Cambridge and its story With lithographs and other illus by Herbert Railton, the lithographs being tinted by Fanny Railton . trance gateways of six colleges openedinto it—-Kings Hall, Michael House, Trinity Hall, KingsCollege, S. Catherines Hall, and Queens College. Of themost ancient church of the town, that of S. Benedict, we havealready spoken. Of the possibly contemporary church ofS. Peter by the Castle, the only architectural remains of anyimportance now existing are a rich late Norman doorway andthe bowl of an ancient font. The tower and spire belong tothe fourteenth century. The rest of
Cambridge and its story With lithographs and other illus by Herbert Railton, the lithographs being tinted by Fanny Railton . trance gateways of six colleges openedinto it—-Kings Hall, Michael House, Trinity Hall, KingsCollege, S. Catherines Hall, and Queens College. Of themost ancient church of the town, that of S. Benedict, we havealready spoken. Of the possibly contemporary church ofS. Peter by the Castle, the only architectural remains of anyimportance now existing are a rich late Norman doorway andthe bowl of an ancient font. The tower and spire belong tothe fourteenth century. The rest of the building is entirelymodern. Bricks, however, said to be Roman, appear to havebeen used in the new walls. Similarly of the other twoancient Castle-end churches. All Saints by the Castle, andS. Giles. Of the former nothing now remains, and its actualsite is doubtful, for the parish attached to it has been unitedwith S. Giles ever since the time when in the fourteenthcentury the Black Death left it almost without the Church of S. Giles there remains the ancient chancel 34 CAMBRIDGE IN THE NORMAN TIME.
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