Market Street is a shopping street in central

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. It runs between Market Hill, location of the city's central

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to the west and Sidney Street to the east. On the other side of the market square, the street continues west as St Mary's Street, north of Great St Mary's, the

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church. On the other side of Sidney Street is Hobson's Passage leading east to Hobson Street. To the north is Market Passage and to the south is Petty Cury, a pedestrianised shopping street.

Buildings

Holy Trinity Church Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...

, built c1400 in the

Perpendicular style Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-ce ...

, is at the eastern end of the street on the south corner with Sidney Street. ''Henry Martyn Hall'' is a building named after the priest and missionary

Henry Martyn Henry Martyn (18 February 1781 – 16 October 1812) was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. A chance e ...

. It was designed by the

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architect

Edward Schroeder Prior Edward Schroeder Prior (1852–1932) was a British architect, instrumental in establishing the Arts and Crafts movement. He was one of the foremost theorists of the second generation of the movement, writing extensively on architecture, art, c ...

(1857–1932, a pupil of

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), and built in 1885–87. The ground floor has been converted for commercial use. ''Radcliffe Court'', a set of residential apartments above a series of ground floor shops overlooking

, was completed in 1964 to a design of the architect Stanley R. Nevell & Partners.Stanley R. NevellCambridge 2000

References

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