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'''Peterborough''' {{IPA|/ˡpiːtəˌbʌɹə/}} is a [[cathedral city]] and [[unitary authority]] in the [[East of England|East]] of [[England]], with an estimated population of 161,000 [[as of 2006]].<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060719/text/60719w1831.htm#0607208000180 House of Commons Hansard Written Answers] HC Deb. [[19 July]] [[2006]] (vol.449) cc.517-518W</ref> For [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial]] purposes it is in the [[Counties of England|county]] of [[Cambridgeshire]]. |
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|caption1= Skyline of north City Centre from Cathedral (2012) |
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caption2= Bridge Street |
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|caption3= [[St John the Baptist Church, Peterborough|Cumbergate]] |
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|caption4= The [[Peterborough Cathedral|Cathedral]] |
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|City of Peterborough |
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|caption5= The [[Peterborough Town Hall|Town Hall]] |
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|caption6= [[Fletton]] Quays |
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|caption7= The [[Peterborough Guildhall|Guildhall]] |
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|width="45%"|Status:||[[Unitary authority|Unitary]], [[City status in the United Kingdom|City]] (1541)<ref>Confirmed by [[Letters Patent]] issued under the [[Great Seal of the Realm]] dated [[25 June]] [[1974]], see the [[London Gazette]] ([http://www.gazettesonline.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=x0%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=46334&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=Peterborough&selMedalType=&selHonourType= Issue 46334]) published [[28 June]] [[1974]]</ref> |
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|[[Regions of England|Region]]:||[[East of England]] |
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|country = England |
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|official_name = Peterborough |
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|[[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial County]]:||[[Cambridgeshire]] |
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|type = City |
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|coordinates = {{coord|52|33|58|N|00|14|11|W|display=inline,title}} |
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|[[Historic counties of England|Historic County]]:||[[Northamptonshire]] |
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|population = 215673 |
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|[[Surface area|Area]]:<br>- Total||[[List of English districts by area|Ranked 140th]]<br>[[1 E8 m²|343.38]] [[square kilometre|km²]] |
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|population_ref = (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> |
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|unitary_england = [[City of Peterborough]] |
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|region = East of England |
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| lieutenancy_england = [[Cambridgeshire]] |
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|[[ONS coding system|ONS code]]:||00JA |
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|constituency_westminster = [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]] |
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|post_town = PETERBOROUGH |
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|postcode_district = PE1–PE8 |
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|[[Population]]:<br>- Total ({{EnglishStatisticsYear}})<br>- [[Density]]||[[List of English districts by population|Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank|ONS=00JA}}]]<br>{{EnglishDistrictPopulation|ONS=00JA}}<br>{{EnglishDistrictDensity|ONS=00JA}} / km² |
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|dial_code = 01733 |
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|Ethnicity:||89.7% White<br> 7.0% South Asian<br> 1.2% Afro-Caribbean<br> 0.3% Chinese<br> 0.3% other<br> 1.5% mixed<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276842&c=peterborough&d=13&e=16&g=404542&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=890 2001 Census Area Statistics] [[Office for National Statistics]], April 2001</ref> |
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|website = {{URL|peterborough.gov.uk}} |
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|colspan=2 align=center|[[Image:Arms-peterborough.jpg|200px|The Arms of Peterborough City Council]]<br>Peterborough City Council |
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'''Peterborough''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-uk-Peterborough.ogg|ˈ|p|iː|t|ə(r)|b|ər|ə|,_|-|b|ʌr|ə}} {{respell|PEE|tər|bər|ə|,_-|burr|ə}}) is a [[City status in the United Kingdom|cathedral city]] in the [[City of Peterborough]] district in the ceremonial county of [[Cambridgeshire]], England. For centuries, the city and many of its surrounding villages formed the [[Soke of Peterborough]], in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Northamptonshire]]. The Soke of Peterborough had an [[Soke of Peterborough County Council|independent county council]], based in the city, between 1889 and 1965. After the Soke of Peterborough was abolished in 1965, the city formed part of the short-lived [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]] until 1974. Though the city has a long history as part of Northamptonshire (from the Middle Ages up to 1965), the city has been part of Cambridgeshire since 1974, and is the largest settlement in that county. |
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|[[Local government in England#Councils and councillors|Leadership]]:||Leader & Cabinet |
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|[[MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005|MPs]]:||[[Stewart Jackson]], [[Shailesh Vara]], [[Malcolm Moss]] |
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The city is {{Convert|74|mi|km}} north of London, on the [[River Nene]] which flows into [[The Wash]] {{Convert|27|mi|km}} to the north-east; the [[City status in the United Kingdom|cathedral city]] of [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] is {{Convert|24|mi|km}} east-southeast across the [[The Fens|Fens]] and the university city of [[Cambridge]] is {{Convert|30|mi|km}} to the southeast. The local topography is flat, and in some places, the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east and to the south of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the [[Bronze Age]], as can be seen at the [[Flag Fen]] archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] occupation. The [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]] period saw the establishment of a monastery, [[Medeshamstede]], which later became [[Peterborough Cathedral]]. |
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As of the 2021 census the [[Built-up area sub division|built-up area subdivision]] had a population of 192,178. In 2021 the Unitary Authority area had a population of 215,671.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/about-peterborough/population/ |title=population estimate for Peterborough local authority is 202,110 at mid 2017 |publisher=Peterborough City Council |access-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014314/https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/about-peterborough/population/ |archive-date=10 January 2019 |url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/peterborough/E35001389__peterborough/ |title=Peterborough |publisher=City Population De. |access-date=7 August 2022}}<br/>{{Cite web |title=TS001 – Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments – Nomis – Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021ts001 |access-date=14 November 2022 |website=nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref> The population grew rapidly after the railways along with industry, the town became known for brick manufacture, arrived in the 19th century. After the Second World War, industrial employment fell and growth was limited until its designation as a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] in the 1960s. The town's main economic sectors are financial services and distribution. |
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The history of human settlement in the area dates back to the [[Bronze Age]], as can be seen at the [[Flag Fen]] archaeological site to the east of the current city centre. This site also shows evidence of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] occupation. The [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] period saw the establishment of an [[abbey]], which later became [[Peterborough Cathedral]]. The population grew rapidly following the arrival of the railways in the nineteenth century, and Peterborough became an industrial centre, particularly noted for its brick manufacture. Following the [[Second World War]] growth was limited until designation as a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] in the 1960s. The population is once again undergoing rapid expansion. The city council's master plan running to 2012 draws focus on the £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding areas. In common with much of the UK, industrial employment has fallen, with newer jobs tending to be in financial services and distribution. |
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==History== |
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The original name of the town was [[Medeshamstede]]. The town's name changed to ''Burgh'' from the late tenth century, possibly after Abbot Kenulf had built a [[defensive wall]] around the abbey which was dedicated to [[Saint Peter]]; eventually this developed into the form Peterborough. In the 12th century, the town was also known as ''Gildenburgh'', which is found in the Peterborough version of the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' (see Peterborough Chronicle below) and a history of the abbey by the monk [[Hugh Candidus]].<ref>Garmonsway (pp.183 & 198–99); Mellows, 1949 (p.66). As a modern local historian has put it, this was "a rhetorical term," used in these 12th century local histories "to contrast the riches of the late Anglo-Saxon monastery with the decrease in income caused by later impositions and the despoliation of the monastic treasure by Hereward," see Tebbs, Herbert F. ''Peterborough: A History'' (p.23) The Oleander Press, Cambridge, 1979.</ref> The town does not appear to have been a [[Ancient borough|borough]] until at least the 12th century.<ref>Originating in a new name for the abbey at Medeshamstede, and not the town, the name ''Burh'' was adopted for the abbey in the late 10th century, see Garmonsway (p. 117), also Mellows, William Thomas (ed.) ''The Chronicle of Hugh Candidus a Monk of Peterborough'' (pp.38 & 480) Oxford University Press, 1949, {{OCLC|314897451}}; the addition of ''Peter'', the name of the abbey's principal titular saint, parallels development of e.g. the name [[Bury St. Edmunds Abbey|Bury St. Edmunds]] and will have served to distinguish between the two places. Exemplified in mediaeval records in the [[Medieval Latin|Latinised]] form {{Lang|la-x-medieval|Burgus Sancti Petri}}, this gave rise to the modern name Peterborough.</ref> |
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Remains of Bronze Age settlement can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre. |
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=== Early history === |
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The Romans established the fortified garrison town of [[Durobrivae (Water Newton)|Durobrivae]] on [[Ermine Street]] to the west of the city around AD 43. This was first mentioned in the [[Antonine Itinerary]] of the late second century. |
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Peterborough and its surrounding areas around have been inhabited for thousands of years because it is where permanently drained land in [[The Fens]] is created by the [[River Nene]]. Remains of Iron Age settlement and what is thought to be religious activity can be seen at the [[Flag Fen]] archaeological site to the east of the city centre. The Romans established a fortified garrison town at [[Durobrivae (Water Newton)|Durobrivae]] on [[Ermine Street]], {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} to the west in Water Newton, around the middle of the 1st century AD. Durobrivae's earliest appearance among surviving records is in the [[Antonine Itinerary]] of the late 2nd century.<ref>Parthey, Gustav and Pinder, Moritz (eds.) ''Itinerarivm Antonini Avgvsti et Hierosolymitanum: ex libris manu scriptis'' [http://www.roman-britain.org/antonine-itinerary.htm Iter Britanniarvm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703033434/http://roman-britain.org/antonine-itinerary.htm |date=3 July 2011}} (Iter V: Item a Londinio Luguvalio ad vallum mpm clvi ''sic'') Friederich Nicolaus, Berlin, 1848. See also Reynolds, Thomas ''Iter Britanniarum or that part of the itinerary of Antoninus which relates to Britain with a new comment'' J. Burges, Cambridge, 1799.</ref> There was also a large 1st century [[castra|Roman fort]] at [[Longthorpe, Peterborough|Longthorpe]], designed to house half a [[Roman legion|legion]], or about 3,000 soldiers;<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bigromandig/camesaw/3_495a.jsp They came, they saw] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905072827/http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bigromandig/camesaw/3_495a.jsp |date=5 September 2008 }} Top 30 Roman sites (6), ''Channel 4 Television'' (Retrieved 20 July 2008).</ref> it may have been established as early as around AD 44–48.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=364099 |access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> Peterborough was an important area of ceramic production in the Roman period, providing [[Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware|Nene Valley Ware]] that was traded as far away as Cornwall and the [[Antonine Wall]], Caledonia.<ref>{{cite book |author=Fincham, Garrick |title=Durobbrivae: A Roman Town Between Fen and Upland |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |year=2004 |isbn=0-7524-3337-7 |pages=102–08}}</ref> |
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Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an [[Angles (tribe)|Anglian]] settlement before AD 655, when [[Sexwulf]] founded a monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by [[Peada of Mercia]], who converted to [[Christianity]] and was briefly ruler of the smaller [[Middle Angles]] sub-group. His brother [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]] murdered his own sons, similarly converted and then finished the monastery by way of [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]].<ref name=lewis>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51211 |title=Peterborough |editor=Samuel Lewis |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1848 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |access-date=11 May 2013 |author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153840/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51211 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Petcath1.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Peterborough Cathedral]] |
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When [[English civil war|civil war]] broke out, Peterborough was divided between supporters of King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] (known as [[Cavalier]]s) and supporters of the [[Long Parliament]], (known as [[Roundhead]]s). The city lay on the border of the [[Eastern Association]] of counties which sided with Parliament, and the war reached Peterborough in 1643 when soldiers arrived in the city to attack Royalist strongholds at [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] and [[Crowland]]. The Royalist forces were defeated within a few weeks and they retired to [[Burghley House]], where they were captured and sent to [[Cambridge]].<ref>Davies, Elizabeth et al. ''Peterborough: A Story of City and Country, People and Places'' (pp.18-19) Peterborough City Council and Pitkin Unichrome, 2001</ref> While the Parliamentary soldiers were in Peterborough however, they ransacked the cathedral, destroying the lady chapel, chapter house, cloister, high altar and choir stalls, as well as mediæval decoration and records.<ref>King, Richard John [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/England/_Topics/churches/_Texts/KINCAT*/Peterborough/1.html ''Handbook to the Cathedrals of England''] (p.77) John Murray, London, 1862</ref> |
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[[Hereward the Wake]] rampaged through the town in 1069 or 1070. Outraged, Abbot Turold erected a fort or castle, which, from his name, was called Mont Turold: this mound, or hill, is on the outside of the deanery garden, now called Tout Hill, although in 1848 Tot-hill or Toot Hill.<ref name=Touthill>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1006846|desc=Touthill and site of castle bailey |access-date=11 May 2013}} [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]]</ref> The [[abbey]] church was rebuilt and greatly enlarged in the 12th century.<ref name=TTB>Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook, ''The English Cathedral'', New Holland (2002) {{ISBN|1-84330-120-2}}</ref> The [[Peterborough Chronicle]], a version of the Anglo-Saxon one, contains unique information about the [[history of England]] after the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman conquest]], written here by monks in the 12th century.<ref>[[Bodleian Library|Bodleian]], MS. Laud 636 (E), see Ingram, James Henry (trans.) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1823 ([https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/657 facsimile of the 1847 Everyman's Library ed. with additional readings from the translation of John Allen Giles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929150833/http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/657 |date=29 September 2007 }} from [[Project Gutenberg]]. Retrieved 19 September 2007). {{OCLC|645704}}. A modern edition, comparing the Peterborough version with such others as survive, is in Garmonsway, George Norman (trans.) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1972 & 1975. {{OCLC|63489126}}. For the Peterborough Chronicle's unique information, see also Clark, Cecily (ed.) ''The Peterborough Chronicle 1070–1154'' (pp. xxi–xxx) Oxford University Press, 1958.</ref> This is the only known prose history in English between the conquest and the later 14th century.<ref>[[J. A. W. Bennett|Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter]] ''Middle English Literature'' (ed. and completed by Douglas Gray), Oxford University Press, 1986.</ref> The burgesses received their first charter from "Abbot Robert" – probably Robert of Sutton (1262–1273).<ref name=chisholm>[[Hugh Chisholm|Chisholm, Hugh]] (ed.) ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|(11th ed.)]] vol.21 Cambridge University Press, 1911 (text in the public domain).</ref> The place suffered materially in the war between [[John, King of England|King John]] and the confederate barons, many of whom took refuge in the monastery here and in [[Crowland Abbey]], from which sanctuaries they were forced by the king's soldiers, who plundered the religious houses and carried off great treasures.<ref name=lewis/> The abbey church became one of [[Henry VIII]]'s retained, more secular, cathedrals in 1541,<ref name=Sweeting/> having been assessed at the Dissolution as having revenue of £1,972.7s.0¾d per annum.<ref name=lewis/> |
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Historically the [[Dean (religion)|dean]] and [[Chapter (religion)|chapter]], who succeeded the [[abbot]] as [[lords of the manor]], appointed a high [[bailiff]], and the [[constables]] and other borough officers were elected at their [[court leet]]; but the [[municipal borough]] was [[Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835 - 1882|incorporated]] in 1874 under the government of a [[mayor]], six [[aldermen]] and 18 [[councillors]].<ref>Under the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] (5 & 6 Wm. IV c.76)</ref> Among the privileges claimed by the abbot as early as the thirteenth century was that of having a prison for felons taken in the Soke. In 1576 Bishop Scamble sold the lordship of the hundred of Nassaburgh, which is coextensive with the Soke, to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], who gave it to [[Lord Burghley]], and from that time until the nineteenth century he and his descendants, the [[Marquess of Exeter|Marquesses of Exeter]], had a separate gaol for prisoners arrested in the Soke.<ref>Chisholm, op. cit.</ref> |
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[[File:Peterborough Cathedral March 2010.jpg|thumb|left|[[Peterborough Cathedral]] (1118–1375), the [[English Gothic architecture|Early English Gothic]] [[Cathedral architecture of Western Europe#West front|west front]]]] |
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===Trades and crafts=== |
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When [[English Civil War|civil war]] broke out, Peterborough was divided between supporters of [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] and the [[Long Parliament]]. The city lay on the border of the [[Eastern Association]] of counties which sided with Parliament, and the war reached Peterborough in 1643 when soldiers arrived in the city to attack Royalist strongholds at [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] and [[Crowland]]. The Royalist forces were defeated within a few weeks and retreated to [[Burghley House]], where they were captured and sent to [[Cambridge]].<ref>Davies, Elizabeth et al. [http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/community_information/about_peterborough/historical_peterborough/civil_war_and_return_of_peace.aspx ''Peterborough: A Story of City and Country, People and Places''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408222642/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/community_information/about_peterborough/historical_peterborough/civil_war_and_return_of_peace.aspx |date=8 April 2012 }} (pp.18–19) Peterborough City Council and Pitkin Unichrome, 2001.</ref> While the Parliamentary soldiers were in Peterborough, however, they ransacked the cathedral, destroying the [[Lady chapel|Lady Chapel]], [[chapter house]], [[cloister]], high altar and choir stalls, as well as mediaeval decoration and records.<ref>[[Richard John King|King, Richard J.]] [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/England/_Topics/churches/_Texts/KINCAT* /Peterborough/1.html ''Handbook to the Cathedrals of England''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527223936/https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/England/_Topics/churches/_Texts/KINCAT%2A/Peterborough/1.html |date=27 May 2021 }} (p.77) John Murray, London, 1862. {{OCLC|27305221}}.</ref> |
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The abbot formerly held four [[fairs]], of which two, St. Peter's Fair, granted in 1189 and later held on the second Tuesday and Wednesday in July, and the Brigge Fair, granted in 1439 and later held on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in October, were purchased by the [[municipal corporation|corporation]] from the [[Ecclesiastical Commissioners]] in 1876.<ref>Ibid.</ref> |
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The Bridge Fair, as it is now known, granted to the abbey by |
Among the privileges claimed by the abbot as early as the 13th century was that of having a prison for felons taken in the [[Soke of Peterborough]], a [[Liberty (division)|liberty]] within [[Northamptonshire]]. This afforded it administrative and judicial independence from the rest of the county, with it having a [[quarter sessions]] separate from the rest of Northamptonshire from 1349.<ref name="brandon-peterborough-past">{{cite book |last1=Brandon |first1=David |last2=Knight |first2=John |title=Peterborough Past |date=2001 |publisher=Phillimore |isbn=9781860771842}}</ref> In 1576 Bishop [[Edmund Scambler]] sold the [[Lord paramount|lordship]] of the hundred of ''Nassaburgh'', which was coextensive with the Soke, to Queen [[Elizabeth I]], who gave it to [[Lord Burghley]], and from that time until the 19th century he and his descendants, the Earls and [[Marquess of Exeter|Marquesses of Exeter]], had a separate gaol for prisoners arrested in the Soke.<ref name=chisholm/> The abbot formerly held four fairs, of which two, St. Peter's Fair, granted in 1189 and later held on the second Tuesday and Wednesday in July, and the Brigge Fair, granted in 1439 and later held on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in October, were purchased by the [[municipal corporation|corporation]] from the [[Ecclesiastical Commissioners]] in 1876. The Bridge Fair, as it is now known, granted to the abbey by [[Henry VI of England|King Henry VI]], survives.<ref>"At the bridge of Peterborough by the River Nene, as well in the county of Huntingdon as in the county of Northampton, on all sides of the bridge."</ref> Prayers for the opening of the fair were once said at the morning service in the cathedral, followed by a civic proclamation and a sausage lunch at the [[Peterborough Town Hall|town hall]] which still takes place. The mayor traditionally leads a procession from the town hall to the fair where the proclamation is read, asking all persons to "behave soberly and civilly, and to pay their just dues and demands according to the laws of the realm and the rights of the City of Peterborough".<ref>Tebbs (p.125).</ref> |
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Railway lines began operating locally during the 1840s, but it was the 1850 opening of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]]'s line from London to {{rws|York}} that transformed Peterborough from a market town to an industrial centre. [[Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter|Lord Exeter]] had opposed the railway passing through Stamford, so Peterborough, situated between two main terminals at London and [[Doncaster]], increasingly developed as a regional hub.<ref>Brooks, John [web.archive.org/web/20050513152328/http://www.towns.org.uk/market-towns-projects/Market-Towns-Food-and-Tourism-Guides~3.pdf {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025090608/http://www.towns.org.uk/market-towns-projects/Market-Towns-Food-and-Tourism-Guides~3.pdf |date=25 October 2007 }} A Flavour of the Welland] (p.12) The Welland Partnership and Jarrold Publishing, Norwich, 2004.</ref> |
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[[File:Front of Burghley House 2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[Burghley House]] (1555–1587), seat of the Marquess of Exeter, hereditary Lord Paramount of Peterborough]] |
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[[Image:Pbguildhall.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Guildhall]] |
