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Pembroke College
Also known as: Coleg Penfro, Caergrawnt
Pembroke College — a Grade I-listed bridge in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Pembroke College is a Grade I-listed building in england-london, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 students and fellows. It is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its founding, as well as extensive gardens. Its members are termed "Valencians". The college's Master is the art historian Rosalind Polly Blakesley. Pembroke has a level of academic performance among the highest of all the Cambridge colleges; in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Pembroke was placed second in the Tompkins Table. Pembroke contains the first chapel designed by Sir Christopher Wren and is one of only six Cambridge colleges to have educated a British prime minister, in Pembroke's case William Pitt the Younger. The college library, with a Victorian neo-gothic clock tower, has an original copy of the first encyclopaedia to contain printed diagrams.
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Background
History
, foundress of Pembroke College, Cambridge]] Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (1303–1377), a member of the de Châtillon family of France, founded Pembroke College, Cambridge. On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educational establishment in the young university at Cambridge. The Hall of Valence Mary ("Custos & Scolares Aule Valence Marie in Cantebrigg'"), as it was originally known, was thus founded to house a body of students and fellows. The statutes were notable in that they both gave preference to students born in France who had already studied elsewhere in England, and that they required…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2017, 0.1192
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Cambridge
- Parish
- Cambridge, unparished area
- Postcode
- CB2 1RF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cambridge
- Established
- 1347
Sources
- wikidata: Q956501 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pembroke College, Cambridge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pembroke College?
- Pembroke College is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode CB2 1RF), in the parish of Cambridge, unparished area.
- When was Pembroke College built?
- Built or established in 1347.
- Is Pembroke College a listed building?
- Pembroke College is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- Is Pembroke College free to visit?
- Yes, Pembroke College is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pembroke College?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CB2 1RF. It sits within the Cambridge parliamentary constituency.