Talk:River Cam

Cam fever
A Google search on this returns references to something completely different. Anyway, should one look for references that it "is reputed" (which wouldn't be so hard) or references concerning the actual consequences of drinking Cam water? &mdash;Ashley Y 01:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Runescape
Recommend deletion of the Runescape reference - I realise this is a trivia section, but it's an exceptionally trivial piece of trivia, especially given that the construction (rivername)-bridge is so common in place names. I've not been able to find any confirmation that the place names are related, although I'm aware that Jagex, the company that produces Runescape, is based in Cambridge (perhaps someone who plays the game might be able to help clarify). Squeezeweasel 15:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It's been over a month and nobody's responded to the above, so I've taken out the Runescape sentence. -- Squeezeweasel talk  22:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Other Cams
It should be made clear that the Cam described here is only one of several with this name in England. For example there are two in Somerset. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Adresia (talk • contribs) 09:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC).


 * I think it is clear enough from the context not to require disambiguation. SimonTrew (talk) 18:42, 20 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonTrew (talk • contribs) 18:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * in Russia and Finland there are many rivers Kama, Kama, Coma, Kama 176.65.114.122 (talk) 18:45, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Brooke's poem
I have a kinda dispute with this. I am maybe in a minority but have always seen the poem (and know most of the places mentioned in it) as kinda a parody, saying how awful Cambridge is-- i.e. by saying how awful everywhere is but how wonderful Grantchester is. I don't think it is supposed to be a rural idyll. It's a great poem but I think most people miss the point. Any opinions?

SimonTrew (talk) 18:44, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * "And Cambridgeshire of all England, A shire for men who understand..."


 * Brooke does compare other places unfavourably to Grantchester, but as a way to boost his portrayal of Grantchester as a rural idyll. The real victim counterpart is not Cambridge but Berlin, where he wrote the poem, contrasting the German attitude to all things as regular and regulated with the British way of life; the "unregulated Sun", the "unofficial English rose" and so forth.


 * At least that is my reading of it.


 * Howard Alexander (talk) 19:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Tidy Up (source of River Rhee) The reference to River Rhee starting to the west of the village is incorrect, the Spring is located in the village itself. Will upload some photos in due course. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526990&Y=239770&A=Y&Z=115 Pandaplodder (talk) 11:59, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Cam-Granta River
Some research on the name of the Cam river in pre-Roman times would be worthwhile. Many place-names throughout Britain are Celtic in origin, such as "Avon" (abhainn=river). "Cam" means crooked or a bend which would seem plausible, or "Com" meaning a valley or a glen. 84.203.171.122 (talk) 11:40, 27 August 2011 (UTC) F MacAmhlaoibh inne@eicom.net
 * It was the Granta or else something completely unrelated to Cam (Duroliponte suggests "Durolon" &c.). Looking for false friends isn't going to do anything but muddy the water. — Llywelyn II   02:06, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * But it would be good to explain the meaning of "Granta". The discussion of the etymology is a bit confusing.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:50, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Two separate upper stretches
Seems highly dubious that both the Granta and Rhee are officially the upper stretch of the river. Surely it's one, the other, or neither and both are part of the Cam system. — Llywelyn II   02:06, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This summary and the linked waterbody page suggests the uppermost reach is the Cam upstream of Newport, Essex...Jokulhlaup (talk) 14:38, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Coordinates
In adding the river geobox, it automatically added the mouth coordinate as the page title coordinate. This clashed with the one marked in the 'map table' (outside Clare College), so I turned that one off. I agree as a single point, this central Cambridge one is more useful, though it goes against the convention of the vast majority of other river pages whose title coordinate is the location of the river mouth. Beyond this I have no strong opinion...Smb1001 (talk) 17:50, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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Bin Brook (and Full Brook)
Both of these chalk streams feed into the Cam so should be included. Not a lot of info out there, but this article suggests BB rises in Hardwick and flows into the Cam on the Trinity College stretch. https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl/FLOOD/wagner_articles.html Lawrence18uk (talk) 16:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)