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 ...

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 ...

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’.

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 ...

A water source supplying Cambridge University Botanic Garden and some college ponds, could run dry for the first time in its 400-year history. The Hobson's Conduit Trust, which manages the source ...

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 ...