Editing Cambridge (section)

=== Early-industrial era ===
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| short_title           = Cambridge Inclosure Act 1807
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| long_title            = An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Saint Andrew the Less, otherwise called Barnwell, in the Town of Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge, and certain Lands in the Parishes of Saint Andrew the Great, Saint Mary the Great, and Saint Mary the Less, or some or one of them, in the said Town of Cambridge, lying intermixed with the Lands in the said Parish of Saint Andrew the Less, otherwise called Barnwell.
| year                  = 1807
| citation              = [[47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2]]. c. ''60'' {{small|Pr.}}
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In the 19th century, in common with many other English towns, Cambridge expanded rapidly, due in part to increased life expectancy and improved agricultural production leading to increased trade in town markets.<ref name="british-history-66609">{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66609 |chapter=The city of Cambridge: Economic history |editor-first=J. P. C. |editor-last=Roach |publisher=Victoria County History |via=Institute of Historical Research |year=1959 |title=A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612161044/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66609 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Histon and Impington Inclosure Act 1801]] ([[41 Geo. 3. (U.K.)]] c. ''112'' {{small|Pr.}}), the [[Trumpington Inclosure Act 1801]] ([[41 Geo. 3. (U.K.)]] c. ''128'' {{small|Pr.}}), and the '''{{visible anchor|Cambridge Inclosure Act 1807}}''' ([[47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2]]. c. ''60'' {{small|Pr.}}) enabled the town to expand over surrounding open fields.<ref name=VCHgrowth>{{cite book |editor1-last=Roach |editor1-first=J. P. C. |title=A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3 |date=1959 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |pages=109–111 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol3/pp109-111 |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref>

The railway came to Cambridge in 1845 after initial resistance, with the opening of the [[Great Eastern Railway]]'s London to Norwich line. The station was outside the town centre following pressure from the university to restrict travel by undergraduates.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol3/pp1-2 |editor-first=J. P. C. |editor-last=Roach |publisher=Victoria Couinty History |via=Institute of Historical Research |year=1959 |chapter=The city of Cambridge |title=A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge |pages=1–2}}</ref> With the arrival of the railway and associated employment came development of areas around the station, such as [[Mill Road, Cambridge|Romsey Town]].<ref>{{citation|title=Bringing it all back home: Changes in Housing and Society 1966–2006|first1=Allan|last1=Brigham|first2=Colin|last2=Wiles|publisher=Chartered Institute of Housing, Eastern Branch|year=2006|url=http://www.colc.co.uk/cambridge/tours/article3.htm|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174731/http://www.colc.co.uk/cambridge/tours/article3.htm|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The rail link to London stimulated heavier industries, such as the production of brick, cement and [[malt]].<ref name="british-history-66609" />