Chesterton Road, Cambridge

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File:The Church of St Giles with St Peter, Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 875510.jpg at the southwestern end of Chesterton Lane]]

File:Cambridge & County Folk Museum - geograph.org.uk - 631123.jpg, viewed from the southwestern end of Chesterton Lane]]

File:JesusGreenLock-Cambridge.jpg, on the River Cam next to Chesterton Road]]

File:Jesus Green Lido Summer 2007.jpg, across the River Cam south of Chesterton Road]]

Chesterton Road (part of the A1303) is a road in the north of Cambridge, England.[http://www.cambridgeonline.co.uk/streets/Chesterton_Road/ Chesterton Road], [http://www.cambridgeonline.org.uk/ Cambridge Online].[http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/pdfs/Chesterton%20Road.pdf Chesterton Road] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222012225/http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/pdfs/Chesterton%20Road.pdf |date=22 February 2012 }}, Cambridge City Council, England.

In October 2000, archaeologists excavating a sewerage shaft at the corner of Chesterton Lane{{Clarify|date=February 2024|reason=What is the relationship netween C Rd & C La?}} 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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/EJuMAJ6BT02SN01sWyBjdw BBC a history of the world; The Chesterton Lane coin hoard]