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Coupled with vast local clay deposits, the railway enabled large scale brickmaking and distribution to take place. The area was the UK's leading producer of bricks for much of the twentieth century. Brick-making had been a small seasonal craft since the early nineteenth century, but during the 1890s successful experiments at [[Fletton, Peterborough|Fletton]] using the harder clays from a lower level had resulted in a much more efficient process.<ref>Davies (pp.23–24).</ref> The market dominance during this period of the [[London Brick Company]], founded by the prolific Scottish builder and architect [[John Cathles Hill]], gave rise to some of the country's most well-known landmarks, all built using the ubiquitous Fletton Brick.<ref>[http://www.hanson.co.uk/samples/pdfs/Brick%20and%20cladding/London%20brick%20130%20years%20of%20history.pdf London Brick: 130 Years of History 1877–2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529072411/http://www.hanson.co.uk/samples/pdfs/Brick%20and%20cladding/London%20brick%20130%20years%20of%20history.pdf |date=29 May 2008 }} Hanson Building Products, 2007.</ref> [[Perkins Engines]] was established in Peterborough in 1932 by [[Frank Perkins (engineer)|Frank Perkins]], creator of the Perkins diesel engine. Thirty years later it employed more than a tenth of the population of Peterborough, mainly at [[Eastfield, Peterborough|Eastfield]].<ref>Baker, Anne Pimlott "Perkins, Francis Arthur (1889–1967)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.{{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/48099}}.</ref> [[Baker Perkins]] had relocated from London to [[Westwood, Peterborough|Westwood]], now the site of [[HM Prison Peterborough]], in 1903, followed by [[Peter Brotherhood]] to [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]] in 1906; both manufacturers of industrial machinery, they too became major employers in the city.<ref>Davies (pp.26–27).</ref> [[British Sugar]] has moved its headquarters to [[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton]] from [[Woodston, Peterborough|Woodston]], the [[beet sugar]] factory, which opened there in 1926, was closed in 1991.<ref>[http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEf0888db1fee94b65a660493aa115d694,,.aspx The History of British Sugar]British Sugar (Retrieved 5 January 2008). {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116235959/http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEf0888db1fee94b65a660493aa115d694%2C%2C.aspx |date=16 January 2008 }} {{cite web |url=http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEf0888db1fee94b65a660493aa115d694%2C%2C.aspx |title=British Sugar |access-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411114019/http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEf0888db1fee94b65a660493aa115d694%2C%2C.aspx |archive-date=11 April 2008 }}</ref> |
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The railway, coupled with vast local clay deposits, enabled large scale [[brick]] making and distribution to take place. The area was the UK's leading producer of bricks for much of the twentieth century. Brick making had been a small seasonal craft since the early nineteenth century, but during the 1890s successful experiments at [[Fletton]] using the harder clays from a lower level had created a much more efficient process.<ref>Davies, op. cit. (pp.23-24)</ref> |
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The [[Norwich and Peterborough Building Society|Norwich and Peterborough]] (N&P) was formed by the merger of the Norwich Building Society and the Peterborough Building Society in 1986. It was the ninth largest building society at the time of its merger into the [[Yorkshire Building Society|Yorkshire Group]] in 2011.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14623484 Members agree Yorkshire and N&P building societies merger] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109150025/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14623484 |date=9 November 2018 }} BBC News, 22 August 2011.</ref> N&P continued to operate under its own brand administered at Lynch Wood until 2018. Prior to merger with the [[Midlands Co-operative Society|Midlands Co-op]] in 2013, [[Anglia Regional Co-operative Society|Anglia Regional]], the UK's fifth largest co-operative society, was also based in Peterborough, where it was established in 1876.<ref>Brooks, Beth [http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/central-england-co-op-born-out-of-midlands-anglia-merger/353614.article Central England Co-op born out of Midlands-Anglia merger] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204204/http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/central-england-co-op-born-out-of-midlands-anglia-merger/353614.article |date=4 March 2016 }} ''The Grocer'', 16 January 2014.</ref> The combined society began trading as [[Central England Co-operative]] in 2014. |
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[[Perkins Engines]] was established in Peterborough in 1932 by [[Frank Perkins]], creator of the Perkins Diesel Engine. Thirty years later it employed more than a tenth of the population of Peterborough, mainly at Eastfield. Baker Perkins had relocated from London to [[Westwood, Peterborough|Westwood]], now the site of [[Peterborough (HM Prison)|HMP Peterborough]], in 1903, followed by Peter Brotherhood to Walton in 1906; both manufacturers of industrial machinery they too became major employers in the city.<ref>Ibid. (pp.26-27)</ref> |
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Designated a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] in 1967, [[Peterborough Development Corporation]] was formed in partnership with the city and county councils to house London's [[London overspill|overspill]] population in new [[Township (England)|townships]] sited around the existing urban area.<ref>Under the New Towns Act 1965 (1965 cap.59) cf. [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1410/contents/made The Peterborough Development Corporation (Transfer of Property and Dissolution) Order 1988] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430173018/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1410/contents/made |date=30 April 2011 }} (SI 1988/1410); the designation was made on 21 July 1967, see {{London Gazette |issue=44377 |page=8515 |date=1 August 1967}}</ref> There were to be four townships, one each at [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]] (originally to be called Milton, a hamlet in the [[Middle Ages]]), [[Orton, Peterborough|Orton]], [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]]/ [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] and [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]]. The last of these was never built, but a fourth, called [[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton]], is now taking shape south of the city. It was decided that the city should have a major indoor shopping centre at its heart. Planning permission was received in late summer 1976 and [[Queensgate shopping centre, United Kingdom|Queensgate]], containing over 90 stores and including parking for 2,300 cars, was opened by Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] in 1982. {{convert|34|mi|km}} of urban roads were planned and a network of high-speed landscaped thoroughfares, known as [[parkway]]s, was constructed.<ref>Hancock, Tom ''Greater Peterborough Master Plan'' Peterborough Development Corporation, 1971.</ref> |
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[[British Sugar]] remains headquartered in [[Woodston, Cambridgeshire|Woodston]], although the [[sugar beet]] factory, which opened there in 1926, was closed in 1991. |
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Peterborough's population grew by 45.4% between 1971 and 1991. New service sector companies like [[Thomas Cook Group|Thomas Cook]] and [[Phoenix Group|Pearl Assurance]] were attracted to the city, ending the dominance of the manufacturing industry as employers. An [[urban regeneration company]] named Opportunity Peterborough, under the chairmanship of [[Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney|Lord Mawhinney]], was set up by the [[Office of the Deputy Prime Minister]] in 2005 to oversee Peterborough's future development.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/EXPANSION-A-billion-reasons-to.959657.jp "Expansion: A billion reasons to be cheerful"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014032015/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/EXPANSION-A-billion-reasons-to.959657.jp |date=14 October 2007 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 2 March 2005.</ref> Between 2006 and 2012 a £1 billion redevelopment of the city centre and surrounding areas was planned. The master plan provided guidelines on the physical shaping of the city centre over the next 15–20 years. Proposals are still progressing for the north of Westgate, the south bank and the station quarter, where [[Network Rail]] is preparing a major mixed use development.<ref name=plan>[http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/regions/documents/ThePlanforPeterboroughCityCentreFebruary2005.pdf The Plan for Peterborough City Centre] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616131754/http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/regions/documents/ThePlanforPeterboroughCityCentreFebruary2005.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} Peterborough City Council, East of England Development Agency and [[English Partnerships]], February 2005.</ref> Whilst recognising that the reconfiguration of the relationship between the city and station was critical, [[English Heritage]] found the current plans for Westgate unconvincing and felt more thought should be given to the vitality of the historic core.<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/UrbanPanelReviewPaperforPeterboroughMarch2006.pdf Urban Panel Review Paper for Peterborough] (see [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080110083020/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/UrbanPanelReviewPaperforPeterboroughMarch2006.pdf archived copy] in the [[UK Government Web Archive]], archived on 10 January 2008) [[Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England]] and [[Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment]], 16 March 2006.</ref> |
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===Modern history=== |
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Designated a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] in 1967, [[Peterborough Development Corporation]] was formed in partnership with the city and county councils to house London's [[London overspill|overspill]] population in new ''townships'' sited around the existing urban area.<ref>Under the New Towns Act 1965 (1965 cap.59) cf. [http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881410_en_1.htm The Peterborough Development Corporation (Transfer of Property and Dissolution) Order 1988] (SI 1988/1410), see the [[London Gazette]] ([http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=x0%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=44377&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=Peterborough%20New%20Town&selMedalType=&selHonourType= Issue 44377]) published [[01 August]] [[1967]], which states that the designation was made on [[21 July]] [[1967]]</ref> There were to be four townships; at [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]], [[Orton, Cambridgeshire|Orton]], [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]]/[[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] and [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]]. The last of these was never built, but a fourth township, called [[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton]], is now taking shape south of the city. |
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In recent years Peterborough has undergone significant changes with numerous developments underway, most notably are Fletton Quays, a project to construct 350 apartments, various office spaces as well as a new home for [[Peterborough City Council]] with other projects within the development to include a [[Hilton Garden Inn]] hotel with a sky bar, a new passport office and various leisure, restaurant and retail opportunities. Other projects within the city include the extension to [[Queensgate shopping centre, United Kingdom|Queensgate Shopping Centre]], The Great Northern Hotel and more recently plans to extend the [[Peterborough railway station|railway station]] and long stay car park to facilitate more office space in the city centre and further parking. |
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It was decided that the city should have a major indoor shopping centre at its heart. Planning permission was received in the late summer of 1976 and Queensgate, which contains over 90 stores and includes parking for 2,300 cars, was opened by Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] in 1982. A new network of high-speed roads, known as ''parkways'', was also constructed around the city at this time.<ref>''Greater Peterborough Master Plan'' Peterborough Development Corporation, 1971</ref> |
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In 2020 planning permission was granted for a new university, [https://www.aru.ac.uk/peterborough ARU Peterborough], which subsequently opened its doors in September 2022 on Bishops Road, a five-minute walk from the City Centre. It is an employment focused university run by [[Anglia Ruskin University]] with four faculties: Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Creative and Digital Arts and Sciences; Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability; Health and Education. The new university took its first cohort of students in 2022, expecting to recruit up to 12,500 by 2028. ARU Peterborough is not expected to receive its degree awarding powers before 2030 when a review will take place to determine its future as part of Anglia Ruskin University or whether it should become its own entity. |
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In the period between 1971 and 1991 Peterborough's population grew by 45.4%. New service-sector companies like [[Thomas Cook]] and Pearl Assurance were also attracted to the city, ending the dominance of the manufacturing industry as employers. |
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==Governance== |
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In 2005 an [[Urban Regeneration Company]], named [[Opportunity Peterborough]], was set up by the [[Office of the Deputy Prime Minister]] to oversee Peterborough's future development. From 2006 to 2012 a £1 billion re-development of the city centre and surrounding areas will take place.<ref>[http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/regions/documents/ThePlanforPeterboroughCityCentreFebruary2005.pdf The Plan for Peterborough City Centre] Peterborough City Council, East of England Development Agency and [[English Partnerships]], February 2005</ref> |
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[[File:Town Hall, Peterborough - geograph.org.uk - 3900218.jpg|thumb|[[Peterborough Town Hall]]: Meeting place of the city council]] |
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There is one main tier of local government covering Peterborough, at [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level, being [[Peterborough City Council]], which meets at [[Peterborough Town Hall]] and has its main offices at Sand Martin House on Bittern Way.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meetings calendar |url=https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgCalendarAgendaView.aspx?MR=0&M=5&DD=2024&CID=0&OT=&C=-1&D=27 |website=Peterborough City Council |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/new-era-peterborough-city-council-move-fletton-quays-579322|title=New era for Peterborough City Council with move to Fletton Quays|date=18 September 2018|publisher=Peterborough Today|accessdate=17 July 2020}}</ref> The city council is also a member of the [[Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority]], led by the directly elected [[Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough]]. |
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The area governed by the city council is the [[non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[City of Peterborough|Peterborough]], which extends beyond the urban area of Peterborough itself to include surrounding villages and rural areas, particularly to the north-west and north-east. Peterborough's [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] is formally held by the local government district rather than the urban area.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46334|page=7419|date=28 June 1974}}</ref> Much of the Peterborough urban area is [[unparished area|unparished]], but some of the suburbs are included in [[civil parishes]], including [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]], [[Hampton Hargate and Vale]], [[Orton Longueville]], and [[Orton Waterville]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> |
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==Administration== |
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===Local Government=== |
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[[Image:PB_TownHall.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Peterborough Town Hall]] |
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From 1889 the ancient [[Soke of Peterborough]] formed an [[administrative counties of England|administrative county]] in its own right with boundaries similar, although not identical, to the current unitary authority.<ref>Under the [[Local Government Act 1888]] (51 & 52 Vict. c.41)</ref> The area however remained nominally part of [[Northamptonshire]] until 1965, when the Soke of Peterborough was merged with [[Huntingdonshire]] to form the county of [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]].<ref>The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see [[Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967)]], ''East Midlands General Review Area (Report No.3)'', July 1961 and ''Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area (Report No.9)'', May 1965</ref> |
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===Administrative history=== |
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In 1974 Huntingdon and Peterborough was abolished and the current [[districts of England|district]] was created by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Peterborough, [[Peterborough Rural District|Peterborough]] [[Rural District]] and [[Barnack Rural District]] with [[Thorney Rural District]], [[Old Fletton]] [[Urban District]] and part of the [[Norman Cross Rural District]], which had existed since 1894.<ref>Under the [[Local Government Act 1894]] (56 & 57 Vict. c.73)</ref> This became part of the [[metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|non-metropolitan county]] of [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref>Under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] (1972 cap.70)</ref> |
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Peterborough was an [[ancient parish]], which was historically in the [[Nassaburgh hundred]] of [[Northamptonshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Peterborough Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10279690 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> The parish was divided into five [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] or townships: [[Dogsthorpe]], [[Eastfield, Peterborough|Eastfield]], [[Longthorpe]], [[Newark, Peterborough|Newark]] and a Peterborough township covering the central part of the parish including the town. Within the Peterborough township was an [[extra-parochial area]] known as the Minster Precincts, covering St Peter's Abbey and its [[Cathedral close|close]]. When the former abbey church became [[Peterborough Cathedral]] in 1541, Peterborough was thereafter deemed to be a [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]]. The area originally holding city status was the Peterborough township plus the Minster Precincts.<ref name=1832commissioners>{{cite book |title=Reports from Commissioners on proposed division of Counties and boundaries of Boroughs: Volume II, Part II |date=1832 |page=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEhJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA156-IA7 |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> |
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Although made a city in 1541, at that time Peterborough was not a [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough]] (despite including the word in its name). Prior to the [[dissolution of the monasteries|dissolution]] of the abbey in 1539, the abbey had been the [[manorialism|manorial]] owner of the town; that ownership passed to the new cathedral authorities. A [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough constituency]] was also created in 1541, covering the same area as the city.<ref name=1832commissioners/><ref>{{cite web |title=Peterborough |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/peterborough |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> |
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In 1998 the [[city status in the United Kingdom|city]] was given independence from Cambridgeshire [[county council]] as a [[unitary authority]], but it continues to form part of that [[counties of England|county]] for [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial]] purposes.<ref>[http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961878_en_1.htm The Cambridgeshire (City of Peterborough) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996] (SI 1996/1878), see [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)]], ''Final Recommendations for the Future Local Government of Cambridgeshire'', October 1994 and ''Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of Basildon & Thurrock, Blackburn & Blackpool, Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe, Dartford & Gravesham, Gillingham & Rochester upon Medway, Exeter, Gloucester, Halton & Warrington, Huntingdonshire & Peterborough, Northampton, Norwich, Spelthorne and the Wrekin'', December 1995</ref> The leader and cabinet model of decision-making, first adopted by the [[city council]] in 2001, is similar to [[Her Majesty's Government|national government]]. |
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In 1790 a body of [[improvement commissioners]] was established to provide public services in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government archives |url=https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/archives/archives-a-to-z/archives-a-to-z-l-to-m |website=Cambridgeshire County Council |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> In 1874 Peterborough was incorporated as a [[municipal borough]], with the commissioners replaced by an elected council initially comprising a mayor, six [[aldermen]] and eighteen [[councillors]].<ref>Under the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] ([[5 & 6 Will. 4]]. c. 76), Charter of Incorporation dated 17 March 1874.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Peterborough Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10136805#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> |
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[[Policing in the United Kingdom|Policing]] in the city remains the responsibility of [[Cambridgeshire Constabulary]]; and [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|firefighting]], the responsibility of [[Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. Nowadays the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, one of few of its kind, effectively functions as a retained fire station.<ref>Walton, Jemma [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features?articleid=3063217 Meet Peterborough's Volunteer Fire Brigade team] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[26 July]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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The municipal borough was abolished in 1974 when the modern district was created, being a lower tier [[non-metropolitan district]], with the area also being transferred to Cambridgeshire at the same time.<ref>[[Local Government Act 1972]]</ref> In 1998 the Peterborough district was removed from the [[non-metropolitan county]] of Cambridgeshire (the area governed by [[Cambridgeshire County Council]]) to become a unitary authority, whilst remaining part of the [[ceremonial county]] of Cambridgeshire for the purposes of [[Lord-lieutenant|lieutenancy]] and [[shrievalty]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cambridgeshire (City of Peterborough) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996|year=1996|number=1878|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> |
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===Health Service=== |
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Peterborough [[Primary Care Trust]] guides primary care services ([[General practitioner|GPs]], [[Dentistry|dentists]], [[Optometry|opticians]] and [[pharmacists]]) in the city, directly provides adult social care and services in the community such as [[Health visitor|health visiting]] and [[physiotherapy]] and also funds [[hospital]] care and other specialist treatments. Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals [[NHS Foundation Trust]] is one of the country's top performing NHS acute trusts.<ref>[http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/_db/_documents/NHS_Performance_Ratings_2005-2006.pdf The annual health check: assessing and rating the NHS] (pp.22, 34 & 69) [[Healthcare Commission|Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection]], October 2006</ref> In 2004 it became one of the first ten [[National Health Service|NHS]] foundation trusts in England. |
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== Economy == |
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A £300 million health investment plan will see the transfer of the city's two hospitals to a single site by building a modern, flexible facility more suited to modern healthcare. The full planning application for the redevelopment of the [[Edith Cavell]] Hospital site was approved by the council in 2006. Planning permission for the development of an Integrated Care Centre on the existing site of the Fenland Wing at Peterborough District Hospital was granted in 2003.<ref>[http://www.healthplan.org.uk/ Greater Peterborough Health Investment Plan] Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough Primary Care Trust and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership Trust (retrieved [[23 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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[[File:Cmglee Peterborough market.jpg|thumb|Peterborough market, Laxton Square]] |
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[[File:Cmglee Peterborough Queensgate.jpg|thumb|upright|North Square, Queensgate shopping centre]] |
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=== Regeneration === |
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Following merger of the Cambridgeshire, then East Anglian Ambulance Services, the [[East of England Ambulance Service]] NHS Trust is responsible for the provision of statutory [[Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom|emergency medical services]] in Peterborough. |
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Figures plotting growth from 1995 to 2004, revealed that Peterborough had become the most successful economy among unitary authorities in the East of England. They also revealed that the city's economy had grown faster than the regional average and any other economy in the region.<ref>Hastings, David and Swadkin, Claire [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/02_07/downloads/ELMR02_07REI.pdf Regional economic indicators with a focus on the differences in regional economic performance] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616131749/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/02_07/downloads/ELMR02_07REI.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} Economic and Labour Market Review, vol.1 no.2 (pp.52–64) February 2007.</ref> It has a strong economy in the environmental goods and services sector and has the largest cluster of environmental businesses in the UK.<ref>[http://www.encluster.org/ Peterborough Environment Cluster] The UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (Retrieved 20 December 2007). {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118202125/http://www.encluster.org/ |date=18 November 2007 }}</ref> |
