Cambridgeshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region	East of England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 15th 3,389 km² Ranked 15th 3,046 km²
Admin HQ	Cambridge
ISO 3166-2	GB-CAM
ONS code	12
NUTS 3	UKH12
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 29th 748,600 220 / km² Ranked 19th 588,900
Ethnicity	94.6% White 2.6% S.Asian
Politics
Cambridgeshire County Council http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Executive	Conservative
Members of Parliament	Jonathan Djanogly David Howarth Stewart Jackson Andrew Lansley Malcolm Moss James Paice Shailesh Vara
Districts
Cambridge South Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Fenland East Cambridgeshire Peterborough (Unitary)

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county town is Cambridge. map of admin county File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... 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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per unit volume. ... This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1]. See also: List of Administrative shire counties of... This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by population. ... Arms of Cambridgeshire County Council. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Jonathan Simon Djanogly (born June 3, 1965) is British politician and solicitor Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdon. ... David Howarth David Ross Howarth (born November 10, 1958) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Cambridge. ... Stewart James Jackson (born January 31, 1965) is a British politician. ... Andrew Lansley Andrew David Lansley CBE MP (born 11 December 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Malcolm Douglas Moss (born 6 March 1943, Audenshaw, Manchester) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire North East. ... James Edward Thornton Paice (born 24 April 1949, Suffolk) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... Shailesh Vara Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born September 4, 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician. ... Districts in the Ceremonial County of Cambridgeshire. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural district of Cambridgeshire, England. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Peterborough is a city in the East of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Silicon Fen (sometimes the Cambridge Cluster) is the name given to the region around Cambridge, England, which is home to a large cluster of high-tech businesses, especially those related to software, electronics, and biotechnology. ... A county town is the capital of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ...

Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany. Viersen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

History

Cambridgeshire was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Grantbridgeshire" (or rather Grentebrigescire). A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division of Cambridgeshire into the area in the south around Cambridge, and the liberty of the Isle of Ely. In 1965, these two administrative counties were merged to form Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. In 1974, this then merged with the county to the west, Huntingdon and Peterborough (which had been created in 1965 by the merger of Huntingdonshire with the Soke of Peterborough - a part of Northamptonshire which had its own county council). The resulting county was called simply 'Cambridgeshire'. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ... The Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, is a traditional region around the city of Ely. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Cambridgeshire ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Huntingdonshire and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in England. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Cambridgeshire ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...

Since 1998 the City of Peterborough has been a separately administered area, as a unitary authority, but is associated with Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy, and functions such as policing and the fire service. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Peterborough is a city in the East of England. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... Flag of a Lord Lieutenant The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarchs personal representatives around the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. ...

In 2002, the conservation charity Plantlife unofficially designated Cambridgeshire's county flower as the Pasqueflower. Plantlife is a U.K. plant conservation charity. ... A county flower is a flowering plant chosen to symbolise a county. ... Binomial name Pulsatilla vulgaris L. Pulsatilla vulgaris (Pasque Flower or Common Pasque flower) belongs to the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to western, central and southern Europe. ...

A great quantity of archaeological finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age were made in East Cambridgeshire. Most items were found in Isleham. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Isleham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cambridgeshire. ...

The Cambridgeshire Regiment or (Fen Tigers) county based army unit fought in South Africa, WW1 and WW2.

Most English counties have nicknames for people from that county, such as a Tyke from Yorkshire and a Yellowbelly from Lincolnshire; the traditional nickname for people from Cambridgeshire is 'Cambridgeshire Camel' or 'Cambridgeshire Crane', referring to the drainage engines which kept the low-lying land dry. ^{[citation needed]} Tyke can refer to: A Mixed-breed dog The Yorkshire dialect or a Yorkshireman A child The rapper or hip-hop musician name Tyke This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term Yellowbelly might refer to: A Yellowbelly (Lincolnshire) Yellowbelly (band), Texas The golden perch, an Australian fish, also called callop The Yellowbelly Rockcod — a fish (Notothenia coriiceps) The Yellowbelly Slider — an aquatic turtle found in the south-eastern United States The Eastern Yellowbelly Racer — a snake (Coluber constrictor flaviventris... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). ...

