The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary
Corpus Christi College Chapel

The guild of Corpus Christi was founded in Cambridge in 1349 by William Horwode, Henry de Tangmere, and John Hardy, it was the sixth college to be founded at Cambridge.

The Old Court was built in the 1350s and contains some of Cambridge's oldest buildings, and retains many of its original features

The current Chapel is the third the college has had and was completed in 1827 along with the rest of New Court, it was designed by William Wilkins.

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The Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity

The city of Ely sits in the Cambridgeshire Fens on a 23 square mile Kimmeridge Clay island which, at 85 feet above sea level and is the highest land in the Fens.

The city and surrounding area is dominated by Ely Cathedral. The present building dates back to 1083 ad is built of Limestone which was brought by barge from Barnack quarry near Peterborough. Cathedral status was granted and the diocese of Ely was created in 1109 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln.
It is known locally as "the ship of the Fens", because of its prominent position above the surrounding flat landscape.

The central octagonal tower, with its vast internal open space and its pinnacles and lantern above, forms the most distinctive and celebrated feature of the cathedral, this was built shortly after the original central stone tower collpased in February 1322.

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King's College

King's College was founded in 1441 by Henry VI.

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Pembroke College.

Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke founded Pembroke College in 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educational establishment in the young university at Cambridge.

The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over seven hundred students and fellows. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its founding, as well as extensive gardens.

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The Porta.

This was once the main entrance to the monastery and through it have passed travelers, pilgrims, monarchs and other nobility over many centuries. The gate was begun in 1396, completed in 1417 and is now part of the King's School.

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