Bridge Street is a historic street in the north of central

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.Bridge Street
, Cambridge City Council, England. It runs between

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at the junction with Thompson's Lane to the northwest and Sidney Street at the junction with

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to the southeast. Bridge Street used to continue over the Great Bridge on the

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, hence the name, but this part is now known as Magdalene Street after

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, which fronts onto the street. Leading off the street to the south is St John's Street. Also to the southwest is St John's College, one of the largest

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colleges. The

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, commonly known as ''The Round Church'', is a

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church on the corner of Bridge Street and Round Church Street, opposite St John's Street. It was built around 1130, inspired by the original church of the Holy Sepulchre in

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. Another church, St Clement's Church, is on the corner with Thompson's Lane. The courts behind the triangle formed by Bridge Street, St John’s Street, and the narrow All Saints Passage to the south survive in layout from the original

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city centre. The

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, a members-only

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for sportsmen at Cambridge University, founded in 1872, is located at 18 Portugal Place, a cul-de-sac northeast off Bridge Street.

Gallery

File:St John's College Old 1886 Map.jpg, Bridge Street on an 1886 map of St John's College. File:The Baron of Beef - geograph.org.uk - 786028.jpg, The northeast side of Bridge Street with St Clement's Church in the background.Bridge Street: St Clement's ChurchCambridge 2000
File:Holy Sepulchre Cambridge Photo.jpg, The

or "Round Church", on the corner of Bridge Street and Round Church Street. File:Pubs and shops on Bridge Street, Cambridge.jpg, The Baron of Beef public house at 19 Bridge Street.

References

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