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The Old Eden Chapel on the corner of Fitzroy Street and Burleigh Street, 1980s, by Roy Hammans (the-golden-fleece.co.uk)

Eden Chapel

History of Eden Chapel Cambridge

The Eden chapel was built on the corner of Burleigh Street and Fitzroy Street.

A detailed history of the church can be found here:

https://eden-cambridge.org/about-us/a-history-of-eden

Eden Chapel, Fitzroy Street, 1900s

Eden Chapel and Thompson’s at junction of Fitzroy and Burleigh Streets 1964

When the Grafton Centre was built in the 1980s the Eden chapel moved to a new home at the town end of Fitzroy Street and the building was integrated into the fabric of the Grafton Centre.

It opened as a bar/restaurant called the Trolley Stop in 1983, later renamed Footlights until becoming a branch of Gail’s Bakery following the Grafton Centre renovations in 2017.

 

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