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In 1994, Peterborough designated itself one of four environment cities in the UK and began working to become the country's acknowledged environment capital.<ref>[http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/new_07/environcapital.html Peterborough – the UK's Environment Capital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216235959/http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/new_07/environcapital.html |date=16 December 2007 }} Greater Peterborough Partnership (Retrieved 20 December 2007). {{cite web |url=http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/new_07/environcapital.html |title=Greater Peterborough Partnership |access-date=20 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412234708/http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/new_07/environcapital.html |archive-date=12 April 2008}}</ref> Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT), an independent charity, was set up at the same time to work towards this goal, delivering projects promoting healthier and sustainable living in the city.<ref>[http://www.pect.org.uk/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125100034/http://pect.org.uk/about-us |date=25 January 2010 }} Peterborough Environment City Trust (Retrieved 30 May 2010).</ref> Until 2017, PECT organised a yearly 'Green Festival' centered around Cathedral Square, Peterborough, which also benefited local artists and arts organisations through attracting Arts Council funding grants aided by arts facilitator organisation Metal.<ref name=":0" /> During the summer of 2018 the last Green Festival was held at Nene Park, in 2019 Peterborough's community environmental projects attracted ministerial attention from the environment secretary [[Michael Gove]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lamy |first=Joel |date=4 February 2019 |title=Environment Secretary Michael Gove praises Peterborough's eco-credentials on visit to community project |work=Peterborough Telegraph |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/environment-secretary-michael-gove-praises-peterboroughs-eco-credentials-visit-community-project-128543 |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020033852/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/environment-secretary-michael-gove-praises-peterboroughs-eco-credentials-visit-community-project-128543 |url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] of 2020–21 Peterborough's culture and leisure umbrella charity, ''Vivacity'' ceased operating.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2020 |title=Peterborough leisure and libraries charity Vivacity shut by lockdown |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-53098697 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019191658/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-53098697}}</ref> |
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===Politics=== |
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The city formed a [[parliamentary borough]] returning two [[Member of Parliament|members]] from 1541, with the rest of the Soke being part of [[Northamptonshire]] parliamentary county. The [[Great Reform Act]] did not affect the borough, while the rural portion of the Soke was included in the northern division of Northamptonshire.<ref>Formally the Representation of the People Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. IV c.45)</ref> In 1885 the borough's representation was reduced to one member,<ref>Under the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]] (48 & 49 Vict. c.23)</ref> and in 1918 the boundaries were adjusted to include the whole Soke.<ref>Youngs, Frederic A. ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'' (Volume II: Northern England) Royal Historical Society, London, 1991</ref> The serving member for [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]] is the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], [[Stewart Jackson]] <small>MP</small>, who defeated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour's]] [[Helen Clark (UK politician)|Helen Clark]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]]. |
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The council and [[regional development agency]] have taken advice on regeneration issues from a number of internationally recognised experts, including [[Benjamin Barber]] (formerly an adviser to President [[Bill Clinton]]), Jan Gustav Strandenaes ([[United Nations]] adviser on environmental issues) and Patama Roorakwit (a Thai "community architect").<ref>Salman, Saba [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/oct/08/regeneration.peterborough "The civic engineer"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131163925/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/oct/08/regeneration.peterborough |date=31 January 2017}}, ''The Guardian'', London and Manchester, 8 October 2008. <!---access-date= 2008-10-13-----></ref> |
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In 1997 the [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]] constituency was formed, incorporating parts of the city and neighbouring Huntingdonshire. The serving member is the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], [[Shailesh Vara]] <small>MP</small>, who succeeded the (then) [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Rt Hon]] [[Doctor of Philosophy|Dr.]] [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] [[Brian Mawhinney]] in 2005. Mawhinney, who had previously served as Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1979, was created [[life peer|Baron]] Mawhinney of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in 2005. |
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=== Employment === |
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Peterborough is included in the [[East of England (European Parliament constituency)|East of England]] constituency for [[elections]] to the [[European Parliament]]. |
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According to the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], the workplace population of 90,656 is divided into 60,118 people who live in Peterborough and 30,358 people who commute in. A further 13,161 residents commute out of the city to work.<ref>[http://insighteast.org.uk/viewResource.aspx?id=12662 Commuting Profile for Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710100547/http://www.insighteast.org.uk/viewResource.aspx?id=12662 |date=10 July 2011 }} East of England Regional Assembly, 11 April 2005.</ref> Earnings in Peterborough are lower than average. [[Median]] earnings for full-time workers were £11.93 per hour in 2014, less than the regional median for the East of England of £13.62 and the median hourly rate of £13.15 for [[Great Britain]] as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157202/report.aspx#tabearn |title=Earnings by residence (2014) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042753/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157202/report.aspx#tabearn |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> As part of the government's [[M11 Corridor|M11 corridor]], Peterborough is committed to creating 17,500 jobs with the population growing to 200,000 by 2020.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/employment_projects_promise_jobs_to_end_worrying_trend_1_62225 "Employment: Projects promise jobs to end worrying trend"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622034104/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/employment_projects_promise_jobs_to_end_worrying_trend_1_62225 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 23 March 2006.</ref> |
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Future employment will also be created through the plan for the city centre launched by the council in 2003. Predictions of the levels and types of employment created were published in 2005.<ref name=plan/> These include 1,421 jobs created in retail; 1,067 created in a variety of leisure and cultural developments; 338 in three hotels; and a further 4,847 jobs created in offices and other workspaces. Recent relocations of large employers include both [[Tesco]] (1,070 employees) and [[Debenhams]] (850 employees) distribution centres.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/jobs-boom-time-1-35758 "Jobs: Boom Time"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033857/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/jobs-boom-time-1-35758 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 18 April 2005.</ref> A further 2,500 jobs were to be created in the £140 million Gateway warehouse and distribution park. This was expected to compensate for the 6,000 job losses as a result of the decline in manufacturing, anticipated in a report cited by the cabinet member for economic growth and regeneration in 2006.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/business-distribution-park-will-bring-2-500-jobs-to-city-1-66212 "Business: Distribution park will bring 2,500 jobs to city"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033951/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/business-distribution-park-will-bring-2-500-jobs-to-city-1-66212 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 12 September 2006.</ref> |
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==Economy== |
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===Regeneration=== |
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Peterborough is currently experiencing an economic boom compared to the rest of the country, believed to be due to the regeneration plan laid out for the city over the coming decade or so. In 2005 economic growth was on average 5.5%, whilst in Peterborough it was 6.9%, the highest in the UK.<ref>[http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/webpages/documents/GPPStrategyA406finalmay5.pdf Peterborough's Community Strategy] Greater Peterborough Partnership, Progress Report Summary 2006</ref> |
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With traditionally low levels of unemployment, Peterborough is a popular destination for workers and has seen significant growth through migration since the postwar period. The leader of the council said in August 2006 that he believed that 80% of the 65,000 people who had arrived in [[East Anglia]] from the states that [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|joined the European Union in 2004]] were living in Peterborough.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/limit-plea-fears-over-immigrants-1-65537 "Limit plea: Fears over immigrants"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033833/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/limit-plea-fears-over-immigrants-1-65537 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 23 August 2006.</ref> To help cope with this influx, the council put forward plans to construct an average of 1,300 homes each year until 2021.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051027140810/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-230 Housing Strategy Statement 2004-7] Peterborough City Council, July 2004.</ref> Peterborough Trades Council, formed in 1898, is affiliated to the [[Trades Union Congress]].<ref>[http://www.ptuc.co.uk/about/ About PTUC] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530203114/http://www.ptuc.co.uk/about/ |date=30 May 2015 }} Peterborough Trades Union Council (Retrieved 30 May 2015).</ref> |
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This is a chart of trend of regional [[gross value added]], an important measure in the estimation of [[gross domestic product]], of Peterborough at current basic prices, with figures in millions of [[pounds sterling]]:<ref>Marais, John [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf Regional Gross Value Added 1989 - 2003] (pp.240-253) [[Office for National Statistics]], December 2006</ref> |
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== Transport == |
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===Rail=== |
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[[Peterborough railway station]] is a principal stop on the [[East Coast Main Line]], 45–50 minutes' journey time from central London, with high-speed intercity services from [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]] to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] operated by the [[London North Eastern Railway]] at around a 20-minute frequency. It is the northern terminus of slower commuter services from {{rws|Horsham}}, via {{rws|Gatwick Airport}} and central London, operated by [[Govia Thameslink Railway]]. |
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It is a major railway junction where a number of cross-country routes converge: |
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* [[East Midlands Railway]] operates through services between {{rws|Norwich}}, {{rws|Nottingham}} and [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] that call at Peterborough, as well as trains on the line to {{rws|Lincoln}}. |
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* [[CrossCountry]] provides connections west to {{rws|Leicester}} and [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]], and east to {{rws|Ely}}, {{rws|Cambridge}} and {{rws|Stansted Airport}}. |
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* [[Greater Anglia]] also runs trains to and from {{rws|Ipswich}} via {{rws|Soham}}.<ref>[http://nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PBO.html Station Facilities for Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718060320/http://nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PBO.html |date=18 July 2007 }} [[National Rail]] Enquiries, 28 November 2006.</ref> |
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[[File:Peterborough 1850 iron bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Nene Viaduct|Historic cast iron railway bridge]] over the River Nene (1847), built by Sir [[William Cubitt|William]] and [[Joseph Cubitt]]]] |
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===Water=== |
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The [[River Nene]], made navigable from the port at [[Wisbech]] to [[Northampton]] by 1761,<ref>Under the Nene Navigation Acts 1714 ([[12 Ann.]] c. 7), 1725 ([[11 Geo. 1]]. c. 19), 1756 ([[29 Geo. 2]]. c. 69) and 1794 ([[34 Geo. 3]]. c. 85).</ref> passes through the city centre. The [[Nene Viaduct]] carries the railway over the river. It was built in 1847 by Sir [[William Cubitt|William]] and [[Joseph Cubitt]].<ref>Gordon Bibble, ''Britanic's History Railway Buildings. An Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites'', (p.195), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003 {{ISBN|978-0198662471}}</ref> William Cubitt was the chief engineer of Crystal Palace erected at Hyde Park in 1851. Apart from some minor repairs in 1910 and 1914 (the steel bands and cross braces around the fluted legs) the bridge remains as Cubitts built it. Now a Grade II* listed structure, it is the oldest surviving cast iron railway bridge in the UK.<ref>Labrum, Edward A. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Offfz1NSDt0C ''Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and Central England''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620110750/http://books.google.com/books?id=Offfz1NSDt0C&printsec=frontcover |date=20 June 2013 }} (pp.78–79) Thomas Telford, London, 1994. See also Cossey, F. "Cast Iron Railway Bridge at Peterborough" in [[Kenneth Hudson|Hudson, Kenneth]] (ed.) ''Industrial Archaeology'' vol. 4 (pp.138–147) David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1967.</ref> By the Town Bridge, the Customs House, built in the early eighteenth century, is a visible reminder of the city's past function as an inland port.<ref>Brandon, David and Knight, John ''Peterborough Past: The City and The Soke'' (p.54) Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 2001.</ref> The [[Environment Agency]] navigation starts at the junction with the Northampton arm of the [[Grand Union Canal]] and extends for {{convert|91|mi|km}} ending at Bevis Hall just upstream of Wisbech. The tidal limit used to be Woodston Wharf until the Dog-in-a-Doublet [[Lock (water transport)|lock]] was built {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} downstream in 1937.<ref>[http://ea-lit.freshwaterlife.org/fedora/repository/ealit:2818/OBJ/20001183.pdf Navigations in the Anglian Region] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081603/http://ea-lit.freshwaterlife.org/fedora/repository/ealit:2818/OBJ/20001183.pdf |date=18 May 2015}} Public Relations Department, National Rivers Authority, Anglian Region (NRA Anglian 88) 1994.</ref> |
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===Road=== |
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{{Further|Road transport in Peterborough}} |
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The [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1/A1(M) primary route]] (part of [[European route E15]]) broadly follows the path of the historic [[Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] from [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in the heart of London, passing Peterborough (Junction 17), and continuing north a further {{convert|335|mi|km}} to central [[Edinburgh]]. In 1899 the [[British Electric Traction|British Electric Traction Company]] sought permission for a tramway joining the northern suburbs with the city centre. The system, which operated under the name [[Peterborough Tramways|Peterborough Electric Traction Company]], opened in 1903 and was abandoned in favour of motor buses in 1930, when it was merged into the [[First Norfolk & Suffolk|Eastern Counties Omnibus Company]].<ref>Brandon and Knight (pp.47–49).</ref> Today, bus services in the city are operated by several companies including [[Stagecoach East|Stagecoach]] (formerly [[Stagecoach Cambridgeshire|Cambus and Viscount]]) and [[Delaine Buses]]. Despite its large-scale growth, Peterborough has the fastest peak and off-peak travel times for a city of its size in the UK, due to the construction of the parkways. The [[Local transport plan|Local Transport Plan]] anticipated expenditure totalling around £180 million for the period up to 2010 on major road schemes to accommodate development.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/traffic,_travel_and_parking/strategies,_policies_and_plans/transport_planning/ltp2.aspx The Second Local Transport Plan] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423201730/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/traffic,_travel_and_parking/strategies,_policies_and_plans/transport_planning/ltp2.aspx |date=23 April 2012}} Peterborough City Council, March 2006.</ref> |
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The combination of rail connections to the [[Port of Felixstowe]] and to the East Coast Main Line as well as a road connection via the A1(M) has led to Peterborough being proposed as the site of a {{cvt|334|acres|km2}} rail-road logistics and distribution centre to be known as Magna Park.<ref>[http://consult.peterborough.gov.uk/portal/planning/peterborough/cs/cspo?pointId=1202897463405#section-1202897463405 Regional Freight Interchange]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 21 January 2012).</ref> |
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===Green Wheel and City Cycling=== |
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[[File:Green Wheel cycle route sign, Glinton - geograph.org.uk - 3533144.jpg|thumb|Green Wheel signpost]] |
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The Peterborough Millennium [[Green Wheel]] is a {{convert|50|mi|km|adj=on}} network of cycleways, footpaths and bridleways which provide safe, continuous routes around the city with radiating spokes connecting to the city centre. The project has also created a sculpture trail, which provides functional, landscape artworks along the Green Wheel route and a Living Landmarks project involving the local community in the creation of local landscape features such as mini woodlands, ponds and hedgerows.<ref>[http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/cycling/story/0,,2022726,00.html "Cycle Guide: The Green Wheel"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126102721/http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/cycling/story/0,,2022726,00.html |date=26 January 2008}}, ''The Guardian'', London and Manchester, 3 March 2007.</ref> Another long-distance footpath, the [[Hereward Way]], runs from [[Oakham]] in Rutland, through Peterborough, to [[East Harling]] in Norfolk.<ref>Noyes, T.B. [http://visitely.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Hereward%20Way.pdf The Hereward Way: A Walking Route Across the Fens Oakham to Thetford (also part of European route E2 Ely to Oakham)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122210426/http://visitely.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Hereward%20Way.pdf |date=22 January 2016 }} The Ramblers' Association (Peterborough Group), 1985 (Republished 2004 and published online 2007).</ref> While cycling within the city received a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of new cycle lanes in busy streets, plans to connect the villages to the west of Peterborough with a new cycle track have been refused permission and some cycle lane decisions have been reversed in the city centre during easing of the corona virus lockdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Rob |date=1 July 2021 |title=Plans for a new 'cycle highway' near Peterborough turned down |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/plans-for-a-new-cycle-highway-near-peterborough-turned-down-3292318 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019063838/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/plans-for-a-new-cycle-highway-near-peterborough-turned-down-3292318}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamy |first=Joel |date=22 July 2021 |title=Mayor urged to intervene over 'misuse' of Peterborough cycling funds |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/transport/mayor-urged-to-intervene-over-misuse-of-peterborough-cycling-funds-3317504 |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019081007/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/transport/mayor-urged-to-intervene-over-misuse-of-peterborough-cycling-funds-3317504}}</ref> |
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== Demography == |
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=== Population === |
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The City of Peterborough local authority area has a population of {{English district population|GSS=E06000031}} ({{English statistics year}}).<ref name=popstats>{{United Kingdom district population citation|England}}</ref> It is forecast to reach 230,000 in 2031 and 240,000 by around 2041.<ref>CCC 2020-based population forecasts, Peterborough, 2020–2041</ref> |
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[[File:Old Customs House, Peterborough - geograph.org.uk - 166965.jpg|thumb|Customs House (1790) on the north bank of the river, from the Town Bridge]] |
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| 1901 || 30,872 || 41,122 || 46,986 |
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| 1911 || 33,574 || 44,718 || 53,114 |
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| 1921 || 35,532 || 46,959 || 58,186 |
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| 1931 || 43,551<ref>Enlarged to include former Gunthorpe CP, Longthorpe CP, Paston CP, Peterborough Without CP, Walton CP and Werrington CP from Peterborough RD in 1929.</ref> || 51,839 || 63,745 |
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| 1939<ref>Because of the Second World War there was no census taken in 1941. However, following the passage into law (on 5 September) of the [[National Registration Act 1939]], a population count was carried out on 29 September which was, in effect, a census.</ref> || 49,248 || 58,303 || 69,855 |
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| 1951 || 53,417 || 63,791 || 76,555 |
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| 1961 || 62,340 || 74,758 || 89,794 |
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|1971 || 69,556 || 85,820<ref>Aggregate of Peterborough MB, Peterborough RD and Barnack RD for illustration from 1965. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A vision of Britain through time] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160421/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ |date=7 September 2008 }} presents long-run change by redistricting historical statistics to modern units.</ref> || 105,323 |
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|1981 || colspan="3"|131,696<ref>Enlarged to include former Peterborough RD, Barnack RD, Thorney RD, Old Fletton UD and Orton Longueville CP from Norman Cross RD in 1974.</ref> |
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|1991 || colspan="3"|155,050 |
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|2001 || colspan="3"|156,060 |
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|2011 || colspan="3"|183,600 (+ 16.6%)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/census-shows-increase-in-population-in-the-east-of-england/pdfeastenglandnr0712.pdf |title=Census shows increase in population in the East of England |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124324/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/census-shows-increase-in-population-in-the-east-of-england/pdfeastenglandnr0712.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| 1995 || '''1,821''' || 16 || 552 || 1,254 |
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|2021 || colspan="3"|215,700 (+17.5%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/E06000031/ |title=How the population changed in Peterborough, Census 2021 – ONS}}</ref> |
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| 2000 || '''2,387''' || 12 || 580 || 1,795 |
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Peterborough's population growth was reportedly the second fastest of any British city over the ten years from 2004 to 2013, driven partly by immigration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/business-news/peterborough-loses-top-spot-as-uk-s-fastest-growing-city-in-new-report-1-6526432 |title=Peterborough loses top spot as UK's fastest growing city in new report |first=Paul |last=Grinnell |work=Peterborough Telegraph |date=19 January 2015 |access-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710125244/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/business-news/peterborough-loses-top-spot-as-uk-s-fastest-growing-city-in-new-report-1-6526432 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Recent figures, plotting growth from 1995 to 2004, reveal that Peterborough has become the most successful economy among unitary authorities in the East of England. The chart also reveals that Peterborough's economy is growing faster than the East of England average and any other economy in the region.<ref>Hastings, David and Swadkin, Claire [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/02_07/downloads/ELMR02_07REI.pdf Regional economic indicators with a focus on the differences in regional economic performance] Economic and Labour Market Review, vol.1 no.2 (pp.52-64) February 2007</ref> In January 2007, Peterborough was named as the leading city in driving forward the UK's business growth, with an impressive 3.78% increase between April and September 2006.<ref>[http://www.news.royalmailgroup.com/news/articlec.asp?id=1880&brand=royal_mail Peterborough leads UK’s business population growth, according to Royal Mail’s Business Barometer] [[Royal Mail]], [[19 January]] [[2007]]</ref> |
