Parker's Piece

Parker's Piece

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Parker's Piece

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Placering: Cambridgeshire, East Of England, England, Storbritannien

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11. september 2017

Vandring

This 10ha of common land is named after Edward Parker who farmed it and was a cook at Trinity College who owned the land before 1613. It is now regarded as the birthplace of the rules of Association Football.
In 1838, a feast for 15,000 guests was held on Parker's Piece to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria

Bumble-Bee

10. juli 2019

Vandring

One of the larger meadows of the various Commons, which is much used for picnics and Spirt.

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Adie

30. august 2022

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This common land is named after Edward Parker who farmed it and was a cook at Trinity College who owned the land before 1613.

Parker's Piece is a 25-acre square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, regarded by some as the birthplace of the rules of Association Football.

The two main walking and cycling paths across it run diagonally, and the single lamp-post at the junction is known as Reality Checkpoint, with a few interesting theories circulating as to how it got that name.

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