Wisteria Frame

Sidney Sussex's famous wisteria is now in bloom. It stretches from the length of the Hall to the Chapel Courts. Founded in 1596 by the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex as   "....some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance of good learninge...." Oliver Cromwell was one of the first students, although he didn't graduate after his father became ill. His head is buried beneath the college's Ante-Chapel.