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According to the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]], 82.5% of Peterborough's residents categorised themselves as [[White people|white]], 2.8% of [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|mixed ethnic groups]], 11.7% [[British Asian|Asian]], 2.3% [[Black British|black]] and 0.8% other. Amongst the white population, the largest categories were indigenous groups, those being English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British (70.9%), and [[Other White|other white]] (10.6%). Those of [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani ethnicity]] accounted for 6.6% of the population and those of [[British Indians|Indian ethnicity]] 2.5.%. The largest black group were those of African ethnicity (1.4%).<ref name=2011ethnicity>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |title=2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116113321/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the workplace population of 90,656 is divided into 60,118 people who live in Peterborough and 30,358 people who commute in. A further 13,161 residents commute out of the city to work.<ref>A full breakdown by occupation type can be found by visiting the [http://www.eastofenglandobservatory.org.uk/ East of England Observatory]</ref> Earnings in Peterborough are lower than average. [[Median]] earnings are £9.77 per hour, less than the regional median of £11.69 and the national median hourly rate of £11.26.<ref>[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/2038431844/report.aspx?town=peterborough NOMIS Official Labour Market Statistics] [[Office for National Statistics]] (retrieved [[31 March]] [[2006]])</ref> As part of the government's [[M11 Corridor|M11 corridor]] Peterborough is committed to creating 17,500 jobs with the population growing to 200,000 by 2020.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1397046 EMPLOYMENT: Projects promise jobs to end worrying trend] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[23 March]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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[[File:Pbguildhall.jpg|thumb|right|[[Peterborough Guildhall|The Guildhall]] or [[Market Cross|Butter Cross]] (1669–1671), Cathedral Square, Peterborough]] |
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Future employment will also be created through the master plan for the city centre launched by the council in 2003. Predictions of the levels and types of employment created were published in 2005.<ref>''The Plan for Peterborough City Centre'' op. cit.</ref> These include 1,421 jobs created in retail; 1,067 created in a variety of leisure and cultural developments; 338 in three hotels; and a further 4,847 jobs created in offices and other workspaces. Recent relocations of large employers include both [[Tesco]] (1,070 employees) and [[Debenhams]] (850 employees) distribution centres.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1001768 JOBS: Boom Time] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[18 April]] [[2005]]</ref> A further 2,500 jobs are to be created in the £140 million Gateway warehouse and distribution park, this will help offset the expected 6,000 job loses in traditional industries, such as manufacturing, which have been predicted in a report cited by cabinet member for economic growth and regeneration.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1762722 BUSINESS: Distribution park will bring 2,500 jobs to city] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[12 September]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of [[Italian diaspora|Italian immigrants]] in the UK. This is mainly as a result of [[workforce|labour]] recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of [[Apulia]] and [[Campania]]. By 1960, approximately 3,000 Italian men were employed by London Brick, mostly at the [[Fletton]] works.<ref>Colpi, Terry ''The Italian Factor: The Italian Community in Great Britain'' (p.149) Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1991.</ref> In 1962, the [[Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo|Scalabrini Fathers]], who first arrived in 1956, purchased an old school and converted it into a mission church named after the [[patron saint]] of workers [[Saint Joseph]] (San Giuseppe). By 1991, over 3,000 [[baptism|christenings]] of [[Italian Briton|second-generation Italians]] had been carried out there.<ref>Colpi (p.235).</ref> In 1996, it was estimated that the Italian community of Peterborough numbered 7,000, making it the third largest in the UK after London and [[Bedford]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=paper27.pdf&site=11 |title=Italians in Peterborough: between integration, encapsulation and return |first1=Mariacaterina |last1=Tubito |first2=Russell |last2=King |publisher=University of Sussex |series=Research Papers in Geography |isbn=1874465274 |date=October 1996 |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204202132/https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=paper27.pdf&site=11 |archive-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 2011 Census recorded 1,179 residents born in Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 Census: QS203EW Country of birth (detailed), local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-qs203ew.xls |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115034/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-qs203ew.xls |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In the late twentieth century the main source of immigration was from new [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries.<ref>{{cite web |author=Robinson, Nick |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22339080 |title=How has immigration changed Britain? |publisher=BBC News |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420013832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22339080 |archive-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 2011 Census showed that a total of 24,166 migrants moved to Peterborough between 2001 and 2011. The city has experienced significant immigration from the [[A8 countries]] that joined the European Union in 2004, and in 2011, 14,134 residents of the city were people born in Central and Eastern Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/community/community-news/2011-census-show-highest-migration-levels-to-peterborough-in-seven-decades-1-4576279 |title=2011 Census show highest migration levels to Peterborough in seven decades |first=Dawn |last=Fellowes |work=Peterborough Telegraph |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521032631/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/community/community-news/2011-census-show-highest-migration-levels-to-peterborough-in-seven-decades-1-4576279 |archive-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Peterborough, with traditionally low levels of unemployment, is a popular destination for workers and has seen significant growth through the migration of workers over decades; from the city's [[Italian people|Italian]] and [[Poles|Polish]] communities in the post-war era to present day. The leader of the city council said he believed Peterborough had taken up to 80% of the 65,000 people who had arrived in [[East Anglia]] from countries such as [[Poland]] and [[Slovakia]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/template/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1714979 LIMIT PLEA: Fears over immigrants] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[23 August]] [[2006]]</ref> Demand for short term employees from organisations remains high and the market supports up to 20 high street recruitment agencies at any one time. |
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According to a report published by the police in 2007, recent migration had resulted in increased translation costs and a change in the nature of crime in the county, with an increase in [[Driving under the influence|drink driving]] offences, knife crime and an international dimension added to activities such as running [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] factories and [[trafficking in human beings|human trafficking]]. The number of foreign nationals arrested in the north of the county rose from 894 in 2003, to 2,435 in 2006, but the report also said that "inappropriately negative" community perceptions about migrant workers often complicate routine incidents, raising tensions and turning them "critical". It also noted there was "little evidence that the increased numbers of migrant workers have caused significant or systematic problems in respect of community safety or cohesion".<ref>[http://www.cambs.police.uk/images/newsitem/download/190907growth.pdf The changing demography of Cambridgeshire: implications for policing] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927113505/http://www.cambs.police.uk/images/newsitem/download/190907growth.pdf |date=27 September 2007 }} Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Cambridgeshire Police Authority, 19 September 2007.</ref> In 2007, [[Julie Spence]], the then [[Chief Constable]] emphasised that the fact that the demographic profile of Cambridgeshire had changed dramatically from one where 95% of teenagers were white four years previously to one of the country's fastest growing diverse populations, and said it had a positive impact on development and jobs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/20/immigrationandpublicservices.immigration |title=Ministers to assess migrant groups' impact on public services |first=Alan |last=Travis |work=The Guardian |date=20 September 2007 |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716101608/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/20/immigrationandpublicservices.immigration |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, the [[BBC]] broadcast ''The Poles are Coming!'', a controversial documentary on the impact of [[Polish people|Polish]] migration to Peterborough by [[Tim Samuels]], as part of its ''White Season''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/white/poles.shtml The Poles are Coming!] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323024639/http://www.bbc.co.uk/white/poles.shtml |date=23 March 2008 }} Is white working class Britain becoming invisible? A season of programmes on BBC Two (Retrieved 19 March 2008).</ref> |
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==Transport== |
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[[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]] is a major stop on the [[East Coast Main Line]], around 45 - 50 minutes journey time from central London, with high-speed intercity services from [[London King's Cross|King's Cross]] to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] operated by the [[Great North Eastern Railway]] and slower commuter services terminating at Peterborough operated by [[First Capital Connect]]. It is a major railway junction where a number of cross-country routes converge. [[Central Trains]] operate the [[Peterborough to Lincoln Line]], the [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]] and with [[One Railway|'one']], the [[Ely to Peterborough Line]] with through services to [[Norwich]] or [[Cambridge]] and [[Stansted Airport]]. As part of its citylink service, Central Trains operate routes from [[Birmingham New Street]] to London Stansted and from [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] to Norwich via the main line north of Peterborough then the [[Nottingham to Grantham Line]].<ref>[http://nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PBO.html Station Facilities for Peterborough] [[National Rail]] Enquiries, [[28 November]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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The number of languages in use is growing where previously few languages other than English were spoken. {{As of|2006}}, Peterborough offered classes in Italian, [[Urdu]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] in its primary schools.<ref>[http://www.cilt.org.uk/pdf/pubs/positively_plurilingual.pdf Positively Plurilingual: The contribution of community languages to UK education and society] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128094815/http://www.cilt.org.uk/pdf/pubs/positively_plurilingual.pdf |date=28 November 2007 }} (p.6) CILT the National Centre for Languages, 2006.</ref> |
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The [[River Nene]], made navigable from the port at [[Wisbech]] to [[Northampton]] by 1761,<ref>Under the Nene Navigation Acts 1714 (12 Anne c.7), 1725 (11 Geo. I c.19), 1756 (29 Geo. II c.69) and 1794 (34 Geo. III c.85)</ref> passes through the city centre and a rather pretty green bridge carries the railway over the river. It was built in 1847 by [[Lewis Cubitt]], who was more famous for his bridges in Australia, India and South America. Apart from some minor repairs in 1910 (the steel bands and cross braces around the fluted legs) the bridge remains just the way he built it. Now a listed structure, it is the oldest surviving cast-iron railway bridge in the UK. By the Town Bridge, the Customs House, built in the early eighteenth century, is a visible reminder of the city's past function as an inland port.<ref>Brandon, David and Knight, John ''Peterborough Past: The City and The Soke'' (p.54) Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 2001</ref> |
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=== Religion === |
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The A1/A1(M) broadly follows the path of the historic [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]] from [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] at the heart of London, through Peterborough (Junction 17), continuing north a further 335 miles (539 km) to central Edinburgh. [[Ermine Street]] used to pass through [[Durobrivae]], the slight remains of which can be seen to the east, alongside the A1 at Peterborough. Bus services in the city are operated by several companies including the [[Stagecoach Group]] (Cambus and Viscount) and [[Delaine Buses]]. Despite its large-scale growth, Peterborough has the fastest peak and off-peak travel times for a city of its size in the UK, due to the construction of the [[Peterborough#Modern history|parkways]]. The [[Local Transport Plan]] anticipates expenditure totalling around £180 million for the period up to 2010 on major road schemes to accommodate development.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-4536 The Second Local Transport Plan] Peterborough City Council, March 2006</ref> |
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[[File:Peterborough precinct.JPG|thumb|right|Norman gateway below the chapel of St. Nicholas (1177–1194), Minster Precincts]] |
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Christianity has the largest following in Peterborough, in particular the [[Church of England]], with a significant number of parish churches and a cathedral. 56.7% of Peterborough's residents classified themselves as Christian in the 2011 Census.<ref name=CensusRel>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks209ew.xls |title=Table KS209EW 2011 Census: Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126035854/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks209ew.xls |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Recent immigration to the city has also seen the Roman Catholic population increase substantially.<ref>Walton, Jemma [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/how_immigration_has_led_to_the_rebirth_of_the_catholic_church_1_73672 "How immigration has led to the rebirth of the Catholic Church"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033751/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/how_immigration_has_led_to_the_rebirth_of_the_catholic_church_1_73672 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 27 February 2007.</ref> Other [[Christian denomination|denominations]] are also in evidence; the latest church to be constructed is a £7 million "superchurch," [[Kingsgate Community Church|KingsGate]], formerly Peterborough Community Church, which can seat up to 1,800 worshippers.<ref>Sandall, Jonathan [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/peterborough_superchurch_to_open_1_66594 "Peterborough superchurch to open"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033910/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/peterborough_superchurch_to_open_1_66594 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 21 September 2006.</ref> In comparison with the rest of England, Peterborough has a lower proportion of Christians, [[Buddhists]], [[Hindus]], [[Jews]] and [[Sikhs]]. The city has a higher percentage of [[Muslims]] than England as a whole (9.4% compared to 5% nationally).<ref name=CensusRel/> The majority of Muslims reside in the [[Millfield, Peterborough|Millfield]], [[West Town, Peterborough|West Town]] and [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] areas of the city, where two large mosques (including the Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque and Husaini Islamic Center-Peterborough) are based.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2675759.stm |title=Mosque due to open in Peterborough |date=2003 |access-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070925/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2675759.stm |archive-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Peterborough also has both Hindu (Bharat Hindu Samaj)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharathindusamaj.co.uk/ |title=Bharat Hindu Samaj Temple |website=bharathindusamaj.co.uk |access-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120071545/http://www.bharathindusamaj.co.uk/ |archive-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Sikh (Singh Sabha Gurdwara) temples in these areas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sgsspeterborough.org/ |title=Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Peterborough |website=sgsspeterborough.org|access-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070310/http://sgsspeterborough.org/ |archive-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The [[Anglican Diocese of Peterborough]] covers roughly {{convert|1200|mi2|km2}}, including the whole of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough. The parts of the city that lie south of the river, which were historically in [[Huntingdonshire]], fall within the [[Diocese of Ely]], which covers the remainder of Cambridgeshire and western Norfolk. The current [[Bishop of Peterborough]] has been appointed [[Assistant Bishop]] in the Diocese of Ely, with pastoral care for these [[parishes]] delegated to her by the [[Bishop of Ely]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/religion-bishops-bridge-boundaries-aboard-boat-1-150260 "Religion: Bishops bridge boundaries aboard boat"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071909/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/religion-bishops-bridge-boundaries-aboard-boat-1-150260 |date=4 March 2016}}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 2 August 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/media/press/details.html?id=26 Bridging the divide in a city] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307175451/http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/media/press/details.html?id=26 |date=7 March 2007 }} Diocese of Ely, Ref. 0471, 29 July 2004.</ref> The city falls wholly within the Roman Catholic [[Diocese of East Anglia]] (which has its seat at the [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich|Cathedral Church]] of Saint [[John the Baptist]], Norwich) and is served by [[Saint Peter and All Souls Church]], built in 1896 and decorated in the Gothic style.<ref>Waszak, Peter "The Revival of the Roman Catholic Church in Peterborough c. 1793–1910" in ''Peterborough's Past'' vol.3 Peterborough Museum Society, 1988.</ref> The [[Greek Orthodox]] Community of [[Cyril of Jerusalem|Saint Cyril]], Patriarch of Jerusalem was established in 1991 under the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]].<ref>[http://www.northamptongreekcommunity.co.uk/ Neighbouring Greek Communities] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324172225/http://www.northamptongreekcommunity.co.uk/ |date=24 March 2011 }} Northampton Greek Community (Retrieved 31 October 2010).</ref> |
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The Peterborough Millennium [[Green Wheel]] is a 50 mile (80 km) network of cycleways, footpaths and bridleways which provide safe, continuous routes around the city with radiating spokes connecting to the city centre. The project has also created a sculpture trail, which provides functional, landscape artworks along the Green Wheel route and a Living Landmarks project involving the local community in the creation of local landscape features such as mini woodlands, ponds and hedgerows.<ref>[http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/cycling/story/0,,2022726,00.html Cycle Guide: The Green Wheel] The Guardian, [[03 March]] [[2007]]</ref> Another long distance footpath, the [[Hereward Way]], runs from [[Oakham]] in [[Rutland]], through Peterborough, to [[East Harling]] in [[Norfolk]]. |
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== Culture == |
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Peterborough has a [[Peterborough Business Airport|business airport]] with a paved runway at [[Holme, Cambridgeshire|Holme]] and a [[Peterborough/Sibson Airport|recreational airfield]] hosting a well-known parachute school at [[Stibbington|Sibson]]. |
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=== Education === |
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{{See also|List of schools in Peterborough}} |
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[[File:Anglia Ruskin University Peterborough.jpg|thumb|[[Anglia Ruskin University]] Peterborough.]] |
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Peterborough has one independent boarding school: [[The Peterborough School]] at Westwood House, founded in 1895. The school caters for girls and now boys up to the age of 18. Peterborough's state schools have recently undergone significant change. Five of the city's fifteen secondary schools were closed in July 2007, to be demolished over the coming years. [[John Mansfield School|John Mansfield]] (now an adult learning centre), Hereward (formerly Eastholm, now City of Peterborough Academy, sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust) and [[Deacon's School|Deacon's]] were replaced with the flagship [[Thomas Deacon Academy]], designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Lord Foster of Thames Bank]] which opened in September 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/6629655.stm |title=No playground for 'super school' |date=6 May 2007 |access-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/6629655.stm |archive-date=19 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Queen Katharine Academy]] (previously The Voyager School), which has specialist media arts status, replaced Bretton Woods and Walton Community School. It is part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust. The schools that remain have been extended and enlarged. Over £200 million was spent and the changes on-going to 2010.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5618 Secondary School Review] Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 15 April 2007). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416115959/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5618 |date=16 April 2007 }}</ref> [[The King's School, Peterborough|The King's School]] is one of seven schools established, or in some cases re-endowed and renamed, by King [[Henry VIII]] during the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] to pray for his soul.<ref>[[Orme, Nicholas]] The King's school has an "outstanding" status and is widely considered the best in Peterborough.[http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/themes/95/95744.html School founders and patrons in England, 597–1560] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210091634/http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/themes/95/95744.html |date=10 February 2007 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, October 2006.</ref> In 2006, 39.4% of Peterborough [[local education authority]] pupils attained five grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics, in the [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]], lower than the national average of 45.8%.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6250433.stm "How different LEAs performed"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011180823/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6250433.stm |date=11 October 2007 }}, ''BBC News Online'', 19 January 2007.</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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===Ethnicity=== |
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Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of [[Italian diaspora|Italian]] immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of [[workforce|labour]] recruitment in the 1950s by the [[London Brick Company]] in the southern [[Italy|Italian]] regions of [[Apulia|Puglia]] and [[Campania]]. By 1960 approximately 3,000 Italian men were employed by London Brick, mostly at the [[Fletton]] works.<ref>Colpi, Terry ''The Italian Factor: the Italian Community in Great Britain'' (p.149) Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1991</ref> In 1962 the [[Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo|Scalabrini Fathers]], who first arrived in Peterborough in 1956, purchased an old school and converted it into a church named after the [[patron saint]] of workers [[Saint Joseph|San Giuseppe]]. By 1991 over 3,000 [[baptism|christenings]] of second-generation [[Britalian|Italians]] had been carried out there.<ref>Ibid. (p.235)</ref> |
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The city has two colleges of [[further education|further]] and [[higher education]], [[Peterborough College]] (established in 1946 as Peterborough Technical College) and [[City College Peterborough]] (known as Peterborough College of Adult Education until 2010). By 2004, Peterborough College attracted over 15,000 students each year from the UK and abroad and was ranked in the top five per cent of colleges in the UK.<ref>Nasta, Tony [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150407120515/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D796593%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0 Statutory Inspection of Peterborough Regional College] under Section 3 of the School Inspections Act 1996 (1996 cap.57) [[Office for Standards in Education]] and Adult Learning Inspectorate, 17 October 2006.</ref> Greater Peterborough [[University Technical College]] is a new education facility set to open in September 2015.<ref>[http://gputc.com/about-us About us] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618195818/http://gputc.com/about-us |date=18 June 2015 }} Greater Peterborough University Technical College (Retrieved 21 April 2015).</ref> |