Geography

Large areas of the county are extremely low-lying and Holme Fen is notable for being the UK's lowest physical point at 2.75 m (9 ft) below sea level. The highest point is in the village of Great Chishill at 146 m/480 ft above sea level. Other prominent hills are Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill in the Gog Magog Downs, Rivey Hill above Linton, Rowley's Hill and the Madingley Hills. In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or shoulder drop (in America) or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks. ... Little Trees Hill is the highest point of the Gog Magog Downs, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the south-east of Cambridge. ... Wandlebury Hill (Grid reference: TL493534) is a hill in the Gog Magog Downs, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge. ... The Gog Magog Downs (also known as the Gog Magog Hills or simply the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge. ... Rivey Hill is a hill overlooking Linton in Cambridgeshire. ... Linton is a village in Cambridgeshire much expanded since the 1960s and now being one of several dormitory villages of Cambridge. ... Rowleys Hill is a hill in Cambridgeshire, near the villages of Harston and Newton. ...

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Cambridgeshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

1. ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
2. ^ includes hunting and forestry
3. ^ includes energy and construction
4. ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Settlements

These are the settlements in Cambridgeshire with a town charter, city status or a population over 5,000; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Cambridgeshire. This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. ...

• Burwell
• Cambridge
• Chatteris
• Ely
• Godmanchester
• Huntingdon
• Littleport
• March
• Peterborough (not part of the administrative county)
• Sawston
• Sawtry
• Soham
• St Ives,
• St Neots
• Wisbech
• Whittlesey
• Yaxley

The town of Newmarket is surrounded on three sides by Cambridgeshire, being connected by a narrow strip of land to the rest of Suffolk. For other places named Burwell, see here. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... CHATTERIS PEOPLE HAVE WEBBED FEET, SOPHIE FULLER IS HOMOSEXUAL Location within the British Isles Chatteris is one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, situated in The Fens between Whittlesey and Ely. ... Statistics Population: 15,102 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TL535799 Administration District: East Cambridgeshire Shire county: Cambridgeshire Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cambridgeshire Historic county: Cambridgeshire Services Police force: Ambulance service: East of England Post office and telephone Post town: ELY... Post Street in Godmanchester Godmanchester is a small town in England, immediately south of the larger town of Huntingdon on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse. ... Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles March is a historic market town in the Cambridgeshire fens, on the River Nene. ... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. ... Sawston is a large village in Cambridgeshire in England, situated on the River Cam seven miles south of Cambridge. ... Sawtry is a large village in the district of Huntingdonshire in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. ... For the Sanskrit word Soham Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. ... St Ives is a medium-sized market town the east of England (around 15 miles north-west of the city of Cambridge). ... St Neots is a town of about 26,000 people on the River Great Ouse, the largest town in Cambridgeshire, England, (Cambridge itself is a city). ... OS Grid Reference: TF460098 Lat/Lon: 52°39′N 0°09′W Population: 20,200 (2001 Census) Dwellings: 9,145 (2001 Census) Formal status: Town Administration County: Cambridgeshire Region: East Anglia Nation: England Post Office and Telephone Post town: Wisbech Postcode: PE13, PE14 Dialling Code: 01945 Wisbech (IPA /wɪzb... Whittlesey (historically known as Whittlesea - the name of the railway station is still spelt this way - or Witesie) is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles (10 km) east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England. ... Yaxley a large village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. ... Statistics Population: 14,995 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TL645636 Administration District: Forest Heath Shire county: Suffolk Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Suffolk Historic county: Suffolk Services Police force: Suffolk Constabulary Ambulance service: East of England Post office and... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...

