The Growth of Cambridge 



173 



appears to have been an increase in its importance as a market for the rural 

 areas. The Hay Market in 1820 and the Cattle Market in 1842 were 

 removed from the centre of the town to more spacious sites on Potmd 

 Hill (the western slope of Casde Hdl). The old Corn Exchange on St 

 Andrew's Hill was also opened in 1842. The outlying villages, Newnham, 

 Grantchester, Trumpington, Cherryhinton, Chesterton, also show in- 



1801 II 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 1901 II 21 31 

 Fig. 43. 



Population curve for the parish of St Andrew the Less, including after 1845 the 

 parishes of St Paul (1845), St Matthew (1870), St Barnabas (1888), and StPhiUp (1903). 



crease of population (Fig. 44) and area at this period; in the case of Cherry- 

 hinton, the 1 821 Census Report specifically attributes the increase to 

 enclosures.' 



The expansion of Cambridge in the second half of the nineteenth 

 century was even greater (Fig. 39). The town continued to grow rapidly 



' As was the case with other villages of the County. See p. 129 above. 



