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ID: 7010874
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Record Type: administrative |
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Cambridge (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the rivers Cam and Granta; site of prehistoric and Roman remains; oldest college is Peterhouse (founded 1284); was confirmed a university city by Pope John XXII in 1384; visited by Erasmus in 1510; site of Holy Sepulchre Church, famed for its circular plan; the Fitzwilliam Museum is here. |
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| Cambridge (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Cantabrigia (H,V)
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| Cantebrigge (H,V)
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| Grantabridge (H,V)
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| Grantabrycge (H,V)
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| Grantebridge (H,V,Old English,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Grantebryege (H,V)
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| Grentebridge (H,V,Old English,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Cambridge (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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excavations at nearby by Castle Hill & Market Hill suggest pre-Roman occupation |
| city (C) |
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first chartered in 1207 |
| county seat (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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since 13th cen. |
| cultural center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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