Monuments
There are two monuments, one on Lensfield Road (52°11′52″N 0°07′21″E / 52.1979°N 0.1224°E / 52.1979; 0.1224 (Lensfield Road), see picture below) and one at Nine Wells. The latter was erected in 1861 by public subscription and records the benefactors to the water course and conduit as:
- Thomas Chaplin, Lord of the Manor of Trumpington Delapole, 1610
- Stephen Perse, fellow of Gonville and Caius, 1615
- Thomas Hobson, carrier, 1630
- Edward Potto, alderman of Cambridge, 1632, and
- Joseph Merrill, alderman of Cambridge, 1806
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Monument to Hobson, at the point where the conduit crosses Lensfield Road
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Hobson's conduit as it runs in a sluice toward Peterhouse
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Hobson's conduit at the end of Brookside
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Monument to the conduit at Nine Wells
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Spring at Nine Wells that feeds the conduit
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