Step Into History
Walk Cambridge in 1450
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Step Into History · City walk
Cambridge as a College Town, 1450
This is Cambridge in the mid-15th century, a river market and a university town where Henry VI's King's College Chapel has risen only as walls and scaffolding. Walk from the fenlands into the tight streets, along the wharves of the Cam and past college gatehouses to a final view from the old castle mound.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Cambridge as it stood in 1450 (“Cambridge”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Midsummer Common
- 2. Great Bridge
- 3. The Quays
- ↳ Riverside Granary Loft · interior
- 4. Mill Lane
- ↳ Grain Loft of the Mill · interior
- 5. The Hythes
- ↳ Bargewright's Workroom · interior
- 6. Petty Cury
- 7. Market Hill
- ↳ Guildhall Court Hall · interior
- 8. Great St Mary's
- ↳ Scholars' Nave · interior
- 9. The Old Schools
- ↳ Scholastic Lecture Chamber · interior
- 10. King's Gatehouse
- 11. King's College Chapel
- ↳ Vaulted Choir Aisle · interior
- 12. The Backs
- 13. Clare Gatehouse
- ↳ Old Court Chapel · interior
- 14. Corpus Christi College
- ↳ Medieval College Hall · interior
- 15. Trinity Hall Gate
- ↳ Scholars' Long Hall · interior
- 16. The Round Church
- ↳ Circular Nave · interior
- 17. The Jewry
- 18. Barnwell Priory
- ↳ Priory Refectory · interior
- 19. Barnwell Gate
- 20. Honey Hill
- 21. Chesterton Lane
- 22. Castle Hill Motte