Trinity College

Trinity, the largest college of the University of Cambridge, was founded by Henry VIII in 1547. Officially, it is known as "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity in the Town and University of Cambridge". Now I know why its official name is hardly used. 

The Great Gate

Henry VIII presiding over the Great Gate

The Great Court

The Fountain

The sundial in front of  the Clock Tower

The ante-Chapel

Newton

Tennyson

A poet

Sir Francis Bacon

Lord Chancellor

Isaac Burrow

Mathematician, Newton's tutor

The Chapel

Tatties

We had our lunch here before continuing our walk in Cambridge.

The Backs

The Backs is the name given to the land lying between the backs of some colleges and the River Cam.

The most famous view of Cambridge, King's College Chapel from the Backs

Punting on the Cam

Queens' College

Queens' College is spelt with the apostrophe after the "s" because the College was founded by two Queens of England - first in 1448 by the wife of King Henry VI of England  and secondly in 1465 by  wife of King Edward IV of England.

The Sundial

Mathematical Bridge

This bridge was built in 1749 and rebuilt in 1905 to the original design.The belief that the bridge had no nails is not true, it always had iron screws or bolts at its main joints.

Pembroke College

The widow of the Earl of Pembroke was granted a  licence to establish a new college at the University  in 1347. The college was later renamed Pembroke Hall, and finally became Pembroke College in 1856.

The Library

The Library Lawn

William Pitt the Younger

Pitt was a student at Pembroke and became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at 24. He was the man many would love to hate for introducing the income tax. Although it was meant to be a temporary measure then, it has now become a certainty besides death.

Peterhouse : The Deer Park

Deer were brought here in the 19th century it became the smallest deer park in England.

Peterhouse : The Chapel

The chapel represents the 700-year-old tradition of the College as a place of prayer, enquiry, creativity and community.

The College Grace

Bless us, O Lord, and your gifts, which of your bounty we are about to receive, and grant that, fed wholesomely upon them, we may be able to offer due service to you, through Christ our Lord, Amen.
God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. May God be in us, and we in him. Amen.

Peterhouse : The Hall

The Dining Hall is an important part of communal life at Peterhouse.

Entrance to the Hall

Peterhouse

Peterhouse is the oldest of the constituent colleges in the University of Cambridge.  It was founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, on its current site close to the centre of the City. 

The Chapel

The cloisters

It is also the smallest college, housing some 45 Fellows, 260 undergraduates and 110 graduate students.

The Parish Church of Little St Mary's

This church is next to Peterhouse. Why "Little"? Because down the road is the well-known University church, St Mary the Great. The church's  website says " We are smaller, but higher."

Emmanuel United Reformed Church

We saw this church along Trumpington Street.

Corpus Christi College

Corpus Christi College is one of the ancient colleges in the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. It bears the distinction of being the only Oxbridge College founded by the townspeople