Search by topic
- archaeology
- architecture
- bricklayer
- Building of Local Interest
- carpenter
- church
- crime
- dressmaker
- fire
- Great Eastern Railway
- listed building
- medieval
- oral history
- Public House
- Rattee & Kett
- Religious House
- Roman
- scholar
- school
- Then and Now
- tudor
- women
- work
- world war one
- world war two
Search by text
Cambridge Core & Flower Trail
History of Cambridge Core and Flower Trail
Starting outside St John’s College in Bridge Street and carrying on to Magdalene College are 600 brass flowers in the pavement. They were designed by Michael Fairfax and lead towards Magdalene College passed bollard also designed by the same artist. They lead up to an 11.5-foot bronze column on the corner of Magdalene Street facing Castle Hill, known as ‘Cambridge Core.’ This commemorates a treasure trove of 1,800 gold and silver medieval coins, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, found by Anglian Water workers. (See p.86 111 Places in Cambridge That You Shouldn’t Miss)
Contribute
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
License
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
