Terraced houses in Covent Garden, Cambridge.
Another view of Covent Garden.

Covent Garden is a street in Cambridge, England, off Mill Road and near The Kite district. The street takes its name from the London market of the same name as there used to be a market garden there.[1]

The street has one pub The Six Bells, where cricketer Israel Haggis was landlord from 1837 to 1844.[2]

Blue plaques

Blue plaques have been created for each of the 44 houses, recording highlights of the residents' history such as the tailor, Frederick Scriven, who lived at number 9 for 47 years and whose assistant was hanged for murder in 1876.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ronald Gray, Derek Stubbings (2000), "The 'Kite' area", Cambridge Street-Names: Their Origins and Associations, Cambridge University Press, p. 86, ISBN 9781139435499
  2. ↑ "Israel Haggis". www.cambscrickethistory.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Cambridge street gets blue plaque for every house, BBC, 15 June 2013

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