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Brookside Lane, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1JD

Sunlight and shadows on a January afternoon. The picture was taken from the corner of Coronation Street. (Wikipedia will tell you all you need to know about St Eligius, a notable Merovingian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Eligius .)

A grand High Victorian row between Brookside and Panton Street (ahead).

A terrace off St Eligius Street, shadowed and short of colour on a January afternoon. The view is closed by the backs of some of the large houses on Brookside.

The backs of houses on Panton Street, seen from St Eligius Street.

Looking towards Brookside, Trumpington Road and The Leys School on a May morning.

According to the English common law, the owner of a window through which light has been enjoyed without special consent or permission for so long that "the memory of man runs not to the contrary" has an absolute and indefeasible right to that light and may prevent it from being obscured, for instance by nearby development. The Prescription Act of 1832 effectively replaced "the memory of man" by a fixed term of twenty years. A number of such notices are to be seen on buildings in London, but this one in Cambridge is a fairly rare example in the provinces. The notice, like a copyright statement, is not essential to safeguard the right to light, but merely asserts it as a warning to anyone who might otherwise impugn or violate it. For location see Image

In Pemberton Terrace, in the Newtown district of Cambridge. There is an Ancient Lights notice beneath the bay window - for close-up see Image

Looking across Panton Street towards St Eligius Street on a sunny February morning. (The afternoon brought rain.)

A mix of private homes and offices or schools.