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| CHER Number: | 03660 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Bishop's Palace, Longstanton |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 404 656 |
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| Parish: | Longstanton, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
Full description
4. Bishop's Palace (NR) (Site of).
A palace used to stand on this site and it was here that Bishop Cox entertained Queen Elizabeth in August 1564. The property now belongs to Queens College Cambridge (R2 & R3). Extant in 1564.
We visited the site with Mr. Chris Lewis of the VCH staff, who tells us that the episcopal attribution derives from a documentary misunderstanding: the site is in the land of Oakington Barracks; it occupies slightly higher ground; there is no trace of any earthworks; aged trees stand here; the CRO's 1812 Inclosure map shows nothing here.
<1> 1851, Gardner's Directory of Cambridgeshire (Bibliographic reference). SCB6081.
<2> Untitled Source (Bibliographic reference). SCB9863.
<3> WM Coates, Bursar, Queens' College, Cambridge, Information from finder (Verbal communication). SCB15744.
<4> 1958, OS 6 inch map (Map). SCB9007.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: 1851. Gardner's Directory of Cambridgeshire. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: |
| <3> | Verbal communication: WM Coates, Bursar, Queens' College, Cambridge. Information from finder. |
| <4> | Map: 1958. OS 6 inch map. |
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