St Ives Cambridgeshire Quiz

QUESTION EIGHT – March 2025

Which English goalkeeper was born in St Ives Cambridgeshire and started his football career with Cambridge United?

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John Ruddy.

QUESTION SEVEN – February 2025

Which town is St Ives, Cambridgeshire twinned with?

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St Ives has been twinned with Stadtallendorf in Germany since 1988.

QUESTION SIX – January 2025

Who is the Bridge Chapel dedicated to?

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The chapel was dedicated to St Leger by the monks of Ramsay Abbey in 1426, the old wooden bridge having been rebuilt in stone the previous year.

It once had pub in it called “Little Hell”

QUESTION FIVE – December 2024

The cattle market in St Ives Cambridgeshire was opened in Market Hill in 1886. Where was it held before that?

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It was a bullock market held in the Broadway.

QUESTION FOUR – November 2024

What is All Saints Church’s connection with the Boat Race?

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Cambridge University’s 2nd crew is named Goldie after John Goldie who stroked three winning Eights & who was the son of All Saints vicar Rev Charles Goldie.

QUESTION THREE – October 2024

Which Victorian building was called The Hurdle House and what is it used as now?

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Tom’s Cakes!

QUESTION TWO – September 2024

Augustus Pugin was the architect who designed the Sacred Heart Church on Needingworth Road.

It is named Pugin’s ‘little gem’, but which nationally important building is Pugin associated with?

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The Houses of Parliament.

QUESTION ONE – September 2024

As part of the nationally organised Heritage Open Days, which are held in September, residents are able to see inside some of our town’s historic buildings.

Can you name four or more of the twelve locations that opened their doors in 2023?

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The following locations took part in Heritage Open Day 2023:

Holt Island Nature Reserve
All Saints Church
The Methodist Church
The Norris Museum
Fellmonger House Garden
The Prayer & Education Centre
The Bridge Chapel
The Masonic Hall
The Free Church
The Town Hall
Faizane E Madina Jamia Masjid Mosque
Sacred Heart Church