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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,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
Grantebryege (H,V)
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Grentebridge (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,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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