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The population of Peterborough has, over the last few years, grown much faster than the national average, mainly due to immigration. In the late twentieth century, the main source of immigration has been from [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries such as [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. A more recent issue is that an unknown figure of eastern Europeans from [[accession states]] have moved to Peterborough since 2004. This may mean that the population figures, based on the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], are an underestimate.<ref>[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E0DEA099-0B7A-42A2-A459-055AB91FA9A8/0/PeterboroughProfile.pdf 2001 Census Profile of Peterborough] Cambridgeshire County Council, June 2003</ref> The [[East of England Regional Assembly]] estimate that 16,000 eastern Europeans are now living in Peterborough.<ref>Reid, Sue [http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=402024&in_page_id=1770 The town the Poles took over] The Mail on Sunday, [[24 August]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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The city is currently without a university, after [[Loughborough University]] closed its Peterborough campus in 2003.<ref>[http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Planning%20and%20Transport/PlanHome/PlanTranStud/GeoStud/Pete/Stage1/PeteFin/finalreport.pdf Peterborough Sub-Regional Study: Final Report] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428150916/http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Planning%20and%20Transport/PlanHome/PlanTranStud/GeoStud/Pete/Stage1/PeteFin/finalreport.pdf |date=28 April 2011 }} 3.2.3 Improving further and higher education provision (p.19) Llewelyn Davies for the [[East of England Regional Assembly]], November 2003.</ref> Consequently, it became the second largest centre of population in the UK (after [[Swindon]]) without its own higher education institution. In 2006, however, Peterborough Regional College began talks with [[Anglia Ruskin University]] to develop a new university campus for the city.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120724144036/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/peterborough.html Major step towards university for Peterborough] Anglia Ruskin University, 22 February 2006.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120717210303/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/peterborough_10m.html £10 million boost for university facility in Peterborough] Anglia Ruskin University, 11 December 2006.</ref> The college and the university completed the legal contracts for the creation of a new joint venture company in 2007, marking the culmination of legal negotiations and securing of funds required in order to build the new higher education centre.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120717124628/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/Peterborough_signing.html Legal deal signed and sealed facilitates the 'emergence' of new University Centre in Peterborough] Anglia Ruskin University, 3 April 2007.</ref> [[University Centre Peterborough]] opened to the first 850 students in 2009.<ref>[http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/ucp_official_opening.html University Centre Peterborough opening will ‘lift aspirations’] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120802214119/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/ucp_official_opening.html |date=2 August 2012 }} Anglia Ruskin University, 4 March 2010.</ref> |
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Modern Peterborough is a rapidly developing city and one that continues to change. The city hasn't changed without problems however. In May 2004 groups of Pakistani residents clashed with [[Demographics of Afghanistan|Afghan]] and [[Iraqi]] [[asylum seekers]]. In the "running street battles," houses and cars were set alight and windows were smashed. Some people were hospitalised. The fighting occurred in the multicultural [[Millfield, Cambridgeshire|Millfield]] area of the city.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/3731735.stm Patrols to quell violent clashes] BBC News, [[20 May]] [[2004]] 20:01 [[BST]]</ref> In July of that year, a festival set up by the Indian community to celebrate the city's diversity turned violent. Pakistanis and Iraqis clashed over the weekend, leaving a man in hospital and large gangs fighting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/3926423.stm Ethnic groups clash at festival] BBC News, [[26 July]] [[2004]] 12:02 [[BST]]</ref> Since then, race relations have improved significantly. |
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The former public library on Broadway was funded by Scottish philanthropist [[Andrew Carnegie]] and opened in 1906;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/gray_matter/8828163.When_libraries_were_given__not_taken_away/ |title=When libraries were given, not taken away |first=Christopher |last=Gray |work=The Oxford Times |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=22 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530182429/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/gray_matter/8828163.When_libraries_were_given__not_taken_away/ |archive-date=30 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Carnegie was made first freeman of the city on the day of the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite book |author=Hucklesby, John |title=People of Peterborough: Famous, infamous and interesting people from the history of Peterborough |publisher=Peterborough Museum Publications |location=Peterborough |year=2009 |pages=114–16}}</ref> |
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The number of languages in use is growing and diversity is spreading where previously few languages other than [[English language|English]] were spoken. Peterborough now offers classes in [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Urdu]] and [[Punjabi]] in its primary schools.<ref>[http://www.cilt.org.uk/pdf/pubs/positively_plurilingual.pdf Positively Plurilingual: The contribution of community languages to UK education and society] (p.6) CILT the National Centre for Languages, 2006</ref> |
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=== Arts === |
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As Peterborough expands and attracts more UK and foreign citizens, it has introduced a new statutory development plan.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-289 Peterborough Local Plan (First Replacement)] Peterborough City Council, July 2005</ref> Its aim is to accommodate an extra 22,000 homes, 18,000 jobs and over 40,000 people living in Peterborough by 2020. The [[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton]] township will be completed, south [[Stanground]] will have a 1,500 home development and [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]] a 1,200 home development. To help cope with the influx of people moving to the city, thought to be many thousands a year, the council has put forward plans to construct an average of 1,300 homes every year until 2021.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-230 Housing Strategy Statement] Peterborough City Council, July 2004</ref> |
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[[File:RAH frieze, Peterborough Cathedral.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A section of the ''Triumph of Arts and Sciences'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] (1867–1871), depicting Peterborough Cathedral]] |
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Peterborough enjoys a wide range of events including the annual [[East of England Show]], [[Peterborough Festival]] and [[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] beer festival, which takes place on the river embankment in late August.<ref>[http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinations/find/east-of-england/cambridgeshire/peterborough.aspx Destination Guide for Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418104402/http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinations/find/east-of-england/cambridgeshire/peterborough.aspx |date=18 April 2007 }} [[English Tourist Board]] (Retrieved 20 April 2007).</ref> The yearly festivals have attracted arts funding and enabled further community projects within the city.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Barns |first=Brad |date=31 January 2020 |title=Peterborough artists open pop-up studio in Queensgate |work=Peterborough Telegraph |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/peterborough-artists-open-pop-studio-queensgate-1380507 |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019210228/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/peterborough-artists-open-pop-studio-queensgate-1380507 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 August 2016 |title=FUTURE FLOODLANDS, PETERBOROUGH GREEN FESTIVAL |url=http://archive.idea1.org.uk/event/future-floodlands-peterborough-green-festival/ |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=Idea1 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019064256/http://archive.idea1.org.uk/event/future-floodlands-peterborough-green-festival/}}</ref> Nationally published cartoonist John Elson,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newsdesk |first=Bury |date=2 October 2021 |title=Cartoonist John Elson's take on the fuel crisis |work=Suffolk News |url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/humour-behind-the-headlines-9218512/ |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> from Peterborough, has provided imagery for many of the events.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2017 |title=Beer Around 'Ere, 197 |url=https://peterborough.camra.org.uk/dl.php?id=134105 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Peterborough CAMRA}}</ref> |
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The city acts as the central hub for the region's visual arts community, with the Peterborough Artists Open Studio organisation (PAOS), celebrating its 21st anniversary year as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barns |first=Brad |date=20 June 2021 |title=Peterborough Artists' Open Studios (PAOS) comes of age in 2021 as it celebrates its 21st anniversary year. |work=Peterborough Telegraph |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/arts-and-culture/art/peterborough-artists-open-studios-where-and-when-to-visit-3278381 |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019163729/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/arts-and-culture/art/peterborough-artists-open-studios-where-and-when-to-visit-3278381 |url-status=live}}</ref> A number of statues by the British sculptor [[Antony Gormley]] were re-installed in the city in 2018. Removed for repair works from their original setting on concrete pillars next to the rowing lake in Nene Park, they can now be seen on top of buildings surrounding Cathedral Square in the town centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=the moment MAGAZINE |date=23 May 2018 |title=Antony Gormley: looking up… |url=https://www.themomentmagazine.com/history/looking-up/ |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=themomentmagazine.com |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020212256/https://www.themomentmagazine.com/history/looking-up/}}</ref> |
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===Religion=== |
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[[Christianity]] has the largest following in Peterborough, in particular the [[Church of England]], with a significant number of [[churches]] and a [[cathedral]]. Recent immigration to the city has also seen the established [[Roman Catholic]] population increase substantially.<ref>Walton, Jemma [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2082268&SectionID=4419 How immigration has led to the rebirth of the Catholic Church] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[27 February]] [[2007]]</ref> Other [[Christian denomination|denominations]] are also represented; the latest church to be constructed is a £7 million "superchurch" that can hold up to 1,800 people.<ref>Sandall, Jonathan [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=845&ArticleID=1780833 Peterborough superchurch to open] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[21 September]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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The Key Theatre, built in 1973, is situated on the embankment, next to the [[River Nene]]. The theatre aims to provide entertainment, enlightenment and education by reflecting the rich culture Peterborough has to offer. The programme is made up of home-grown productions, national touring shows, local community productions and one-off concerts. There is disabled access, an infrared hearing system for the deaf and hard of hearing and there are also regular signed performances.<ref>''The Key Times'' is the theatre's newspaper, available free of charge from the last Saturday of each month.</ref> |
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In comparison with the rest of the country, Peterborough has a lower proportion of [[Christians]], [[Buddhists]], [[Hindus]], [[Jews]] and [[Sikhs]]. However, the city has a higher percentage of [[Muslims]] (and [[atheists]]) than the national average.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/pet-ff-pop-Ethnicity_Profile_Contents_and_Section_1-2.pdf Ethnicity and Religion in Peterborough] Cambridgeshire County Council, October 2004</ref> The majority of Muslims reside in the [[Millfield, Cambridgeshire|Millfield]] and [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] areas of the city, where two large [[mosques]] (including the [[Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque]]) are based. Peterborough also has both Hindu (Bharat Hindu Samaj) and Sikh (Singh Sabha Gurdwara) temples in these areas. |
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In 1937, the [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon Cinema]] opened on Broadway, where it operated successfully for more than half a century. In 1991, the Odeon showed its last film to the public and was left to fall into a state of disrepair, until 1997, when a local entrepreneur purchased the building as part of a larger project, including a restaurant and art gallery. The Broadway, designed by Tim Foster Architects, was one of the largest theatres in the region and offered a selection of live entertainment, including music, comedy and films.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014032051/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/FIRST-GLIMPSE-OF-MECCA-TO.420793.jp "First Glimpse of Mecca to Movies"], ''[[Peterborough Evening Telegraph]]'', 18 April 2001.</ref> In 2009, it was severely damaged by arsonists, resulting in closure when its insurers refused to pay the claim due to faulty fire detection systems.<ref>Baker, Marie [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Broadway-devastated-by-major-arson.4912542.jp "Broadway devastated by major fire blaze"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504055416/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Broadway-devastated-by-major-arson.4912542.jp |date=4 May 2009 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 26 January 2009.</ref> |
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The [[Anglican]] [[Diocese of Peterborough]] covers about 1,200 square miles (3,100 km²), including the whole of Northamptonshire, [[Rutland]], and the Soke of Peterborough (the part of the city north of the River Nene). The parts of the city south of the river, [[historic counties of England|historically]] in Huntingdonshire, fall within the [[Diocese of Ely]], which covers the rest of Cambridgeshire and western [[Norfolk]]. However, the current [[Bishop of Peterborough]] has also been appointed [[Assistant Bishop]] in the Diocese of Ely, with pastoral care for these [[parishes]] delegated to him by the [[Bishop of Ely]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=832244 RELIGION: Bishops bridge boundaries aboard boat] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[02 August]] [[2004]]</ref><ref>[http://www.ely.anglican.org/news_events/media/press/details.html?id=26 Bridging the divide in a city] Diocese of Ely, Ref. 0471, [[29 July]] [[2004]]</ref> |
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The [[Embassy Theatre, Peterborough|Embassy Theatre]], a large [[Art Deco]] building designed by [[David Evelyn Nye]], also opened on Broadway in 1937. Nye was usually a cinema architect, and this was his only theatre. The Embassy was converted into a cinema in 1953, becoming the [[Associated British Cinemas|ABC]] and later the [[Cannon Films|Cannon Cinema]], before it was closed in 1989. Since 1996, the premises have been occupied by the [[Mitchells & Butlers|Edwards bar chain]].<ref>[http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Peterborough/50.htm 50th Anniversary 1937–1987 Souvenir Brochure] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907090733/http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Peterborough/50.htm |date=7 September 2008 }} Cannon Cinema, Peterborough, 1987.</ref><ref name=embassy>{{cite web |title=Embassy (Peterborough) |url=http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/482-embassy-peterborough |publisher=The Theatres Trust |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429082418/http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/482-embassy-peterborough |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Education== |
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Peterborough's [[secondary education]] system is currently undergoing immense change. Five of the city's fifteen [[secondary schools]] are to be closed and demolished over the coming years, replaced with flagship academies set to open in September 2007. These include [[The Voyager School|The Voyager Media Arts College]] and [[Thomas Deacon Academy]], designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Lord Foster of Thames Bank]]. The schools that remain will be extended and enlarged. Over £200 million is to be spent and the changes on-going to 2010.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5618 Secondary School Review] Peterborough City Council (retrieved [[15 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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The John Clare Theatre within the new central library,<ref>Managed on behalf of the council by [http://www.vivacity-peterborough.com/libraries-and-archives/ Vivacity] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202170637/http://www.vivacity-peterborough.com/libraries-and-archives/ |date=2 February 2012 }}, an independent, not-for-profit organisation with charitable status; there are also nine branch libraries and a mobile library.</ref> again on Broadway, is home to the Peterborough Film Society. One of the region's leading venues, the Cresset in [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]], provides a wide range of events for the residents of the city and beyond, including theatre, comedy, music and dance. Peterborough has a 13-screen [[Showcase Cinemas|Showcase Cinema]], an [[ice rink]] and two indoor swimming pools open to the general public.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
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[[The King's School, Peterborough]] is one of seven schools established, or in some cases re-endowed and renamed, by King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] in 1541 during the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].<ref>Orme, Nicholas [http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/themes/95/95744.html School founders and patrons in England, 597–1560] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, October 2006</ref> |
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A diverse range of restaurants can be found throughout the city, including [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]], [[Thai cuisine|Thai]] and many [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] restaurants. Peterborough has recently{{when|date=October 2023}} been used as the setting in popular literature: ''[[A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian]]'' by [[Marina Lewycka]],<ref>[http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/opf/books.php4?bookid=180 Orange Broadband prize for Fiction] 2005 shortlist title ''A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian'' by Marina Lewycka (336 pp. Viking, London, 2005) Orange Home UK (Retrieved 26 January 2008). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206201325/http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/opf/books.php4?bookid=180 |date=6 December 2007 }}</ref> ''[[A Spot of Bother]]'' by [[Mark Haddon]]<ref>Ness, Patrick [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1858405,00.html "Pleasant incidents"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120122129/http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1858405,00.html |date=20 January 2008 }} (review of ''A Spot of Bother'' by Mark Haddon, 390 pp. Jonathan Cape, London, 2006), ''The Guardian'', London and Manchester, 26 August 2006.</ref> and, the first in a projected series, ''Long Way Home'', a debut novel by Eva Doran.<ref>Wilson, Laura [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/23/crime-fiction-roundup-reviews Crime fiction roundup – reviews] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605153911/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/23/crime-fiction-roundup-reviews |date=5 June 2016 }} ''The Guardian'', 23 January 2014.</ref> |
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The city has its own [[Further Education]] [[colleges]], [[Peterborough Regional College]] (established in 1946 as Peterborough Technical College) and Peterborough College of Adult Education. The college attracts over 15,000 students each year, from the UK and abroad. It is currently ranked in the top five per cent of colleges in the UK.<ref>Nasta, Tony [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=265202&providerCategoryID=524288&fileName=\\school\\130\\s3_130613_20061017.pdf Statutory Inspection of Peterborough Regional College] under Section 3 of the School Inspections Act 1996 (1996 cap.57) [[Office for Standards in Education]] and Adult Learning Inspectorate, [[17 October]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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=== Sport === |
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The city is currently without its own [[university]], since [[Loughborough University]] closed its Peterborough [[campus]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.eera.gov.uk/Documents/About%20EERA/Policy/Planning%20and%20Transport/PlanHome/PlanTranStud/GeoStud/Pete/Stage1/PeteFin/finalreport.pdf Peterborough Sub-Regional Study: Final Report] 3.2.3 Improving further and higher education provision (p.19) Llewelyn Davies for the [[East of England Regional Assembly]], November 2003</ref> In 2006 however, Peterborough Regional College was in talks with [[Anglia Ruskin University]] to develop a new university campus for the city.<ref>[http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/peterborough.html Major step towards university for Peterborough] Anglia Ruskin University, [[22 February]] [[2006]]</ref><ref>[http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/peterborough_10m.html £10 million boost for university facility in Peterborough] Anglia Ruskin University, [[11 December]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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[[File:Peterborough United's South Family Stand beginning to fill up - geograph.org.uk - 154824.jpg|thumb|[[London Road Stadium]]]] |
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[[Peterborough United Football Club]], known as "The Posh", has been the local football team since 1934. They play their home matches at [[London Road stadium|London Road]] on the south bank of the River Nene. Peterborough United have a history of cup giant-killings.<ref>Plummer, Russell ''Peterborough United on the FA Cup Trail'', [http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~149280,00.html Part 1: "Sixty Years of Highlights in the Greatest Knockout Event"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723171635/http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~149280,00.html |date=23 July 2008 }} and [http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~149310,00.html Part 2: "Sunderland Disaster to Glory in Defeat at Old Trafford"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723171803/http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10427~149310%2C00.html |date=23 July 2008 }}, Peterborough United Football Club, 3 & 4 January 2002.</ref> They set the record for the highest number of league goals (134, [[Terry Bly]] alone scoring 52) in the [[1960–61 in English football|1960–61 season]], when they won the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] title in their first season in the [[English Football League|Football League]]. The club's highest finish position to date was 10th place in [[Football League First Division|Division One]], then the second tier of English football, in the [[1992–93 in English football|1992–93 season]].<ref>[http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~397399,00.html Posh Stats and Records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808121259/http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10427~397399%2C00.html |date=8 August 2008 }} Peterborough United Football Club, 9 May 2007.</ref> Irish property developer [[Darragh MacAnthony]] was appointed chairman in 2006 and is now owner, having undertaken a lengthy purchase from [[Barry Fry]] who remains director of football, having also been manager of the club from 1996 to 2005. Peterborough also has a non-league club, [[Peterborough Sports F.C.|Peterborough Sports]], who play in the [[National League North]]. |
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As well as [[association football|football]], Peterborough has teams competing in [[rugby union|rugby]], [[cricket]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[ice hockey]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], athletics, [[American football|American]] and [[Australian rules football]]. Although [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] is not a first-class cricket county, [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] staged some home matches in the city between 1906 and 1974. [[Town Ground, Peterborough|Peterborough Town Cricket Club]] and the City of Peterborough Hockey Club compete at their shared ground in Westwood.<ref>Peterborough Town changed its name for the 2006/7 season following a merger with Peterborough Athletic Hockey Club, see [http://www.cityofpeterboroughhockeyclub.co.uk/ City of Peterborough Hockey Club] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430011838/http://www.cityofpeterboroughhockeyclub.co.uk/ |date=30 April 2011 }} for more details.</ref> |
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==Culture== |
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===The Arts=== |
