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St Edward King and Martyr church on Peas Hill. St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge (exterior).jpg
St Edward King and Martyr church on Peas Hill.
The Cambridge Arts Theatre on Peas Hill. Cambridge Arts Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 795436.jpg
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]

St Edward King and Martyr church is on the west side of the street. The church is dedicated to Edward the Martyr, who was 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. [5] This venue is used by the Cambridge Footlights amongst others.

The Cambridge Guildhall is to the east, on the corner with the Market Square. [6] The building is used by the Cambridge City Council.

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References

  1. Peas Hill Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Cambridge City Council.
  2. Peas Hill, Cambridge Online.
  3. Ronald D. Gray, Derek Stubbings, Cambridge street-names: their origins and associations. Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN   0-521-78956-7, 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.

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