Little St Mary's Church
Medieval high-church parish with Puritan-scarred stonework and a former college chapel past.
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This guide to Little St Mary's Church in Cambridge begins in the last days of December sixteen forty-three, when a Puritan visitor arrived with a list and a purpose. It reaches back to Richard Crashaw, a young poet and Fellow of Peterhouse, and the devotions he brought to this small church on Trumpington Street. Stand near the altar, facing the sedilia, as you listen.
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