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Each year Peterborough enjoys a wide range of events including the annual East of England Show, [[Peterborough Festival]] and [[CAMRA]] beer festival which takes place on the river embankment at the end of August.<ref>[http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinations/find/east-of-england/cambridgeshire/peterborough.aspx Destination Guide for Peterborough] [[English Tourist Board]] (retrieved [[20 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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After reforming in 2005,<ref>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/peterboroughlionsrfc/a/club-history-8506.html Club History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106072646/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/peterboroughlionsrfc/a/club-history-8506.html |date=6 January 2015 }} Peterborough Lions Rugby Football Club (Retrieved 7 May 2015).</ref> rugby union club [[Peterborough Lions RFC]] now compete in [[National League 3 Midlands]].<ref>[http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/midlands-division/ Midlands Division] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310035331/http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/midlands-division/ |date=10 March 2015 }} Fixtures and Results, Rugby Football Union (Retrieved 7 May 2015).</ref> Meanwhile, the city's oldest rugby team, [[Peterborough RUFC]], play at Second Drove (otherwise known as "Fortress Fengate"),<ref>Bath, David [http://www.prufc.com/rugger.pdf A History of Rugby Union in the Peterborough Area with special reference to the history of Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616131749/http://www.prufc.com/rugger.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} An extended version of a paper delivered to the Peterborough Burgh Society, October 2002.</ref> and have struggled in recent seasons. Relegation in 2013–14 season, from [[Midlands 1 East]],<ref>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/peterborough/s/table-44973.html?table=division-7358 Midlands 1 East] League Table, Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club (Retrieved 7 May 2015).</ref> has been followed by a season in the lower-mid table of the [[Midlands 2 East (South)]].<ref>[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/peterborough/s/table-44973.html?table=division-9948 Midlands 2 East (South)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101836/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/peterborough/s/table-44973.html?table=division-9948 |date=2 April 2015 }} League Table, Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club (Retrieved 7 May 2015).</ref> |
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The Key Theatre, built in 1973, is situated on the embankment, next to the River Nene. The theatre provides entertainment, enlightenment and education by reflecting the rich culture Peterborough has to offer. The programme is made up of home-grown productions, national touring shows, local community productions and one-off concerts. There is disabled access, an infrared hearing system for the deaf and hard of hearing and there are also regular signed performances.<ref> |
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''The Key Times'' is the theatre's newspaper, available free of charge from the last Saturday of each month</ref> |
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Peterborough City Rowing Club moved from its riverside setting to the current Thorpe Meadows location in 1983. The spring and summer regattas held there attract rowers and scullers from competing clubs all over the country. Every February the adjacent River Nene is host to the head of the river race, which again attracts hundreds of entries.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/rowing-hunt-and-gilbert-strike-gold-for-city-1-61279 "Rowing: Hunt and Gilbert strike gold for City"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033936/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/rowing-hunt-and-gilbert-strike-gold-for-city-1-61279 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 7 February 2006.</ref> Peterborough Athletic Club train and compete at the embankment athletics arena. In 2006, after 10 years, the [[Great Eastern Run]] returned to the racing calendar. Around 3,000 runners raced through the flat streets of Peterborough for the half-marathon, supported by thousands of spectators along the course.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070813151804/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-10916 The Story Behind The Return of The Great Eastern Run] Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 30 September 2007).</ref> |
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In 1937 the [[Odeon Cinema]] opened on Broadway, where it operated successfully for more than half a century. In 1991 the Odeon showed its last film to the public and was left to fall into a state of disrepair, until 1997, when a local entrepreneur purchased the building as part of a larger project, including a restaurant and art gallery. Today The Broadway is one of the largest theatres in the region and offers the very best of live entertainment, including music, comedy and films.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=845&articleid=420793 First Glimpse of Mecca to Movies] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[18 April]] [[2001]]</ref> |
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[[Peterborough Phantoms]] are the city's ice hockey team, playing in the [[National Ice Hockey League|NIHL]] at Planet Ice Peterborough, located on Mallard Way in Bretton. [[Motorcycle speedway]] is also a popular sport in Peterborough, with race meetings held at the [[East of England Showground]]. The team, known as the [[Peterborough Panthers]], have operated regularly in the [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughspeedway.net/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=15 Club Honours] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423204442/http://www.peterboroughspeedway.net/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=15 |date=23 April 2008 }} Peterborough Speedway Showcase (Retrieved 19 March 2008).</ref> The Showground hosts the annual British Motorcycle Federation Rally each May. In 2009, Peterborough hosted one of the first rounds of the [[Tour Series]], a new series of televised town and city centre cycling races. {{As of|2015}}, the city has hosted a round of the Tour Series each year since, with the exception of 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/2014-pearl-izumi-tour-series-schedule-114887 |title=Is this the 2014 Pearl Izumi Tour Series schedule? |first=Nick |last=Bull |work=Cycling Weekly |date=14 February 2015 |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716074209/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/2014-pearl-izumi-tour-series-schedule-114887 |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/20150226-road-Details-of-venues-and-teams-for-the-2015-Pearl-Izumi-Tour-Series-announced-0 |title=2015 Tour Series dates announced |publisher=British Cycling |date=26 February 2015 |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716061959/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/20150226-road-Details-of-venues-and-teams-for-the-2015-Pearl-Izumi-Tour-Series-announced-0 |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The John Clare Theatre within the new central library, also on Broadway, is home to the Peterborough Film Society. One of the region's leading venues, The Cresset in [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]], provides a wide range of events for the residents of the city and beyond, including theatre, comedy, music and dance. Peterborough has a [[Showcase Cinemas|Showcase Cinema]], an ice rink and two bowling alleys. Throughout the city there are a diverse range of restaurants. These include [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] & [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]] & [[Nepalese]], [[Cuisine of Thailand|Thai]] and many [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] restaurants. In the closing months of 2006, [[Polish cuisine|Polish]], [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese]] and [[Mexican]] restaurants were all opened. |
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In March 2017 the first [[bandy]] session in England for over a century was held in Peterborough, in the form of [[rink bandy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icehockeyreview.co.uk/2017/03/bandy-try-it-session-at-planet-ice.html |title=Bandy "Try It" Session at Planet Ice Peterborough, Sunday 19th March |date=11 March 2017 |publisher=Ice Hockey Review |access-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116130525/http://www.icehockeyreview.co.uk/2017/03/bandy-try-it-session-at-planet-ice.html |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 2018 Peterborough Bandy Club was founded.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://emmacatherinesport.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/bandy-a-guide-to-peterboroughs-newest-and-coolest-sport/ |title=Bandy: A guide to Peterborough's newest and coolest sport… |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211248/https://emmacatherinesport.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/bandy-a-guide-to-peterboroughs-newest-and-coolest-sport/ |archive-date=29 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2022 Women's Bandy World Championship]] Great Britain made its debut in the tournament, represented by a Peterborough team.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bxxpyx Britain in the Bandy World Championships]</ref> |
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[[Peterborough United Football Club]], known as ''The Posh'', has been the local football team since 1934. The ground is situated at [[London Road stadium|London Road]] on the south bank of the [[River Nene]]. Peterborough United have a proud history of cup giant-killings. They set the record for the highest number of league goals scored in a season with 134 goals during their first season in the [[Football League]] in 1960/1, when they won the [[Fourth Division]] title, with [[Terry Bly]] scoring 52 of them. Irish property developer [[Darragh MacAnthony]] was appointed chairman in 2006 and is currently undertaking a lengthy purchase of the club from [[Barry Fry]]. Once this is completed, MacAnthony has promised to move ''The Posh'' to a new all-seater stadium.<ref>Conn, David [http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1930815,00.html#article_continue Posh fans wary of pitfalls on road to the Premiership] The Guardian, [[25 October]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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As well as [[association football|football]], Peterborough has teams competing in [[rugby union|rugby]], [[cricket]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[ice hockey]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] and [[athletics (track and field)|athletics]]. Although [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] is not a first-class cricket county, [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] staged some home matches in the city between 1906 and 1974. Peterborough Town Cricket Club and the City of Peterborough Hockey Club compete at their shared ground in Westwood;<ref>Peterborough Town changed its name for the 2006/7 season following a merger with Peterborough Athletic Hockey Club, see [http://www.cityofpeterboroughhc.org.uk/index.htm Peterborough Town Sports Club] for more details</ref> whereas the city's oldest and most successful rugby team, Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club, now play at Fortress [[Fengate]].<ref>Bath, David [http://www.prufc.com/rugger.pdf A History of Rugby Union in the Peterborough Area with special reference to the history of Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club] An extended version of a paper delivered to the Peterborough Burgh Society, October 2002</ref> |
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There is a major radio [[Peterborough Transmitter|transmitter]] at [[Morborne]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} west of Peterborough, for national [[FM radio]] ([[BBC Radio]]s 1–4 and [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]) and [[BBC Radio Cambridgeshire]] which is the [[BBC Local Radio]] station that covers the city. This facility includes a {{convert|154|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} high guyed radio mast which collapsed in 2004 after a fire and has since been re-built.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3970807.stm "Mast fire 'could be deliberate'"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221022448/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3970807.stm |date=21 February 2006}}, ''BBC News Online'', 1 November 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/fire_mast_blaze_brings_radio_blackout_1_152228 "Fire: Mast blaze brings radio blackout"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033731/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/fire_mast_blaze_brings_radio_blackout_1_152228 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 1 November 2004.</ref> Another transmission site at [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]] in the north east of the city transmits [[AM radio|AM]]/[[Mediumwave|MW]] and local FM radio. The site is only {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] and has an {{convert|83|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} high active insulated guyed mast situated on it. |
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The national commercial multiplex, [[Digital One]], is also available in the city.<ref>[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/enwiki/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/01/pr161.htm Radio Authority awards local digital multiplex licence for Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014005055/http://ofcom.org.uk/enwiki/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/01/pr161.htm |date=14 October 2007 }} [[Radio Authority]], News Release 161/01, 9 November 2001.</ref> |
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Peterborough City Rowing Club moved from its riverside setting to the current Thorpe Meadows location in 1983. The spring and summer regattas held there attract rowers and scullers from competing clubs from all over the country. Every February the adjacent River Nene is host to the head of the river race, which again attracts hundreds of entries.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=846&ArticleID=1341594 ROWING: Hunt and Gilbert strike gold for City] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[07 February]] [[2006]]</ref> |
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Peterborough is covered by six local radio stations and one regional station, though only two community stations broadcast from the city. These are Salaam FM, catering for the local Muslim population, which started broadcasting on 106.2 MHz in 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/salaam-radio-goes-on-air-1-7469044 |title=Salaam radio goes on air |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk|access-date=18 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025122/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/salaam-radio-goes-on-air-1-7469044 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Peterborough Community Radio (PCR FM), a station formed as a result of a merger between former internet stations Peterborough FM and Radio Peterborough, which started broadcasting on 103.2 MHz in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/new-peterborough-radio-station-to-hit-the-airwaves-on-good-friday-1-7909600 |title=New Peterborough radio station to hit the airwaves on Good Friday |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk|access-date=18 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104820/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/new-peterborough-radio-station-to-hit-the-airwaves-on-good-friday-1-7909600 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[Peterborough Phantoms]] are the city's ice hockey team, playing in the [[English Premier Ice Hockey League]]. Peterborough Athletic Club train and compete at the embankment athletics arena. The club has proved successful in producing talented athletes over the years. [[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] (a form of motorcycle racing) is also a popular sport in Peterborough, with races being held at the East of England Showground. |
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[[Heart Cambridgeshire]] (now [[Heart East]]), the original [[independent local radio]] station launched as Hereward Radio in 1980 and becoming [[Heart Peterborough]] in 2009,<ref>Lawrence, Kev [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/kev-lawrence-goodbye-hereward-radio-1-122609 "Goodbye Hereward Radio"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121195038/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/kev-lawrence-goodbye-hereward-radio-1-122609 |date=21 November 2015 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 6 January 2009.</ref> still holds a large section of the market on 102.7 MHz but relocated to Cambridge in 2012,<ref>Uren, Adam [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/latest-leisure-lifestyle/heart-fm-to-leave-city-and-go-to-cambridge-1-3061338 "Heart FM to leave city and go to Cambridge"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121200803/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/latest-leisure-lifestyle/heart-fm-to-leave-city-and-go-to-cambridge-1-3061338 |date=21 November 2015 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 16 September 2011.</ref> where it began sharing the localised programming (of mainly national output) with [[Heart Cambridge]].<ref>Clarkson, Stuart [http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/09/heart-cambridgeshire-to-leave-peterborough/ "Heart Cambridgeshire to leave Peterborough"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908154239/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/09/heart-cambridgeshire-to-leave-peterborough/ |date=8 September 2015 }}, RadioToday, 19 September 2011.</ref> Hereward's sister station, [[The Worlds Greatest Music Station|WGMS]], was launched on the old 1332 kHz (225 meters) frequency in 1992; known as [[Classic Gold 1332|Classic Gold]] from 1994 to 2007, it is now part of [[The Heart Network|Heart's]] sister [[Gold (British radio network)|Gold Radio]] network, but has no programming made in Peterborough. [[Connect Radio 106.8|Connect Radio]] (from 1999 to 2010, known as Lite FM), was the city's second commercial station on 106.8;MHz, but was sold and rebranded as [[Smooth East Midlands]] on 1 October 2019. |
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There is a major radio [[Peterborough Transmitter|transmitter]] at [[Morborne]], approximately eight miles (13 km) west of Peterborough, for national [[FM radio]] ([[BBC Radio]] 1 - 4 and [[Classic FM]]) and [[BBC Radio Cambridgeshire]]. This facility includes a 505 feet (154 m) high guyed radio mast which collapsed in 2004 after a fire and has since been re-built.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3970807.stm Mast fire 'could be deliberate'] BBC News, [[01 November]] [[2004]] 08:39 [[GMT]]</ref><ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=845&ArticleID=880287 FIRE: Mast blaze brings radio blackout] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, [[01 November]] [[2004]]</ref> Another transmission site at [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]], in the north east of the city, transmits [[AM radio|AM]]/[[Mediumwave|MW]] and local FM radio. The site is only 10 feet (3 m) above sea level and has a 270 feet (83 m) high active insulated guyed mast situated on it. |
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Local TV coverage is provided by ''[[BBC Look East]]'' and ''[[ITV News Anglia]]''. |
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Peterborough has four local [[radio]] stations and one regional station. [[Hereward FM]], named after [[Hereward the Wake]], is the original [[independent local radio]] station in the city and still holds a large section of the market on 102.7 MHz. Hereward's sister station [[Classic Gold 1332]] is now part of the national [[Classic Gold]] network. [[Lite FM 106.8]] is Peterborough's second commercial radio station and Radio Cambridgeshire, which also has studios in the city, broadcasts local output in place of countywide programming on 95.7 MHz at peak listening times. [[Kiss 105-108]] is the regional station for the East of England, broadcasting on 107.7 MHz in Peterborough. |
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The ''[[Peterborough Evening Telegraph|Peterborough Telegraph]]'' (established 1948) is the city's newspaper. The ''Telegraph'' is owned by [[National World|National World Publishing Ltd]]. Its website, Peterborough Today, is updated six days a week. The ''PT's'' sister paper, the ''Peterborough Citizen'' (1898), was a weekly paper delivered free to many homes in the city. The ''[[Peterborough Herald and Post]]'' (1989, a replacement for the ''Peterborough Standard'', established 1872) ceased publication in 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070817043330/http://www.trinitymirror.com/brands/regionals/midlands/mwm/ Midland Weekly Media] Trinity Mirror (Retrieved 18 September 2007).</ref> The publisher [[Emap]], which specialises in the production of magazines and the organisation of business events and conferences, traces its origins back to Peterborough in 1854.<ref>Newton, David ''Men of Mark: Makers of East Midland Allied Press'' Emap, Peterborough, 1977.</ref> The 33rd Mayor of Peterborough, Sir [[Richard Winfrey]] <small>[[Justice of the peace|JP]]</small>, founder of what would become the East Midland Allied Press, was perhaps the last person to read the [[Riot Act]] in 1914.<ref>Walton, Jemma [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/part_2_fen_men_to_the_marrow_who_have_served_us_down_through_the_years_1_79675 "Part 2: 'Fen men to the marrow' who have served us down through the years"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622034025/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/part_2_fen_men_to_the_marrow_who_have_served_us_down_through_the_years_1_79675 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 14 June 2007.</ref> |
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Peterborough is in the [[Anglia Television]] franchise area for [[Independent Television]]. This is transmitted with [[BBC Television|BBC]] [[BBC One|One]] and [[BBC Two|Two]] [[BBC East|(East)]], [[Channel 4]] and [[Five (channel)|Channel 5]] from Sandy Heath. The [[Digital switchover in the United Kingdom|digital switchover]] will take place in 2011 in the East of England. |
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Peterborough has been used as a location for various television programmes and films. The 1982 BBC production of ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]'' was filmed largely in and around Peterborough. In 1983 opening scenes for the 13th [[James Bond]] film, ''[[Octopussy]]'', starring Sir [[Roger Moore]], were filmed at Orton Mere. A music video for the song "[[Breakthru (song)|BreakThru]]" by the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] was also shot on the preserved [[Nene Valley Railway]] in 1989. In 1995 [[Pierce Brosnan]] filmed train crash sequences for the 17th Bond film, ''[[GoldenEye]]'', at the former sugar beet factory. A scene for the film ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' was filmed at Burghley House during five weeks' secret filming in 2006; and actor, [[Lee Marvin]], found himself camping in Ferry Meadows during the filming of ''[[The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission]]'' in 1985.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/peterborough-on-the-big-screen-1-101029 "Peterborough on the big screen"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902132538/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/peterborough-on-the-big-screen-1-101029 |date=2 September 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 13 June 2008.</ref> In October 2008 Hollywood returned to Wansford for the filming of the musical ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]'', starring [[Penélope Cruz]] and [[Daniel Day-Lewis]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-pictures-hollywood-stars-steam-into-peterborough-1-118781 "Nene Valley Railway used for filming of Nine"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902132559/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-pictures-hollywood-stars-steam-into-peterborough-1-118781 |date=2 September 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 7 November 2008.</ref> |
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The Peterborough Evening Telegraph or ''ET'' is the city's [[newspaper]], published Monday to Saturday with local news, jobs, property, motors and entertainment supplements and a Saturday lifestyle magazine. The Evening Telegraph is owned by East Midlands Newspapers Ltd., part of [[Johnston Press]] Plc. Its website, Peterborough Today, is updated six days a week. The Peterborough Herald and Post is the weekly free paper delivered to every home in the city. The Herald and Post is owned by Midlands Weekly Media Ltd., part of [[Trinity Mirror]] Plc. |
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== Landmarks == |
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The publisher, [[Emap]], traces its origins in Peterborough, as the East Midland Allied Press, back to 1854. |
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[[File:Longthorpe Tower1.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Longthorpe Tower]] (1310), a Grade I listed building]] |
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[[Peterborough Cathedral]], formally the Cathedral Church of [[Saint Peter]], [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]] and [[Saint Andrew]], whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front, was founded as a [[monastery]] in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. It has been the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough since the [[diocese]] was created in 1541, when the last abbot was made the first bishop and the abbot's house was converted into the episcopal palace.<ref name=lewis/> Peterborough Cathedral is one of the most intact large [[Romanesque architecture|Norman]] buildings in England and is renowned for its imposing early [[English Gothic architecture|English Gothic]] West Front which, with its three enormous arches, is without [[Cathedral architecture of Western Europe|architectural precedent]] and with no direct successor. The cathedral has the distinction of having had two queens buried beneath its paving: [[Catherine of Aragon]] and [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]. The remains of Queen Mary were removed to [[Westminster Abbey]] by her son [[James VI and I|James I]] when he became King of England.<ref name=Sweeting>Sweeting, Walter Debenham ''The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See'' (pp.3–35) G. Bell & Sons, London, 1898 ([https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13618 facsimile of the 1926 reprint of the 2nd ed. of Bell's Cathedrals] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610203511/http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13618 |date=10 June 2007 }} from [[Project Gutenberg]]. Retrieved 23 April 2007).</ref> |
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The general layout of Peterborough is attributed to Martin de Vecti who, as abbot from 1133 to 1155, rebuilt the settlement on dry limestone to the west of the monastery, rather than the often-flooded marshlands to the east. Abbot Martin was responsible for laying out the market place and the wharf beside the river. Peterborough's 17th-century [[Peterborough Guildhall|Guildhall]] was built in 1671 by John Lovin, who also restored the bishop's palace shortly after the [[Stuart Restoration|restoration]] of King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]. It stands on columns, providing an open ground floor for the butter and poultry markets which used to be held there. The Market Place was renamed Cathedral Square and the adjacent Gates Memorial Fountain moved to Bishop's Road Gardens in 1963, when the (then weekly) market was transferred to the site of the old cattle market.<ref>Skinner, Julia (with particular reference to the work of Robert Cook) ''Did You Know? Peterborough: A Miscellany'' (pp.33, 25 & 16) The Francis Frith Collection, Salisbury, 2006.</ref> |
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[[Image:Peterborough_cathedral.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Peterborough Cathedral]] |
