[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
The Gough Map of Great Britain
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Full record: Cambridge
| County | Cambridgeshire |
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| Transcript | Cau(n)tebrege |
| Icon description | two buildings, spired church |
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| Description | |
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| Etymology | Granta, river-name of uncertain origin + OE brycg, 'bridge'; the change of the river-name from Granta t. Cam happened under the influence of Anglo-Norman pronunciation |
| Translation | |
| Earlier editors | ca(u)ntebrege (OS 1935); Cantebrege (Gough, Parsons) |
| Early Maps | Ca(m)brig (Angliae Figura); Cambrigg (Totius Britanniae; two buildings, spired church) |
| Overwritten | yes |
| Attested spelling | Cauntebregge 1302 Ipm |
