St John’s distinctive Great Gate follows the standard contemporary pattern employed previously at Christ’s College and Queens’ College. The gatehouse is crenelated and adorned with the arms of the foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort. Above these are displayed her ensigns, the Red Rose of Lancaster and Portcullis. The college arms are flanked by curious creatures known as yales, mythical beasts [...]
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St John’s College – The Great Gate
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2017
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St Bene’t’s Church
This ancient parish church is an Anglo-Saxon foundation dating from around 1020, when Canute was King of England. It is dedicated to St Benedict and has been a place of Christian worship for nearly a thousand years. Michael Ramsey, who was to become Archbishop of Canterbury, was vicar here in 1938. The church was staffed [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2017
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Snowy Farr Statue
Snowy Farr lived in Oakington and was a well known fundraiser for blind charities.
When Snowy retired he decided he wanted to help raise money for charity, so he stood on Market Hill collecting with his flowing white beard and dressed himself in a antique military uniform with an eccentric looking stripped top hat.
He became a [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2017
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Mathematical Bridge – Queens’ College
One of the most recognisable structures on the Cam, Queens’ College bridge was originally built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger. Since then it has been rebuilt twice to the original design of William Etheridge, once in 1866 and again in 1905. In 1866 the bridge deck was changed from a stepped design to [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2017
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Site of the White Horse Inn
Known as ‘Little Germany’ where Cambridge scholars debated the works of Martin Luther in the Early sixteenth century.
A birthplace of the reformation in England.
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 21st 2017
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The Round Church
The second-oldest building in Cambridge, The Round Church was built around 1130 and is one of only four round churches in the country.
Officially named The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, it is thought to be architecturally inspired by the rotunda in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Since 1994 there have been [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2017
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Cambridge – Day Three
After breakfast we loaded the car and made our way to reception to settle the bill. As we suspected they had added the Champagne to the bill twice although it was shown in two different ways so we nearly missed it. It took the staff some time to figure out what was amiss but they [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2017
