Peas Hill

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Coordinates: 52°12′17″N 0°07′08″E / 52.2048°N 0.1188°E / 52.2048; 0.1188
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St Edward King and Martyr church on Peas Hill.
The Cambridge Arts Theatre on Peas Hill.

Peas Hill is a street in central Cambridge, England.[1][2] It runs between Wheeler Street to the south and Market Hill to the north. King's Parade runs parallel with the street to the west. Guildhall Street runs parallel to the east.

The area is not strictly speaking a hill, being lower in elevation than some surrounding areas, but was once a slope down to the river upon which the city's main fish market stood. It is likely that its name is a corruption of the Latin pisces (fish) as there is no evidence that peas were ever exclusively grown or sold on the site.[3]

King of England from 975 until his murder in 978. It was at St Edward's in 1525 that what is said to have been the first sermon of the English Reformation took place. As such, the church is sometimes called the "Cradle of the Reformation".[4]

Also on Peas Hill is the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Cambridge Footlights
amongst others.

The

Market Square.[6] The building is used by the Cambridge City Council
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Peas Hill Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge City Council.
  2. ^ Peas Hill, Cambridge Online.
  3. ISBN 978-0-521-78956-1
    .
  4. ^ "About St Edward's". St Edward King and Martyr. Archived from the original on 4 October 2007.
  5. ^ Peas Hill: Arts Theatre, Cambridge 2000.
  6. ^ Peas Hill: Guildhall, Cambridge 2000.

52°12′17″N 0°07′08″E / 52.2048°N 0.1188°E / 52.2048; 0.1188


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