2018
TL4458 : Free School Lane, Cambridge
taken 6 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Free School Lane, Cambridge
A glimpse into an inner courtyard garden (and former graveyard) from the Bene't Street end of Free School Lane, i.e. the narrower 'pedestrian passageway only' end. This church is the oldest one in Cambridgeshire, as well as being the oldest building in Cambridge. “Bene’t” is considered an attempt to reconcile the Anglo-Norman name Benet with the Latin (and modern English) form of the saint's name: Benedict. Latin documents from the C13th and C14th refer to "ecclesie sancti Benedicti" while a legal contract (in English), relating to a new roof and dated of 6 June 1452, refers to the "cherche of seynt Bennettys". Loggan’s map of Cambridge (1668) shows refers to it as "St Bennetts Church". In the C19th the church was variously referred to as being of "St Benedict", "St Benet" or "St Bene't". Modern usage is either "St Benet" or "St Bene’t". St Bene't's was Corpus Christi College's chapel until 1579. The College - in the next street - remains the church's patron, and there are continuing links between the church and this College’s chapel.
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