hobson ran a large livery stable in Cambridge, England. In order to ensure the equal use of each of his horses, he gave his customers their choice of ...

Thomas Hobson was a stable owner who lived in England in the late 16th century. He rented horses from his stable to people who needed them — these were mostly students from Cambridge.

Image caption, The conduit is named after Thomas Hobson - of Hobson's Choice fame - who ran livery stables in 1600s Cambridge An ancient watercourse, known as Hobson's Conduit, has been providing ...