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Hills Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 8PH

The Donald McIndoe Building.

On the right is the rear of some of the original buildings of 1876, on the left ahead The Donald McIntyre Building.

Shepherd's pie, Mittagessen in der Great Hall des Homerton College, Cambridge. Shepherd's pie, lunch in the Great Hall of Homerton College, Cambridge.

With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college. In 1850 Homerton Academy in London, with a history stretching back a century, was refounded by the Congregational Board of Education to concentrate on the study of education itself. Towards the end of the 19th century, the growth of industry around the village of Homerton had lowered the quality of life of the students and led to seven deaths between 1878 and 1885 from tuberculosis, smallpox and typhoid. In 1894 the Congregational Board of Education were able to purchase the estate of Cavendish College, Cambridge which had become available. Cavendish College had been founded to allow poorer students to sit Cambridge tripos exams without the expense of joining a true Cambridge college, but a lack of money had brought the venture to an end. All its estates and furniture were bought by the Congregational Board for £10,000, and their students and staff moved from the old Hackney premises into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge. In December 1976, Homerton was accepted as an Approved Society of the University of Cambridge. In late 2000 the Regent House approved a proposal to converge Homerton with the rest of the University. This view looks towards the oldest part of the college, erected in 1876 for Cavendish College.

Faculty of Education building

Next to The Donald McIndoe Building.

With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college. In 1850 Homerton Academy in London, with a history stretching back a century, was refounded by the Congregational Board of Education to concentrate on the study of education itself. Towards the end of the 19th century, the growth of industry around the village of Homerton had lowered the quality of life of the students and led to seven deaths between 1878 and 1885 from tuberculosis, smallpox and typhoid. In 1894 the Congregational Board of Education were able to purchase the estate of Cavendish College, Cambridge which had become available. Cavendish College had been founded to allow poorer students to sit Cambridge tripos exams without the expense of joining a true Cambridge college, but a lack of money had brought the venture to an end. All its estates and furniture were bought by the Congregational Board for £10,000, and their students and staff moved from the old Hackney premises into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge. In December 1976, Homerton was accepted as an Approved Society of the University of Cambridge. In late 2000 the Regent House approved a proposal to converge Homerton with the rest of the University. This view looks towards the oldest part of the college, erected in 1876 for Cavendish College. On the left is the Great Hall.

With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college. In 1850 Homerton Academy in London, with a history stretching back a century, was refounded by the Congregational Board of Education to concentrate on the study of education itself. Towards the end of the 19th century, the growth of industry around the village of Homerton had lowered the quality of life of the students and led to seven deaths between 1878 and 1885 from tuberculosis, smallpox and typhoid. In 1894 the Congregational Board of Education were able to purchase the estate of Cavendish College, Cambridge which had become available. Cavendish College had been founded to allow poorer students to sit Cambridge tripos exams without the expense of joining a true Cambridge college, but a lack of money had brought the venture to an end. All its estates and furniture were bought by the Congregational Board for £10,000, and their students and staff moved from the old Hackney premises into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge. In late 2000 the Regent House approved a proposal to converge Homerton with the rest of the University. This view looks towards the oldest part of the college, erected in 1876 for Cavendish College. The day was bitterly cold and there was no chance of any of the snow or ice melting.

With around 1,200 students, Homerton has more students than any other Cambridge college. In 1850 Homerton Academy in London, with a history stretching back a century, was refounded by the Congregational Board of Education to concentrate on the study of education itself. Towards the end of the 19th century, the growth of industry around the village of Homerton had lowered the quality of life of the students and led to seven deaths between 1878 and 1885 from tuberculosis, smallpox and typhoid. In 1894 the Congregational Board of Education were able to purchase the estate of Cavendish College, Cambridge which had become available. Cavendish College had been founded to allow poorer students to sit Cambridge tripos exams without the expense of joining a true Cambridge college, but a lack of money had brought the venture to an end. All its estates and furniture were bought by the Congregational Board for £10,000, and their students and staff moved from the old Hackney premises into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge. In December 1976, Homerton was accepted as an Approved Society of the University of Cambridge. In late 2000 the Regent House approved a proposal to converge Homerton with the rest of the University. This view is of the oldest part of the college, erected in 1876 for Cavendish College. The building on the left is the Great Hall.