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Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west.
The college spent over 150 years attempting to obtain a purpose-built chapel Emmanuel College Chapel [93] c. 1590 Church of England: Original chapel (previously dining hall of Dominican friary) became library. Current Christopher Wren structure 1677.
The Chapel's large stained glass windows were completed by 1531, and its early Renaissance rood screen was erected in 1532–36. The Chapel is an active house of worship, and home of the King's College Choir. It is a landmark and a commonly used symbol of the city of Cambridge. [4] [5]
Moses Carter (c. 1801 – 8 July 1860 [1]), known as 'The Histon Giant', was a strongman who lived in the village of Histon, near Cambridge in the United Kingdom. During his life Carter was famous locally for a number of feats of strength, the best-known today being his carrying of a large boulder from a ballast hole on Park Lane to 'Boot ...
Formerly chapel of ease to Stretham Little Thetford Baptist Church Thetford [18] 1867 Baptist Union: Cathedral of the Holy & Undivided Trinity, Ely: Ely: Trinity [19] Medieval Church of England: Ely Cathedral & St Peter's Cath. since 1109. Ded. to SS Etheldreda, Peter till C16th St Mary, Ely Ely: Mary [20] Medieval Church of England: Ely Team ...
Initially it was a wayfarers' chapel on the Roman road known as Via Devana (this is now Bridge Street). [5] By the middle of the 13th century it had become a parish church under the patronage of Barnwell Priory.
By 1449 recruitment had resulted in this full choir being in place singing daily services. The choir sang High Mass, Lady Mass and from daybreak, the eight services of the Liturgy of the Hours. In addition the boys alone sang daily "in the finest manner they know" the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary and also the evening votive antiphon ...
In 1816, the Chapel was bought and restored by Thomas Kerrich. Kerrich gave the Chapel to the University, which in turn gave it to the Cambridge Preservation Society in 1951. The chapel is a Grade I listed building [1] and is maintained by Cambridge Past, Present and Future (CPPF). It is again being used for worship and it is now part of the ...