A French ballerina, an Austrian baron, Belgian and Polish refugees, and no fewer than thirty-four of the English Martyrs – Catholics in Cambridge is a microcosm of the universal Church.

This book not only recounts the story of those who have shaped Catholicism in Cambridge, but also describes the buildings in which they have worshipped. From the parish churches and college chapels of the medieval town to the secret chapel of Sawston Hall, and from the improvisation of a room in a house in Newmarket Road to the grandeur of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, these reflect the varied fortunes of Catholics in Cambridge.

“I welcome this book as a collection of detailed, wide-ranging and well researched studies”. Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville

Nicolas Rogers is the Archivist of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.