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The [[Peterborough Cathedral|Cathedral Church]] of [[Saint Peter]], [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]] and [[Saint Andrew]], originally founded as a [[monastery]] in AD 655, was re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238 and has been the seat of the [[Bishop of Peterborough]] since the [[Diocese]] was created in 1541.<ref>Sweeting, Walter Debenham ''The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See'' (pp.3-35) G. Bell & Sons, London, 1898 ([http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13618 facsimile of the 1926 reprint of the 2nd ed. of Bell's Cathedrals] from [[Project Gutenberg]], retrieved [[23 April]] [[2007]])</ref> The Cathedral has the distinction of having had two queens buried beneath its paving, [[Katherine of Aragon]] and [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]. The remains of Queen Mary were later removed to [[Westminster Abbey]] by her son [[James I of England|James I]] when he became King of England. |
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[[Peterscourt]] on City Road was designed by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]] in 1864, housing St. Peter's Teacher Training College for men until 1938. The building is mainly listed for the 18th century doorway, brought from the [[Guildhall, London|London Guildhall]] following war damage.<ref>[http://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=7659&crit=semi Heritage Explorer: Images for Learning]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} National Monuments Record, English Heritage (Retrieved 4 July 2010).</ref> Nearby [[Peterborough Castle|Tout Hill]], the site of a castle bailey, is a [[scheduled monument]].<ref name=Touthill /> The city has a large [[Victorian era|Victorian]] park containing formal gardens, children's play areas, an aviary, bowling green, tennis courts, pitch and putt course and tea rooms. [[Central Park, Peterborough|The Park]] has been awarded the [[Green Flag Award]], the national standard for parks and green spaces, by the [[Civic Voice|Civic Trust]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051221040643/http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/downloads/GreenFlagAwardWinnersBrochure.pdf Green Flag Award Winners] (p.13) The Civic Trust, 21 July 2006. [http://www.peterborough.net/civicsociety/index.asp Peterborough Civic Society] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908010721/http://www.peterborough.net/civicsociety/index.asp |date=8 September 2007 }} is registered with the Civic Trust.</ref> A [[Cross of Sacrifice]] was erected in Broadway cemetery by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Imperial War Graves Commission]] in the early 1920s.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/CD043_Buildings_of_Local_Importance_in_Peterborough_March_2013_web.pdf Buildings of Local Importance in Peterborough] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031214710/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/CD043_Buildings_of_Local_Importance_in_Peterborough_March_2013_web.pdf |date=31 October 2014 }} (p. 88) Peterborough City Council, March 2013.</ref> [[Peterborough Lido|The Lido]], a striking building with elements of [[art deco]] design, was opened in 1936 and is one of the few survivors of its type still in use.<ref>Brandon and Knight (pp.111–112).</ref> |
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The general layout of Peterborough is attributed to Martin de Vecti who, as abbot from 1133 to 1155, rebuilt the settlement on dry limestone to the west of the monastery, rather than the often-flooded marshlands to the east. Abbot Martin was responsible for laying out the market place and the wharf beside the river. Peterborough's magnificent seventeenth century Guildhall, built shortly after the [[The Restoration|restoration]] of King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], is supported by columns, to provide an open ground floor for the butter and poultry markets which used to be held there. The Market Place was renamed Cathedral Square and the adjacent Gates Memorial Fountain moved to Bishop's Road Gardens in 1963, when the weekly market was transferred to the site of the old cattle market.<ref>Skinner, Julia (with particular reference to the work of Robert Cook) ''Did You Know? Peterborough — A Miscellany'' (pp.33, 25 & 16) The Francis Frith Collection, Salisbury, 2006</ref> |
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[[Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery]], built in 1816, housed the city's first infirmary from 1857 to 1928. The museum has a collection of some 227,000 objects, including local archaeology and social history, from the products of the Roman pottery industry to Britain's oldest known murder victim; a collection of marine fossil remains from the [[Jurassic]] period of international importance; the manuscripts of [[John Clare]], the "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" as he was commonly known in his own time;<ref>Grainger, Margaret ''A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Clare Collection'' Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 1973.</ref> and the Norman Cross collection of items made by French prisoners of war. These prisoners were kept at [[Norman Cross Prison|Norman Cross]] on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814, in what is believed to be the world's first purpose-built prisoner of war camp. The art collection contains an impressive variety of paintings, prints and drawings dating from the 1600s to the present day. Peterborough Museum also holds regular temporary exhibitions, weekend events and guided tours. |
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The city has a large [[Victorian era|Victorian]] park containing formal gardens, children's play areas, an aviary, bowling green, tennis courts, pitch and putt course and tea rooms. The Park has been awarded the Green Flag, the national standard for parks and green spaces, by the [[Civic Trust]].<ref>[http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/downloads/GreenFlagAwardWinnersBrochure.pdf Green Flag Award Winners] (p.13) The Civic Trust, [[21 July]] [[2006]]. [http://www.peterborough.net/civicsociety/index.asp Peterborough Civic Society] is registered with the Civic Trust</ref> The Lido, a striking building with elements of [[art deco]] design, was opened in 1936 and is one of the few survivors of its type still in use.<ref>Brandon and Knight, op. cit. (pp.111-112)</ref> |
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[[Burghley House]] to the north of Peterborough, near Stamford, was built and mostly designed by [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley|Sir William Cecil]], later 1st Baron Burghley, who was [[Lord High Treasurer]] to Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign.<ref>Leatham, Victoria ''Burghley: The Life of a Great House'' The Herbert Press, London, 1992. See also Becker, Alida [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDC1639F934A15751C1A964958260 "This Old House"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014214059/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDC1639F934A15751C1A964958260 |date=14 October 2007 }} (review of ''Life at Burghley: Restoring One of England's Great Houses'' by the same author), ''The New York Times'', 27 December 1992.</ref> The [[English country houses|country house]], with a park laid out by [[Lancelot 'Capability' Brown]] in the 18th century, is one of the principal examples of 16th-century English architecture.<ref>[[Roger Turner (garden designer)|Turner, Roger]] ''Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape'' (pp.110–112) Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 1999.</ref> The estate, still home to his descendants, hosts the [[Burghley Horse Trials]], an annual three-day [[eventing|event]]. Another Grade I [[listed building]], [[Milton Hall]] near Castor, ancestral home of the Barons and later [[Earl Fitzwilliam|Earls Fitzwilliam]], also dates from the same period. For two centuries following the restoration the city was a [[pocket borough]] of this family.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5807 Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family of Milton] Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 22 September 2007). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916115959/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5807 |date=16 September 2007 }}</ref> |
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[[Image:Museum icon.png|Museum (free)]] Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery is housed in a Georgian townhouse, built in 1816, which served as the city's first infirmary from 1857 to 1928. The museum has a collection of some 227,000 objects, including local archaeology, from the products of the local Roman pottery industry to Britain's oldest known murder victim; one of the finest collections of marine dinosaurs in the world; local art and social history, including manuscripts of the romantic poet [[John Clare]]; and the Norman Cross collection of items made by French Prisoners of War. These prisoners were kept at [[Norman Cross]] on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814, in what is believed to be the world's first purpose built prisoner of war camp. Peterborough Museum also holds regular temporary exhibitions, weekend events and guided tours.<ref>For more details see [http://www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/ Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery]</ref> |
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[[Image:Burghley1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Burghley House]] |
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[[Image:HH_icon.png|Historical House]] [[Burghley House]] is a country house to the north of Peterborough, near [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], built for [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley|Sir William Cecil]], later 1st Baron Burghley, who was [[Lord High Treasurer]] to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] from 1555 to 1587. The house, with a park laid out by [[Lancelot 'Capability' Brown]] in the eighteenth century, is one of the principal examples of sixteenth century English architecture.<ref>[[Roger Turner (garden designer)|Turner, Roger]] ''Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape'' (pp.110–112) Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 1999</ref> The estate hosts the annual [[Burghley Horse Trials]]. |
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The [[John Clare Cottage]] in the village of Helpston was purchased by the John Clare Trust in 2005. The cottage, home of John Clare from his birth in 1793 until 1832, has been restored using traditional building methods to create a resource where visitors can learn about the poet, his works and how rural people lived in the early 19th century.<ref>[http://www.clarecottage.org Welcome to John Clare Cottage] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521224643/http://www.clarecottage.org/ |date=21 May 2019 }} John Clare Trust (Retrieved 21 April 2015).</ref> The John Clare Cottage and Thorney Heritage Museum form part of the Greater Fens Museum Partnership, along with Peterborough Museum and Flag Fen. |
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[[Image:EH icon.png|English Heritage]] [[Longthorpe Tower]] is a fourteenth century, three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the care of [[English Heritage]], situated about two miles (3 km) to the west of the city centre. Longthorpe Tower contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of the period in northern Europe.<ref>Salter, Mike ''The Castles of East Anglia'' (p.21) Folly Publications, Malvern, 2001</ref> Exhibitions are held there from time to time by local artists. |
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[[Longthorpe Tower]], a 14th-century three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the care of [[English Heritage]], is situated about {{cvt|2|mi|km|1}} west of the city centre. It is a scheduled monument, and contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of their period in northern Europe.<ref>Salter, Mike ''The Castles of East Anglia'' (p.21) Folly Publications, Malvern, 2001.</ref> Nearby [[Thorpe Hall (Peterborough)|Thorpe Hall]] is one of the few mansions built in the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] period. A maternity hospital from 1943 to 1970, it was acquired by the [[Sue Ryder Foundation]] in 1986 and is currently in use as a hospice.<ref>Brandon and Knight (p.17).</ref> |
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[[Image:Museum icon (red).png|Museum]] [[Flag Fen]] is a [[Bronze Age]] archaeological site discovered in 1982. Probably religious, it comprises a large number of poles arranged in five long rows, connecting [[Whittlesey]] with Peterborough across the wet fenland. The museum exhibits many of the artefacts found, including what is believed to be the oldest wheel in Britain. An exposed section of the Roman road known as the [[Fen Causeway]] also crosses the site.<ref>[[Francis Pryor|Pryor, Francis]] ''Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape'' Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2005</ref> |
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[[Flag Fen]], the Bronze Age archaeological site, was discovered in 1982, when a team led by Dr [[Francis Pryor]] carried out a [[Archaeological field survey|survey]] of [[Dike (construction)|dykes]] in the area. Probably religious, it comprises a large number of poles arranged in five long rows, connecting [[Whittlesey]] with Peterborough across the wet fenland. The museum exhibits many of the artefacts found, including what is believed to be the oldest wheel in Britain. An exposed section of the Roman road known as the [[Fen Causeway]] also crosses the site.<ref>[[Francis Pryor|Pryor, Francis]] ''Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape'' Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2005.</ref> |
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[[Image:HR icon.png|Heritage Railway]] The [[Nene Valley Railway]] is a seven and a half mile (12 km) [[heritage railway]], which was one of the last passenger lines to fall under the [[Beeching Axe]]. In 1974 the former development corporation bought the line, running from the city centre to [[Yarwell Junction]] just west of [[Wansford]], via [[Orton Mere]] and the 500 acre (202 ha) [[Ferry Meadows]] country park, and leased it it to the Peterborough Railway Society.<ref>Rhodes, John ''The Nene Valley Railway'' Turntable Publications, Sheffield, 1976</ref> |
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The [[Nene Valley Railway]], which is now a {{convert|7.5|mi|km|adj=on}} [[heritage railway]], was one of the last passenger lines to fall under the [[Beeching Axe]] in 1966, although it remained open for freight traffic until 1972. In 1974, the former [[development corporation]] bought the line, which runs from the city centre to [[Yarwell Junction]] just west of [[Wansford, Cambridgeshire|Wansford]] via [[Orton Mere]] and the {{convert|500|acre|ha|abbr=off}} [[Ferry Meadows]] country park, and leased it to the Peterborough Railway Society.<ref>Rhodes, John ''The Nene Valley Railway'', Turntable Publications, Sheffield, 1976.</ref> [[Railworld]] is a railway museum located beside [[Peterborough Nene Valley railway station]]. |
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[[Image:CP icon.png|Country Park]] The [[Nene Park, Peterborough|Nene Park]], which opened in 1978, covers a site three and a half miles (5.6 km) long, from slightly west of [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]] to the centre of Peterborough. The park has three lakes, one of which houses a watersports centre. Ferry Meadows, one of the major destinations and attractions signposted on the [[Green Wheel]], occupies a large portion of the Nene Park. Orton Mere provides access to the east of the park.<ref>[http://changingplaces.urbed.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?org_code=87uytrsqp0gtgtgtgy&option=article&doc_id=238 Changing Places: Case Studies of the Urban Renaissance] The Urban and Economic Development Group (retrieved [[02 May]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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The [[Nene Park, Peterborough|Nene Park]], which opened in 1978, covers a site {{cvt|3.5|mi|km|1}} long, from slightly west of Castor to the centre of Peterborough. The park has three lakes, one of which houses a watersports centre. Ferry Meadows, one of the major destinations and attractions signposted on the [[Green Wheel]], occupies a large portion of Nene Park. Orton Mere provides access to the east of the park.<ref>[http://changingplaces.urbed.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?org_code=87uytrsqp0gtgtgtgy&option=article&doc_id=238 Changing Places: Case Studies of the Urban Renaissance] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060127/http://changingplaces.urbed.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?org_code=87uytrsqp0gtgtgtgy&option=article&doc_id=238 |date=28 September 2007 }} The Urban and Economic Development Group (Retrieved 2 May 2007).</ref> |
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[[Image:FC icon.png|Forestry Commission]] Southey Wood is a mixed woodland, between the villages of [[Upton, Cambridgeshire|Upton]] and Ufford seven miles (11 km) west of Peterborough, once included in the Royal [[Rockingham Forest|Forest of Rockingham]]. Nearby [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]] Hanglands [[national nature reserve]] is a 220 acre (90 ha) [[site of special scientific interest]].<ref>[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/CastorHanglands2.pdf Castor Hanglands NNR] [[English Nature]] (retrieved [[30 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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Southey Wood, once included in the Royal [[Rockingham Forest|Forest of Rockingham]], is a mixed woodland maintained by the [[Forestry Commission]] between the villages of Upton and Ufford.<ref>[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/26329A43-D6EC-4B36-BAC2-E9F10A14A96C/0/SoutheyWood.pdf Woodland Wildlife Walk: Southey Wood] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626132917/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/26329A43-D6EC-4B36-BAC2-E9F10A14A96C/0/SoutheyWood.pdf |date=26 June 2008 }} Cambridgeshire County Council, 2004.</ref> Nearby, [[Castor Hanglands NNR|Castor Hanglands]], [[Barnack Hills & Holes NNR|Barnack Hills and Holes]] and [[Bedford Purlieus NNR|Bedford Purlieus]] [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]]s are each [[site of special scientific interest|sites of special scientific interest]].<ref>[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/CastorHanglands2.pdf Castor Hanglands NNR] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611014922/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/CastorHanglands2.pdf |date=11 June 2007 }} [[English Nature]], 2004.</ref><ref>Barkham, John [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3038022 Review of] ''Bedford Purlieus: Its History, Ecology and Management'' by George Frederick Peterken and Robert Colin Welch (eds.) Journal of Biogeography, vol.3 no.3 (pp.322–323) September 1976.</ref> In 2002, the Hills and Holes, one of [[Natural England]]'s 35 spotlight reserves, was designated a [[special area of conservation]] as part of the [[Natura 2000]] network of sites throughout the [[European Union]].<ref>[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/BarnackleafletAW.pdf Barnack Hills and Holes NNR] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626132912/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/BarnackleafletAW.pdf |date=26 June 2008 }} [[English Nature]], 2004.</ref> |
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==Famous Peterborians== |
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Peterborough is the birthplace of many celebrities and historical figures, including the [[astronomer]] [[George Alcock]] <small>[[MBE]]</small>.<ref>[http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JBAA./0111//0000064.000.html Obituary of George Eric Deacon Alcock] Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.111 no.2 (pp.64-66) February 2001</ref> Musicians include [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], lead singer of the electronic pop band [[Erasure]], who was born and spent his youth in Peterborough;<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/music/gigs/erasure_interview.shtml Erasure uncovered in Norwich] BBC News, [[10 February]] [[2003]] 18:09 [[GMT]]</ref> [[Don Lusher]] <small>[[OBE]]</small>, trombonist;<ref>Voce, Steve [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1164544.ece Obituary of Gordon Douglas Lusher] The Independent, [[07 July]] [[2006]]</ref> Keith Palmer, better known as [[Maxim Reality]], member of dance music band [[The Prodigy]];<ref>Montalbano, Dan [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060831/ai_n16698224 The city of Hereward the Wake] The Independent, [[31 August]] [[2006]]</ref> [[Gizz Butt]], who played guitar with The Prodigy, and still lives in the area; [[Nigel Sixsmith]], founder member of [[The Art Of Sound]], a musician and well known [[keytar]] player;<ref>[http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/default.cfm?bandid=566037&songid=4139136&content=song The Art Of Sound] SoundClick (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> and Sir [[Thomas Armstrong]] an [[organist]], [[conducting|conductor]], educationalist and adjudicator.<ref>[[Richard Stoker|Stoker, Richard]] [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/54713?docPos=4 Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898-1994)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/54713}}, retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> Other names from the entertainment world include [[Paul Nicholas]], actor and singer;<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629417/bio Biography of Paul Nicholas] [[Internet Movie Database]] (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> [[Sarah Cawood]], television presenter;<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-112901120.html Inside out: Health Check - SARAH CAWOOD (Features)] Liverpool Daily Post, [[03 February]] [[2004]]</ref> [[Adrian Durham]], radio presenter for [[talkSPORT]];<ref>Kirby, Terry [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222816.ece Author in a Spot of Bother for 'horrible' view of Peterborough] The Independent, [[31 August]] [[2006]]</ref> Barrie Forgie, leader of the [[BBC Big Band]];<ref>[http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/features/bb_funk2.php The Barry Forgie Orchestra] Vinyl Vulture (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> scientist and broadcaster [[Professor|Prof.]] [[Brian J. Ford]];<ref>[http://www.brianjford.com/wbib50.htm Bibliography to December 1959] The Brian J. Ford Website (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> and [[West Ham United]] footballer [[Matthew Etherington]], who started his career in the youth academy at [[Peterborough United FC]].<ref>[http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6209&pn=Matthew_Etherington Player Information for Matthew Etherington] Football Database (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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== Notable people == |
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Two famous businessmen are Cav. Peter Boizot <small>[[MBE]] [[Italian orders of merit|OMRI]]</small>, founder of the [[Pizza Express]] restaurant chain, who has supported the cultural and sporting development of the city, including a spell as owner and chairman of Peterborough United;<ref>[http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2000/peterboizot.html Honorary degree awarded to Peter Boizot] Loughborough University, News Release No. 00/50, [[12 September]] [[2000]]</ref> and Sir [[Henry Royce]], 1st [[Baronet]] of Seaton, co-founder of [[Rolls-Royce Plc|Rolls-Royce]].<ref>Montalbano, op. cit.</ref> Norfolk-born nurse [[Edith Cavell]] received part of her education at Laurel Court in the Minster Precinct and is commemorated by a plaque in the Cathedral and by the name of the hospital.<ref>Daunton, Claire [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/32330 Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865–1915)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/32330}}, retrieved [[30 April]] [[2007]])</ref> Finally, two historical figures were born locally, the poet [[John Clare]];<ref>[http://www.johnclare.org.uk/ About the Society and Clare] The John Clare Society (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> and [[Hereward the Wake]], an outlaw who led resistance against [[William the Conqueror]] and now lends his name to several places and businesses in Peterborough.<ref>Montalbano, op. cit.</ref> |
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[[File:William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley from NPG (2).jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley|William Cecil]], 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), in [[Order of the Garter|Garter]] robes<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5792 Cecil Family, Marquess of Exeter] Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 22 September 2007). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916115959/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5792 |date=16 September 2007 }}</ref>]] |
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Peterborough is the birthplace of many notable people, the astronomer [[George Alcock]], one of the most successful visual discoverers of [[nova]]s and [[comet]]s;<ref>[http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JBAA./0111//0000064.000.html Obituary of George Eric Deacon Alcock] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014031857/http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/JBAA./0111/0000064.000.html |date=14 October 2007 }} Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.111 no.2 (pp.64–66) February 2001.</ref> [[John Clare]], from Helpston, the nineteenth century poet;<ref>Robinson, Eric H. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5441?docPos=2 Clare, John (1793–1864)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116172138/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5441?docPos=2 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/5441}}. Retrieved 10 September 2007).</ref> artist, [[Christopher Perkins (artist)|Christopher Perkins]] – brother of Frank;<ref>Collins, R. D. J. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=4P9 Perkins, Christopher Edward (1891–1968)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524131240/http://dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp%3FPersonEssay=4P9 |date=24 May 2010 }} ''[[Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]]'' vol.4 Auckland University Press, 1998.</ref> and Sir [[Henry Royce]], 1st [[Baronet]] of Seaton, engineer and co-founder of [[Rolls-Royce Plc|Rolls-Royce]].<ref>Jeremy, David J. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35860 Royce, Sir (Frederick) Henry, baronet (1863–1933)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116172239/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35860 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/35860}}. Retrieved 10 September 2007).</ref> Physician, actor and author, "Sir" [[John Hill (author)|John Hill]], credited with 76 separate works in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'', the most valuable of which dealing with [[botany]], is also said to have been born here.<ref>O'Connor, Barry [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/13281?docPos=9 Hill, Sir John (bap. 1714, d. 1775)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116185728/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13281?docPos=9 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/13281}}. Retrieved 30 September 2007).</ref> The socialist writer and illustrator, [[J. F. Horrabin|Frank Horrabin]], who was born in the city, and was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament in [[1929 UK general election|1929]].<ref>Cole, Margaret [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33995 Horrabin, James Francis (1884–1962)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116172214/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33995 |date=16 January 2013 }} (rev. Amanda L. Capern) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/33995}}. Retrieved 6 October 2007).</ref> |
