This excursion will be led by our Vice-President, Dr Julian Litten and  will start at Cambridge station, in time to meet the 9.45 from King's Cross, which arrives at Cambridge at 10.33.

Then a coach to the following churches: Madingley, St Mary Magdelene, which contains an array of tombs from 1692 to 1828 to the Cotton Family of Madingley Hall with works by Stanton, Flaxman and Westmacott; Haslingfield, All Saints which contains a wealth of tombs and some funerary achievements to the Wendy family of Haslingfield Hall, including a fine standing figure of 1673 to Sir Thomas Wendy, probably by William Stanton;  Harlton, Assumption of the BVM, containing the enormous mid 17th century Friar tomb by W.Wright, to four members of the family from 1614 to 1631; Newton, St Margaret which has a series of outstanding 19th century tombs by J Edgar Boehm, Mathew Noble, E J Physick, John Rossi and Richard Westmacott to the Pemberton family, as well as a mausoleum in the church yard by Ambrose Poynter to Sir Charles Wilson (d. 1912);  Babraham, St Peter, where St Peter's Church contains the enigmatic Bushnell monument to Richard (d 1658) and Sir Thomas Bennet (d 1667) as well as the small monument by Stanton to Judith Bennet (d 1713) and a Gothick mural monument of 1802 by Henry Hopper to General Adene.

We will return to Cambridge Station in time to catch the 18.22 to King's Cross.

Lunch will be at the Three Horseshoes, Madingley ( http://www.threehorseshoesmaddingley.co.uk ); please let Dr Julian Litten by 2nd October what you would like so that it can be ordered for you in advance.

The cost of the day's excursion, including notes on the monuments and a donation to the individual churches, will be £25 to members and £30 to non-members.

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