Guildhall Street, Cambridge

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Talos, by Michael Ayrton, with the Cambridge Guildhall behind, in Guildhall Street. TalosCambridge.jpg — *Talos*, by Michael Ayrton, with the Cambridge Guildhall behind, in Guildhall Street.

Guildhall Street is a street in central Cambridge, England.^[1]^[2] To the north is the southeast corner of Market Hill at the junction with the pedestrianised shopping street Petty Cury. To the south it continues as Guildhall Place,^[1] a cul-de-sac, at the junction with Wheeler Street, close to the northern end of Corn Exchange Street.

Cambridge City and non-metropolitan district in England

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.

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Market Hill is the location of the marketplace in central Cambridge, England. Operating as a marketplace since Saxon times, a daily outdoor market with stalls continues to run there.

To the west is the Cambridge Guildhall, hence the name of the street. To the east is the Lion Yard shopping centre. Fisher House in Guildhall Street is a Grade II listed late 16th / early 17th century timber-framed building^[1]^[3] that houses the Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy. The Red Cow public house is also Grade II listed, built in 1898 in a Jacobethan style. There is an outdoor sculpture, Talos , by Michael Ayrton in c. 1960, installed in Guildhall Street around 1973.^[4]

Cambridge Guildhall is a civic building designed in 1939 by Charles Cowles-Voysey in the centre of the historic city of Cambridge, England. It includes two halls, The Large Hall and The Small Hall, and is used for many disparate events such as comedy acts, conferences, craft fairs, live music, talks, and weddings. It is also used by University of Cambridge for certain examinations. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council, and it is their seat of government.

The Lion Yard Shopping Centre is a covered shopping centre in the city centre of Cambridge, England. Construction work on the centre, which is bounded by St Andrew's Street, Corn Exchange Street, and Petty Cury, commenced in 1970 and the development contained a library, multi-storey car park and magistrates' court.

The Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy, known as Fisher House after its patron, English martyr and Cambridge chancellor St John Fisher, is the Catholic chaplaincy for members of the University of Cambridge in England. Founded in 1896, it is now located on the site of a former inn on Guildhall Street in the centre of Cambridge. From September 2013, the chaplain is Mgr Mark Langham ; the assistant chaplains are Sr Ann Swailes, OP and Fr Philip Moller SJ.

History

Guildhall Street was originally the location of the meat market in Cambridge.^[1] The line of Guildhall Street as a street dates to at least the 16th century, when it was known as Butcher Row because of the meat market. Houses and stalls used to line the street, but these have changed radically, especially during the 20th century. The current building that forms the Guildhall dates mainly from the 1930s, although this site has been the centre for Cambridge's local government since the 14th century.

A meat market is, traditionally, a marketplace where meat is sold, often by a butcher. It is a specialized wet market. The term is sometimes used to refer to a meat retail store or butcher's shop, in particular in North America.

Guildhall Place to the south linked the yards and rows behind Petty Cury since at least the 19th century. Its position was changed when the Lion Yard shopping centre was built in 1975.

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References

1 2 3 4 Guildhall Street / Guildhall Place Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine ., Cambridge City Council.
↑ Guildhall Street, Cambridge Online.
↑ Guildhall Street: Fisher House, Cambridge 2000.
↑ Guildhall Street: Talos, Cambridge 2000.

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[council-1] 1 2 3 4 Guildhall Street / Guildhall Place Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine ., Cambridge City Council.

[2] Guildhall Street, Cambridge Online.

[3] Guildhall Street: Fisher House, Cambridge 2000.

[4] Guildhall Street: Talos, Cambridge 2000.