King's Parade
Great St Mary's church (right), 2004 | |
  Location within Cambridge | |
| Former name(s) | High Street[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Postal code | CB2 |
| Coordinates | 52°12′17″N 0°07′04″E / 52.2046°N 0.1177°E |
| North end | Trinity Street |
| South end | Trumpington Street |
King's Parade is a street in central Cambridge, England.[2][3][4][5] The street continues north as Trinity Street and then St John's Street, and south as Trumpington Street. It is a major tourist area in Cambridge, commanding a central position in the University of Cambridge area of the city. It is also a place frequented by many cyclists and by students travelling between lectures during term-time.
History
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When the King's College Gatehouse (porters' lodge) and Screen were built in the 1830s, the previous west side of the street was completely demolished.[4] Opposite King's College is a row of now mainly touristic shops. For example, the Primavera Gallery and gift store is located here. St Mary's Passage and St Edward's Passage lead away from King's Parade to the east.
No.1 King's Parade on the corner or King's Parade and Bene't Street was a milliner and dressmaker by the name of C.H. Lawrence in the early 20th century.[10] In the 1950s and 1960s the building became Millers Wine Parlour. In Ted Hughes: The Life of A Poet by Elaine Feinstein, Sylvia Plath is described sitting in Millers Wine parlour in 1956, reading a review article.[11] Since then it has occupied various establishments, including the wine bars Gough Bros (1972) and Shades (1972–1992), The English Teddy Bear Company (late 1990s–early 2000s) and a restaurant/bar by the name of No.1 King's Parade (until 2006). Today a restaurant called The Cambridge Chop House is located here.
In the 1970s,
At the southern end of King's Parade, on the corner of Corpus Christi College in Trumpington Street, is the Corpus Clock, a new piece of art installed in 2008 that has also become a significant tourist attraction.
Panoramic view
Image gallery
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King's College Chapelfrom King's Parade. -
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TheSenate Houseviewed from King's Parade. -
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King's College Chapelin the snow from the north of King's Parade. -
Historical photograph of the same scene. -
View of King's Parade looking south from the Senate House.
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References
- ISBN 978-1-4456-7992-1.
- ^ a b King's Parade / Senate House Hill Archived 11 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge City Council.
- ^ King's Parade, Cambridge 2000.
- ^ a b King's Parade Archived 14 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, King's College, Cambridge.
- ^ King's Parade, Cambridge Online.
- ^ Friaries: Austin friars, Cambridge
- ^ Elisabeth Leedham-Green (1996). A Concise History of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. p. 44.
- J. D. Mackie, The Earlier Tudors, 1485–1558, Oxford University Press, 1991, p. 343.
- ^ a b History of the Bookshop, Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Cambridge, King's Parade 1911 - Francis Frith". www.francisfrith.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ISBN 9781474605526.