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The development of Barnwell (StAndrew The Less).  

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The development of Barnwell (St Andrew The Less) * I consider the most important push/pull factor that determined the growth in population in the Barnwell area, and in particular of the parish of St. Andrew The Less, the construction of the railway. The reason why the railway was built in this area, is due to the University's reluctancy to the construction of this new method of transport. The University considered the noise produced by the trains as a major distraction for the undergraduates studying at the Cambridge University; The University was also afraid that with the arrival of the railway the undergraduates would have been increasingly more attracted into going to London, which was considered as a city of sin, totally malevolent in the respects of the students. Barnwell, being far off the centre of town (also where the University was situated) was considered the perfect area where to ubicate the...

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