135 Cambridge, England, King’s College Chapel, with Flemish stained glass
The very impressive fifteenth-century huge chapel with the famous choir. I actually lived just opposite the chapel in my first year at university, but was supremely uninterested and much more interested in campaigning against apartheid etc. These days am interested in both
Very Gothic indeed, with a nice seventeenth century Rubens pic of wise men
bearing gifts. Flemish stained glass. Lots of royal symbols, and a fabulous
wooden sixteenth-century rood screen you would like in your living room. The screen
was set up to celebrate Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn. On the walls, very
long lists of Kings College students killed in the First World War (probably the
last war where the middle class officers died proportionally more than working
class privates, cos they had to lead the charge). Little historical exhibition
too.
During the civil war the chapel was used for training purposes by Cromwell’s
troops.
King's
College Chapel is not formally part of the structure of the Church of England,
but the Dean is customarily licensed by the Bishop of Ely. The current
Chaplain is Revd Mary Kells.
