Chesterton Road, Cambridge

Jesus Lock, on the River Cam next to Chesterton Road

Chesterton Road (part of the A1303) is a road in the north of Cambridge, England.^[1]^[2]

In October 2000, archaeologists excavating a sewerage shaft at the corner of Chesterton Lane^{[clarification needed]} and Magdalene Street discovered a collection of 13th- and 14th-century coins lying in the remains of a disintegrated wooden box on the site of what was once a house. The hoard contained 1,805 silver pennies and nine gold coins.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Chesterton Road, Cambridge Online.
^ Chesterton Road Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge City Council, England.
^ BBC a history of the world; The Chesterton Lane coin hoard

52°12′47″N 0°07′11″E / 52.21293°N 0.11982°E / 52.21293; 0.11982

[1] Chesterton Road, Cambridge Online.

[council-2] Chesterton Road Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge City Council, England.

[3] BBC a history of the world; The Chesterton Lane coin hoard

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