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Below is a list of some of the fictional colleges of the University Of Cambridge .

Boniface College, Oxbridge - ''Pendennis'' by William Thackeray , inspired by his time at Cambridge and home to the poet Sprott.

Fisher College - ''The Cambridge Murders'' by Dilwyn Rees , situated between real-life St John's College and Trinity College .

Lady Jane's College - mentioned in a short story by Cordwainer Smith , founded as part of the Rediscovery of Man.

Lancaster College - various books by Simon Raven . Bears more than a passing resemblance to King's College .

Porterhouse College - '' Porterhouse Blue '', Tom Sharpe . The name suggests Peterhouse , though it is also a pun on college porters and porterhouse steaks. It is also reputedly based loosely on Pembroke .

St. Agatha's College, ''The Wyndham Case'' (1993), ''A Piece of Justice'' (1995), Jill Paton Walsh , located between Castle Mound and Chesterton Lane.

St. Angelicus College - ''The Gate of Angels'' by Penelope Fitzgerald (1990). Situated not far from Christ's Pieces.

St. Bartholemew's College - ''Nights in White Satin'' (1999) by Michelle Spring . Located near the police station and New Square, with murders investigated by Laura Principal of Newnham College .

St. Bernard's College - ''Darkness at Pemberley'', T. H. White . Loosely disguised version of Queens' College .

St. Botolph's College - Example college in Cambridge University Computing Service documentation.

St. Cake's College - In ''Gardie's - The Opera'', name given to a fictional corollary to Gonville And Caius College , which lost a large public-relations battle in its efforts to close a popular late-night student eatery. The struggle to save the Gardenia, or "Gardies," was adapted to a comedic opera and performed at Queen's College in 2005.

St. Cedd's College - Various works, Douglas Adams . Based on St. John's College , the alma mater of Douglas Adams.

St. Ignatius' College - the university that Albert Campion went to, according to the novels of Margery Allingham .

St. Matthew's College - Various works by Stephen Fry .

St. Stephen's College - ''For the Sake of Elena'' by Elizabeth George , located between Trinity College and Trinity Hall (this is a physical impossibility in the real world, as the two colleges are separated only by an alleyway which is about five to ten feet wide) and modelled on the latter.

Weirdsister College - Magical college in ''Weirdsister College – The Further Adventures of The Worst Witch ''

Wetmarsh College - subject of an operetta by Mark Wainwright and Roland Anderson entitled ''Wetmarsh College, or, Dr Middlebottom'', first staged at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge, in 2005 (Wetmarsh is never explicitly said to be in Cambridge, but Wainwright's libretto including a little Oxford terminology and the place of its composition and first performance make it fairly clear).

an unnamed college in C. P. Snow 's novel '' The Masters '' and other novels in the '' Strangers And Brothers '' series.

An unnamed college in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series '' High Table, Lower Orders ''.

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Colleges Of The University Of Cambridge

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List Of Fictional Oxford Colleges

List Of Fictional Oxbridge Colleges

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