At some stage in the late 1930s Gonville and Caius College bought land in Sutton Benger, including much (if not all) of Manor Farm, as an investment. In the long term this was to lead to the building of the ‘College Green’ bungalows and the houses to the south of Back Lane / Chestnut Road.
Parish Council records of the time refer to ‘Cabbidge College’ as well as ‘Caius College’, and there was some confusion regarding Oxford and Cambridge. It seems likely that the College in question was actually Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, despite there only being one record anywhere of that full and precise title. Precisely why the College invested in Sutton Benger is not clear.