{"id":799,"date":"2010-02-23T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T21:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.wend.ca\/?p=799"},"modified":"2020-06-19T21:12:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T01:12:26","slug":"benets-tower-and-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Bene\u2019t\u2019s Tower and Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Castle Hill Motte didn&#8217;t host the oldest building in Cambridge. The oldest building is the Bene\u2019t\u2019s tower, which dates from Saxon times (1033) and before the Norman Conquest in 1066.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbenetschurch.org\/\">Bene&#8217;t&#8217;s Church<\/a> is the only building in Cambridge that is at its original medieval ground. All the surrounding streets and buildings were artificially raised to prevent flooding.<\/p>\n<p>(Bene&#8217;t is a contraction for Benedict.)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-799 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=72391'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/med-p1010201-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/med-p1010201-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/med-p1010201-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=72392'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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