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SUMMARY:A House of Significance: the Early History of Barnwell Priory and 
 St Andrew the Less Today
LOCATION:Cambridge University: Ross Street Community Centre
DESCRIPTION:Barnwell Priory was founded in the days of crusading knights\,
  and today its last buildings are fighting their own battle for survival. 
 Tonight’s talk is in two parts: the first tells the story of the Priory
 ’s first years\, and the second outlines what the St Andrew the Less Com
 munity Project is doing to ensure the continuation of this important part 
 of Cambridge’s heritage. Established first on a small piece of flat land
  beneath Cambridge Castle and the River Cam\, and then transferred some tw
 enty years later to the outskirts of the town\, Barnwell Priory was not on
 ly one of the very earliest Augustinian foundations in England\, but among
 st the richest and best documented. The Cambridge antiquary and Fellow of 
 Trinity College\, John Willis Clark\, first noticed its importance over a 
 century ago\, and it was Clark who edited the first seven books of the man
 uscript known as the Liber Memorandum Ecclesie de Bernewelle in 1907. This
  covers the early history of the house and includes its foundation myth\, 
 its second foundation\, and some very biased accounts of the thirteenth-ce
 ntury litigation between\, amongst others\, the Priory\, the town burgesse
 s\, and the local population. Jac Harmon is a retired higher education adm
 inistrator\, formerly having worked at Trinity Hall\, University of Cambri
 dge. She is now a freelance writer and researcher\, working on a historica
 l novel. She is a trustee of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy and vol
 unteers for the National Trust at Anglesey Abbey\, where she works alongsi
 de the Collections team. Maria Cleminsona read history at Oxford\, where h
 er biases were towards the middle ages and ecclesiastical history. Before 
 moving to Cambridge career in journalism\, communications\, fundraising an
 d\, latterly\, project development in Tajikistan. Now she has settled in C
 ambridge\, as well as bringing up three young children\, Maria is throwing
  herself into community life\, leading on the St Andrew the Less Community
  Project\, initiating biodiversity projects with the Riverside Area Reside
 nts Association and standing in May’s local elections. This talk takes p
 lace at Ross Street Community Centre which is fully accessible. Doors open
  at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Tea and biscuits provided. Note as 
 audience numbers are unpredictable we urge people to arrive early so as no
 t to be turned away if we reach capacity.
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