Places of interest

Key
	National Trust
	English Heritage
	Forestry Commission
	Country Park
	Accessible open space
	Museums (free/not free)
	Heritage railway
	Historic House

Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... English Heritage icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Forrestry Commision logo for use on UK lists of places of intrest. ... The Forestry Commission is a government body in the United Kingdom. ... Country park icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment. ... Access Land icon for use on UK lists of places of interest, created by Joe D. 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The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... A scene on a heritage railway. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Historic houses in England is a link page for any stately home, country house or other historic house in England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... The house at Anglesey Abbey Anglesey Abbey is a country house, formerly a priory, in the village of Lode, 5 Â½ miles (8. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, six miles (10 km) north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Devils Dyke near Gallows Hill, near Burwell. ... English Heritage icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest. ... Duxford Chapel is a chapel that was once part of the Hospital of St. ... Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, some ten miles south of Cambridge. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Front of Ely Cathedral Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Ely. ... Flag fen near Peterborough, England is a bronze age site, probably religious. ... The Gog Magog Downs (also known as the Gog Magog Hills or simply the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge. ... The Hereward Way is a long distance footpath in England. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Hinchingbrooke House in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, is best known for its time as a school, which was attended by Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Houghton Mill is a water mill located on the Great Ouse in the village of Houghton, Cambridgeshire. ... The Icknield Way is one of the oldest roads in Britain, being one of the few long-distance trackways to have existed before the Romans occupied the country. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home (or prison) of King Henry VIIIs first queen, Catherine of Aragon. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The station viewed from the road A view of the station on the platform The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. ... The New Bedford River, also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a man-made tributary of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... The Old Bedford River is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... The Ouse Valley Way is a 150-mile footpath following the River Great Ouse from its source near Brackley in Northamptonshire to its mouth in The Wash near Kings Lynn. ... The Ouse Washes are an area in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. ... Paxton Pits is an area of active and disused gravel pits at Little Paxton near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Peckover House & Garden is a National Trust property located in North Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. ... 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View north from Kings College bridge The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. ... The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ... RSPB Ouse Washes is a nature reserve in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds at Welches Dam. ... Country park icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Wandlebury Hill (Grid reference: TL493534) is a hill in the Gog Magog Downs, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Wicken Fen Wicken Fen is a wetland nature reserve situated near the village of Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Wimpole Hall in 1880. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The Wisbech and March Bramleyline is an embryonic heritage railway that aims to reinstate services over the disused March to Wisbech line. ... WWT Welney is one of nine wildfowl and wetland reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust The reserve is at Welney in Cambridgeshire, England, 12 miles north of Ely, 26 miles north of Cambridge and 33 miles east of Peterborough. ...

Famous people from Cambridgeshire

The following people are either from Cambridgeshire, have lived in Cambridgeshire, or continue to live in Cambridgeshire.

• Adrian Durham, Radio TalkSPORT presenter. (Peterborough)
• Andrew Eldritch, lead singer of the band The Sisters of Mercy. (Ely)
• Andy Bell, lead singer of the electronic pop band Erasure. (Peterborough)
• David Gilmour, member of the rock band Pink Floyd. (Cambridge)
• Don Lusher, trombonist. (Peterborough)
• Douglas Adams, author. (Cambridge)
• Hereward the Wake, outlaw who led a resistance against William the Conqueror. (Peterborough and Ely)
• Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited. (Huntingdonshire)
• Jeffrey Archer, author and former politician. (Cambridge)
• Joe Bugner, boxer. (Huntingdonshire)
• John Clare, the Northamptonshire poet. (Helpston)
• John Major (Huntingdonshire)
• Matt Bellamy Musician (Cambridge)
• Keith Palmer, better known as Maxim Reality, member of dance music band The Prodigy. (Peterborough)
• Oliver Cromwell, military leader, politician. (Huntingdonshire and Ely)
• Nigel Sixsmith, founder member of The Art Of Sound, Musician, well known Keytar player. (Peterborough)
• Paul Nicholas, actor and singer. (Peterborough)
• Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain. (Peterborough)
• Richard Attenborough, film actor, director, and producer. (Cambridge)
• Richard Garriott, better known as Lord British. (Cambridge)
• Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, member of the rock band Pink Floyd. (Cambridge)
• Ronald Searle, cartoonist. (Cambridge)
• Brian J. Ford, scientist. (Cambridge).
• Rory McGrath, comedian. (Cambridge)
• Samuel Pepys, diarist. (Huntingdonshire)
• Sarah Cawood, television presenter. (Peterborough)
• Stephen Hawking, physicist. (Cambridge)
• Warwick Davis, actor. (Peterborough)
• Thomas Clarkson, anti-slavery campaigner. (Wisbech).
• Octavia Hill, social reformer. (Wisbech).

