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Trinity College was founded by Henry VIII in 1546, combining two earlier colleges, Michaelhouse and King’s Hall, and has the largest court in Oxbridge. Michaelhouse had existed since 1324; King’s Hall had been established by Edward II in 1317 and refounded by Edward III in 1337. Trinity’s flag, flown on special occasions, has as its design the royal standard of Edward III. The oldest parts of the college are medieval, including the range behind the Clock Tower. The Great Gate was built at the beginning of the 16th century. The 17th century Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, contains treasures that include 8th century copy of the Epistles of St Paul, works by Isaac Newton and the manuscript of Winnie the Pooh.
Famous alumni include Francis Bacon, John Dryden, Isaac Newton, Lord Byron, Alfred Tennyson, Earl Grey, Ernest Rutherford, Vaughn Williams, G M Trevelyan, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, AA Milne, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, Jawaharlal Nehru, Nicholas Monsarrat Antony Gormley, Eddie Redmayne and Prince Charles.
Trinity's sister college in the University of Oxford is Christ Church, also founded in 1546 by Henry VIII
Cambridge
Verulamium, was the third largest city in Roman Britain and the museum, Verulamium, stands on the site of the Roman town. It is a museum of everyday life in Roman Britain, containing recreated Roman rooms, some amazing mosaics and several intriguing objects - as well as the Sandridge Hoard - a collection of 159 gold Roman coins discovered nearby in 2012.
St Albans
Weeting Castle is an extensively ruined early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint. It was built by Hugh de Plais, a tenant of William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey (see Castle Acre), in about 1180. It remained the home of the de Plais family until the late 14th century, when the property passed by marriage to the Howards, Earls of Norfolk and was subsequently abandoned.
The site has actually been in use since at least Saxon times. After the hall went out of use, it was incorporated as an ornamental feature within the grounds of the now demolished Weeting Hall and an ice house was built to store ice collected from the moat.
Access off a footpath near the attractive Church of Mary the Virgin.
Weeting
A collection dedicated to wind energy (as it says on the tin), based on the collection of Ronald Morse and set in almost 3 acres. The exhibits are mostly outside. The museum has limited opening and also owns nearby Thurne Mill.
Repps With Bastwick
Nr Great Yarmouth
Woburn Abbey is one of the great treasure houses of Britain. It began life as a Cistercian abbey. The estate was given to John Russell, later Earl of Bedford, by Edward VI in 1547 and his ancestors became the Dukes of Bedford. Woburn Abbey is still the home of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, but has been open to the public since 1955. The Palladian mansion contains a world-famous art collection, including works by Canaletto, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Lely, Rembrandt, Tintoretto and Van Dyck, as well as collections of porcelain and silver. The estate also includes gardens, a deer park and the Woburn Safari Park.
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is generally accepted to be Britain’s oldest pub, dating from 793AD although the current half-timbered structure dates from 11th C and was once a dovecote located close to St Albans Cathedral, moving to its present site after the abbey was dissolved in 1539. It’s said that its foundations incorporate part of the Palace of Offa, King of the Mercians – hence the 8th C date – and that tunnels stretch from the beer cellar to the abbey, allegedly once used by the monks. At one time known as ‘The Round House’, the story goes that some kind of cock pit, measuring about 8 x 10 feet, was brought down from the abbey site – hence the pub’s name, though this was apparently changed to ‘The Fisherman’ when cock fighting was banned in 1849. However, it has been known as 'Ye Olde Fighting Cocks' since 1872. To cap it all, it is said that Oliver Cromwell spent a night at the inn during the Civil War of 1642-1651.
All of the above information was gleaned from the pub’s website. The image is from Wikipedia.
St Albans
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