Situated directly north of the city of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders.
It was situated directly north of the city of Boston. This was across the Charles River. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom was an important center of the Puritan theology. This Puritan theology was embraced by the town's founders.