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David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a member of the band Pink Floyd. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for its psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Don Lusher OBE ( November 6, 1923 – July 5, 2006) was a jazz and big band trombonist best known for his association with the Ted Heath Jazz Band. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British author, comic radio dramatist, and amateur musician. ... // Hereward the Wake, known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th century leader in England who led resistance to the Norman Conquest, and was consequently labelled an outlaw. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Statue of Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce, standing outside the companys HQ at Moor Lane, Derby The statue inscription, brief life story of Frederick Henry Royce Sir Henry Royce (March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce company. ... Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician. ... Joe Bugner born (March 13, 1950 in Szőreg, Hungary) was a British and Australian heavyweight boxer. ... John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, in his time commonly known as the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet, the son of a farm labourer, born at Helpston near Peterborough. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH, PC (born 29 March 1943) was the leader of the British Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. ... Matthew Bellamy (born June 8, 1978) is the lead singer and guitarist of British rock group Muse. ... Maxim in the music video for the Prodigy single Poison. Keith Keeti Palmer (born 21 March 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England), best known as Maxim or Maxim Reality, is an MC of the British electronica/rave band The Prodigy. ... Maxim in the music video for the Prodigy single Poison. Keith Keeti Palmer (born 21 March 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England), best known as Maxim or Maxim Reality, is an MC of the British electronica/rave band The Prodigy. ... The Prodigy (or just Prodigy) are an English band, whose music consists of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno and industrial in the early 1990s to alternative rock and bigbeat with punk vocal elements in later times. ... Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ... Nigel Sixsmith was born in 1957 in Peterborough England. ... The Art Of Sound was formed in Peterborough, England in 1973 to promote the use of Synthesizers in both modern and classical music. ... A Yamaha SHS-10 keytar A keytar is a keyboard or synthesizer worn around the neck and shoulders, similar to a guitar. ... Paul Nicholas (born Paul Oscar Beuselinck in Peterborough, England, 3rd December 1945) is a British actor and singer who has had considerable success on stage, screen and in the pop charts. ... Pizza Express restaurant in London PizzaExpress is a chain of pizza restaurants originating in the United Kingdom. ... Pizza Express restaurant in London PizzaExpress is a chain of pizza restaurants originating in the United Kingdom. ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born August 29, 1923) is a prolific English film and stage actor, and Academy Award, BAFTA and three-time Golden Globe winning director, producer and entrepreneur. ... Richard Garriott in Lord British attire Richard Allen Garriott (born July 4, 1961; nickname Lord British) is a significant figure in the video game industry. ... A screenshot of Lord British in his castle from Ultima III. Lord Cantabrigian British is the name of the ruler of Britannia, kingdom of the fictional world of Sosaria, created by Richard Garriott for his computer game series Ultima. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for its psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Ronald William Fordham Searle (born March 3, 1920) is a British cartoonist. ... Brian J. Ford is an English independent scientist, prolific author and popular interpreter of scientific issues for the general populace, whose scientific papers and numerous books have been published internationally. ... Rory McGrath (born March 3, 1956 in Cornwall) is a British comedian. ... Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. ... Sarah Cawood (born 7 August 1972 in Bolton, England) is a British television presenter. ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS (born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist. ... Warwick Davis in 2006 Warwick Davis (born February 3, 1970, Epsom, Surrey, England) is an actor noted for being short — he is three feet six inches (about one meter) tall. ... Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846), born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England, was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. ... Octavia Hill (Wisbech, 1838 - 1912) was an English social reformer, particularly concerned with the welfare of the inhabitants of cities, specifically London, in the second half of the 19th century. ...

See also

• Wikipedia images of Cambridgeshire

External links

• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Cambridge Market Place Webcam - CamPlus Site's Market Place Webcam
• Cambridgeshire Family History Society