Cambridge, Gloucestershire
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Cambridge (/ˈkæmbrɪdʒ/ ) is a hamlet in the district of Stroud, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the A38 road between Bristol and Gloucester. It is about 3 miles (5 km) from Dursley and about 11 miles (18 km) from Gloucester.
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Location within Gloucestershire | |
OS grid reference | SO749037 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLOUCESTER |
Postcode district | GL2 |
Dialling code | 01453 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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The hamlet lies in the civil parish of Slimbridge and takes its name from the River Cam which flows through it. It has one public house, the George Inn. A second, the White Lion, closed and became a private residence. There are regular buses to Bristol, Gloucester, Stroud and Thornbury.
In nearby Slimbridge is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, that was founded by Peter Scott.[1]
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cambridge thus:
CAMBRIDGE, a hamlet in Slimbridge parish, Gloucester; on the river Cam, 4 miles NNW of Dursley. It has a post office under Stonehouse. It was known to the Saxons as Cwatbriege; and was the scene of a battle, in the time of Edward the Elder, between the Saxons and the Danes.
Bishop Ussher identified this Cambridge as the "Cair Grauth"[2] listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons,[3] although this is more often identified with the Cambridge on the River Granta.[4]