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The [[utilitarian]] philosopher, [[Doctor of Divinity|Dr]] [[Richard Cumberland (philosopher)|Richard Cumberland]], was 14th Lord Bishop of Peterborough from 1691 until his death in 1718;<ref>Parkin, Jon [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/6887?docPos=1 Cumberland, Richard (1632–1718)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116185706/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6887?docPos=1 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/6887}}. Retrieved 30 September 2007).</ref> and Norfolk-born nurse and humanitarian, [[Edith Cavell]], who received part of her education at Laurel Court in the Minster Precinct, is commemorated by a plaque in the cathedral and by the name of the hospital.<ref>Daunton, Claire [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/32330 Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865–1915)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116185713/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32330 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/32330}}. Retrieved 30 April 2007).</ref> A gravedigger called Old Scarlett, whose portrait can be seen above the west door of Peterborough Cathedral, is considered a folk hero. He died in 1594 at the age of 98, having spent much of his life as the sexton at Peterborough Cathedral; having buried two monarchs, he has also been suggested as the inspiration for the gravedigger in Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=John |date=2005 |title=Old Scarlett: The Gravedigger of Peterborough |url=https://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/churches/scarlett.shtml |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=timetravel-britain.com |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817220124/https://timetravel-britain.com/articles/churches/scarlett.shtml}}</ref> Two prominent historical figures were born locally, [[Hereward the Wake]], an outlaw who led resistance to the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Conquest]] and now lends his name to several places and businesses in the city;<ref>Mellows, William Thomas (ed.) ''The Peterborough Chronicle of Hugh Candidus'' (p.41) Peterborough Natural History, Scientific and Archæological Society, 1941.</ref> and St. [[John Payne (martyr)|John Payne]], one of the group of prominent Catholics [[martyred]] between 1535 and 1679 and later designated the [[Forty Martyrs of England and Wales]], who was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]] in 1886 and [[Canonization|canonised]] with the other 39 by [[Pope Paul VI]] in 1970.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/homilies/1970/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19701025_it.html Canonizzazione di Quaranta Martiri dell’Inghilterra e del Galles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204112311/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/homilies/1970/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19701025_it.html |date=4 December 2010 }} ''Omelia del Santo Padre Paolo VI'' The [[Holy See]], 25 October 1970.</ref> |
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==Geography== |
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The local topography is notoriously flat and low-lying, and in some places lies below sea-level. The largest of the many settlements along the fen edge, Peterborough is sometimes called the ''Gateway to the Fens''. The city includes the outlying settlement at [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] Wittering, the ''Home of the [[Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier]]'', and as a unitary authority borders Northamptonshire to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and administrative Cambridgeshire to the south and east. The city centre is located at 52°35'N [[latitude]] 0°15'W [[longitude]] or [[Ordnance Survey]] [[British national grid reference system|national grid reference]] TL 185 998. |
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Musicians include Sir [[Thomas Armstrong (conductor)|Thomas Armstrong]], organist, conductor and former principal of the [[Royal Academy of Music]];<ref>[[Richard Stoker|Stoker, Richard]] [http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/54713?docPos=4 Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116185702/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/54713?docPos=4 |date=16 January 2013 }} ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/54713}}. Retrieved 24 April 2007).</ref> [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], lead vocalist of the [[Synthpop|electronic pop]] duo [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]];<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/music/gigs/erasure_interview.shtml "Erasure uncovered in Norwich"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614052122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/music/gigs/erasure_interview.shtml |date=14 June 2007 }}, ''BBC News Online'', 10 February 2003.</ref> Barrie Forgie, leader of the [[BBC Big Band]];<ref>[http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/features/bb_funk2.php The Barry Forgie Orchestra] Vinyl Vulture (Retrieved 24 April 2007). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416115959/http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/features/bb_funk2.php |date=16 April 2007 }}</ref> [[Don Lusher]], trombonist and former professor of the [[Royal College of Music]] and the [[Royal Marines]] School of Music;<ref>Voce, Steve [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1164544.ece "Obituary of Gordon Douglas Lusher"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930195958/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1164544.ece |date=30 September 2007 }}, ''The Independent'', London, 7 July 2006.</ref> [[Paul Nicholas]], actor and singer;<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629417/bio Biography of Paul Nicholas] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220091900/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629417/bio |date=20 February 2017 }} [[Internet Movie Database]] (Retrieved 24 April 2007).</ref> [[Maxim Reality]] and [[Gizz Butt]] of [[The Prodigy]]<ref>Montalbano, Dan [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/author-in-a-spot-of-bother-for-horrible-view-of-peterborough-414064.html "The city of Hereward the Wake"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821154343/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/author-in-a-spot-of-bother-for-horrible-view-of-peterborough-414064.html |date=21 August 2016 }}, ''The Independent'', London, 31 August 2006.</ref> and [[Aston Merrygold]] of [[Brit Award]]-winning pop group [[JLS (Group)|JLS]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/newsspecialreports/X-Factor-Aston-Merrygold-and.4632607.jp "X Factor: Aston Merrygold and The JLS journey"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218065826/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/newsspecialreports/X-Factor-Aston-Merrygold-and.4632607.jp |date=18 December 2008 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 27 October 2008.</ref> Comedian [[Ernie Wise]] lived on Thorpe Avenue for many years, next door to Canadian baritone and actor [[Edmund Hockridge]].<ref>Patrick, Neil [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/18/edmund-hockridge "Obituary of Edmund Hockridge: Canadian actor and singer whose life story read like the script of a musical"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927194456/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/18/edmund-hockridge |date=27 September 2016 }}, ''The Guardian'', London and Manchester, 18 March 2009.</ref> [[Jimmy Savile]] also lived in the city in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/tributes_how_sir_jimmy_savile_fixed_it_for_good_causes_in_peterborough_1_3201036 |author=Briggs, S. |title=Tributes: How Sir Jimmy Savile fixed it for good causes in Peterborough |website=Peterborough Telegraph |date=1 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235250/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/tributes_how_sir_jimmy_savile_fixed_it_for_good_causes_in_peterborough_1_3201036 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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'''Urban areas of the city'''<br> |
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''[[Peterborough#Modern history|Townships]] are in bold type''<br> |
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'''[[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]]''' - [[Dogsthorpe]] - [[Eastfield, Peterborough|Eastfield]] - [[Eastgate, Peterborough|Eastgate]] - [[Fengate]] - [[Fletton]] - [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]] - '''[[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton]]''' - [[Longthorpe]] - [[Millfield, Cambridgeshire|Millfield]] - [[Netherton, Cambridgeshire|Netherton]] - [[Newark, Peterborough|Newark]] - [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] - '''[[Orton, Cambridgeshire|The Ortons]]''' - [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]] - [[Parnwell, Peterborough|Parnwell]] - [[Ravensthorpe, Peterborough|Ravensthorpe]] - [[Stanground]] - [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]] - '''[[Werrington, Cambridgeshire|Werrington]]''' - [[West Town (Peterborough)|West Town]] - [[Westwood, Peterborough|Westwood]] - [[Woodston, Cambridgeshire|Woodston]] |
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Other media personalities include actors [[Simon Bamford]], known for the 'Hellraiser' franchise, [[Adrian Lyne]], director of ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdc.com/name/nm0001490/?ref_=tt_ov_dr |title=Adrian Lyne, IMDb |access-date=2 August 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728073248/http://www.imdc.com/name/nm0001490/?ref_=tt_ov_dr |url-status=dead }}</ref> Oscar Jacques, known for playing Tom Tupper in the [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] Series ''[[M.I. High]]'', [[Luke Pasqualino]], known for his roles in ''[[Skins (TV series)|Skins]]'' and ''[[The Musketeers (2014 TV series)|The Musketeers]]'';<ref>Reinis, Nick [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Luke-lands-a-skate-role.4904282.jp "Luke lands a skate role in E4's Skins"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203065432/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Luke-lands-a-skate-role.4904282.jp |date=3 February 2009 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 22 January 2009.</ref> television presenter, [[Sarah Cawood]], who grew up in Maxey;<ref>[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-112901120 "Inside out: Health Check – Sarah Cawood (Features)"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728073252/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-112901120/inside-out-health-check-sarah-cawood |date=28 July 2020 }}, ''Liverpool Daily Post'', 3 February 2004.</ref> BBC [[Formula One]] presenter, [[Jake Humphrey]];<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913004916/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Peterborough39s-famous-faces.5520490.jp?articlepage=2 "Peterborough's famous faces"], ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 4 August 2009.</ref> football journalist and [[Talksport]] radio presenter, [[Adrian Durham]];<ref>Kirby, Terry [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222816.ece "Author in a Spot of Bother for 'horrible' view of Peterborough"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520181900/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222816.ece |date=20 May 2007 }}, ''The Independent'', London, 31 August 2006.</ref> and the biologist, author and broadcaster, Prof. [[Brian J. Ford]], who attended the King's School and still lives in Eastrea near Whittlesey.<ref>Pearson, Mark [http://www.brianjford.com/ab05eta.htm "Teaching via the Internet"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014023021/http://brianjford.com/ab05eta.htm |date=14 October 2007 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 7 October 2005 (facsimile of p.23 from the Brian J. Ford Website. Retrieved 24 April 2007).</ref> Local businessman, [[Peter Boizot]], founder of the [[Pizza Express]] restaurant chain and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Cambridgeshire, has supported the cultural and sporting life of Peterborough and received its highest accolade, the freedom of the city.<ref>Muir, Jonny [https://archive.today/20120912000632/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Five-are-honoured-with-freedom.3256706.jp "Five are honoured with freedom nominations"], ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 4 October 2007.</ref> The [[thalidomide]] victim [[Terry Wiles]], subject of the 1979 film ''[[On Giant's Shoulders]]'', was born in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/5229 |title=Terry Wiles: Man's Estate – a BBC East documentary from 1980 profiling the life of thalidomide sufferer Terry Wiles – East Anglian Film Archive |access-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910042049/http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/5229 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.terrywiles.20m.com/ |title=The Terry Wiles Website |access-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615055422/http://www.terrywiles.20m.com/ |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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'''Surrounding villages in the district'''<br> |
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''These are [[civil parishes]]. Parishes do not cover the whole of England and mostly exist in rural areas. They are usually administered by parish councils which have various local responsibilities''<br> |
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[[Ailsworth]] - [[Bainton, Cambridgeshire|Bainton]] - [[Barnack]] - [[Borough Fen]] - [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]] - [[Deeping Gate]] - [[Etton, Cambridgeshire|Etton]] - [[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]] - [[Glinton, Cambridgeshire|Glinton]] - [[Helpston]] - [[Marholm, Cambridgeshire|Marholm]] - [[Maxey]] - [[Newborough, Cambridgeshire|Newborough]] - [[Northborough]] - [[Peakirk, Cambridgeshire|Peakirk]] - [[Southorpe, Cambridgeshire|Southorpe]] - [[Sutton, Cambridgeshire|Sutton]] - [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] - [[Thornhaugh, Cambridgeshire|Thornhaugh]] - [[Ufford, Cambridgeshire|Ufford]] - [[Upton, Cambridgeshire|Upton]] - [[Wansford]] - [[Wittering, Cambridgeshire|Wittering]] - [[Wothorpe]] |
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In the sporting world, former [[Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[England national football team|England]] footballer, [[David Bentley]], was born in the city,<ref>[http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/players/profile?id=23602&cc=4716 Profile for David Bentley] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013135522/http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/players/profile?id=23602&cc=4716 |date=13 October 2007 }} ESPNsoccernet (Retrieved 27 May 2007).</ref> as was [[Louis Smith (gymnast)|Louis Smith]], who at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 games]] became [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]]'s first gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in a century.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7566647.stm "Smith wins historic bronze for GB"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818052033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7566647.stm |date=18 August 2008 }}, ''BBC News Online'', 17 August 2008.</ref> Chelsea Football player, currently on loan at [[Luton Town]] footballer [[Isaiah Brown]], was born in Peterborough, before joining Leicester City and later West Bromwich Albion, becoming the second youngest player to play in the Premier League.<ref>{{Hugman|23537|Izzy Brown|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref> [[Harry Wells (rugby union)|Harry Wells]], a [[rugby union]] player for [[Leicester Tigers]] in [[Premiership Rugby]], was born in Peterborough and attended [[The King's (The Cathedral) School]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
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Compared with other parts of the country, East Anglia is hot and sunny in the summer but cold and frosty in the winter. Owing to its inland position, furthest from the landfall of most [[Atlantic]] depressions, Cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the UK, receiving, on average, less than two feet (600 mm) of rain per year. The mean annual daily duration of bright sunshine is four hours and 12 minutes; the absence of any high ground is probably responsible for the area being one of the sunniest parts of the [[British Isles]].<ref>Brown, Chris [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/policy/Env_Report_1998.htm State of the Environment Report 1998] Chapter 11: Physical Background (pp.301-306) Cambridgeshire County Council (retrieved [[19 July]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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== Geography == |
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Peterborough lies in the middle of several distinct regional accent groups and as such has a hybrid of [[Fenland]] [[East Anglian English|East Anglian]], [[East Midlands English|East Midland]] and [[London]] [[Estuary English]] features. The city falls just north of the A vowel [[isogloss]] and as such most native speakers will use the [[Phonological history of English short A|flat A]], as found in ''cat'', in words such as ''last''. [[Yod-dropping]] is often heard from Peterborians, as in the rest of East Anglia, for example ''new'' as {{IPA|/nuː/}}. However, the large number of newcomers has impacted greatly on the [[English English|English]] spoken by the younger generation. Common so-called Estuary English features such as [[L-vocalisation]], [[T-glottalisation]] and [[Th-fronting]] give today's Peterborough accent a definite [[South East of England|south-eastern]] sound.<ref>Britain, David [http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/papers/errl_41c.pdf Surviving Estuary English: Innovation diffusion, koineisation and local dialect differentiation in the English Fenland] Essex Research Reports in Linguistics, vol.41 (pp.74-103) University of Essex, Department of Language and Linguistics, 2002</ref> |
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=== Climate === |
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According to the [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen classification]] the [[British Isles]] experience a [[oceanic climate|maritime climate]] characterised by relatively cool summers and mild winters. Compared with other parts of the country, East Anglia is slightly warmer and sunnier in the summer and colder and frostier in the winter. Owing to its inland position, furthest from the landfall of most [[Atlantic]] depressions, Cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the UK, receiving, on average, around {{cvt|600|mm|ft}} of rain per year.<ref>Brown, Chris [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/policy/Env_Report_1998.htm State of the Environment Report 1998] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20080907032549/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/policy/Env_Report_1998.htm |date=7 September 2008}} Chapter 11: Physical Background (pp.305–306) Cambridgeshire County Council (Retrieved 19 July 2007).</ref> The Met Office weather station at [[Wittering, Cambridgeshire|Wittering]], within the unitary authority of Peterborough, recorded a maximum temperature of {{cvt|36.7|C|F}} on 25 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Ogimet |url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03462&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2019&mes=07&day=25&hora=18 |title=Synop reports summary |access-date=26 July 2019 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728073251/https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03462&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2019&mes=07&day=25&hora=18 |url-status=live}}</ref> The lowest temperature in recent years was {{cvt|-13.4|C|F}} during February 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Tutiempo |url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Wittering/02-2012/34620.htm |title=2012 Temperature |access-date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235239/http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Wittering/02-2012/34620.htm |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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{{Weather box |location = [[RAF Wittering|Wittering]],{{efn|Weather station is located {{convert|8.9|mi|1|abbr=out}} from the Peterborough city centre.}} elevation: {{cvt|73|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–present |
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Twinning started in Europe after the Second World War. Its purpose was to promote friendship and greater understanding between the people of different European cities. A twinning link is a formal, long-term friendship agreement involving co-operation between two communities in different countries and endorsed by both local authorities. The two communities organise projects and activities around a range of issues and develop an understanding of historical, cultural, lifestyle similarities and differences. |
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=== Topography === |
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Peterborough is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with the following towns:<br> |
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[[File:Peterborough River Nene.jpg|thumb|right|The [[River Nene]] embankment, seen from Frank Perkins Parkway]] |
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East Anglia is most notable for being almost flat (it is mainly on a floodplain). During the [[Last Glacial Period|Ice Age]] much of the region was covered by ice sheets and this has influenced the topography and nature of the soils.<ref>Brown (p.301).</ref> Much of Cambridgeshire is low-lying, in some places below present-day mean sea level.<ref>Brown (p.304).</ref> The lowest point on land is supposedly just to the south of the city at [[Holme, Cambridgeshire|Holme Fen]], which is {{convert|2.75|m|ft|abbr=off}} below sea level. The largest of the many settlements along the [[Fen]] edge, Peterborough has been called the ''Gateway to the Fens''.<ref>Dixon, Rachel [https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/oct/27/peterborough-lets-go-to-pubs-hotels-sights-cathedral Let’s go to … Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404072945/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/oct/27/peterborough-lets-go-to-pubs-hotels-sights-cathedral |date=4 April 2018}} The Guardian, 27 October 2015.</ref> Before they were drained [[the Fens]] were liable to periodic flooding so [[Arable land|arable farming]] was limited to the higher areas of the Fen edge, with the rest of the [[The Fens|Fenland]] dedicated to [[pastoral farming]]. In this way, the mediaeval and early modern Fens stood in contrast to the rest of southern England, which was primarily arable. Since the advent of modern drainage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the Fens have been radically transformed such that arable farming has almost entirely replaced pastoral.<ref>Broadberry, Stephen et al. [https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/sbroadberry/wp/agricenglandmedieval.pdf English Agricultural Output 1250–1450: Some Preliminary Estimates] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706112448/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/sbroadberry/wp/agricenglandmedieval.pdf |date=6 July 2017 }} (p.10) University of Warwick, 27 November 2008.</ref> The unitary authority extends north west to the settlements of [[Wothorpe, Cambridgeshire|Wothorpe]] and [[Wittering, Cambridgeshire|Wittering]] and east beyond [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] into the historic [[Isle of Ely]] and includes the [[Orton, Peterborough|Ortons]], south of the River Nene. It borders Northamptonshire to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and the Cambridgeshire districts of [[Fenland District|Fenland]] and [[Huntingdonshire]] to the south and east. The city centre is located at 52°35'N [[latitude]] 0°15'W [[longitude]] or [[Ordnance Survey]] [[British national grid reference system|national grid reference]] TL 185 998. |
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{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alcalá de Henares]], [[Spain]] ''Queen Katherine's birthplace'' (since 1986)<br> |
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''Townships are in bold type. In addition to the surrounding villages, Bretton, Orton Longueville and Orton Waterville are parished. The city council also works closely with Werrington neighbourhood association which operates on a similar basis to a parish council.''<br /> |
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{{flagicon|France}} [[Bourges]], [[France]] (since 1957)<br> |
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'''[[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]]''' – [[Dogsthorpe, Peterborough|Dogsthorpe]] – [[Eastfield, Peterborough|Eastfield]] – [[Eastgate, Peterborough|Eastgate]] – [[Fengate, Peterborough|Fengate]] – [[Fletton, Peterborough|Fletton]] – [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]] – '''[[Hampton, Peterborough|The Hamptons]]''' – [[Longthorpe, Peterborough|Longthorpe]] – [[Millfield, Peterborough|Millfield]] – [[Netherton, Peterborough|Netherton]] – [[Newark, Peterborough|Newark]] – [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] – '''[[Orton, Peterborough|The Ortons]]''' – [[Parnwell, Peterborough|Parnwell]] – [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]] – [[Ravensthorpe, Peterborough|Ravensthorpe]] – [[Stanground, Peterborough|Stanground]] – [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]] – '''[[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]]''' – [[West Town, Peterborough|West Town]] – [[Westwood, Peterborough|Westwood]] – [[Woodston, Peterborough|Woodston]] |
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{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Forlì]], [[Italy]] (since 1981)<br> |
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{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Viersen]], [[Germany]] (since 1982)<br> |
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{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vinnytsya]], [[Ukraine]] (since 1991) |
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'''Rural areas'''<br /> |
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The city also has more informal friendship links with [[Ballarat]], [[Australia]]; [[Foggia]], [[Italy]]; [[Kwe Kwe]], [[Zimbabwe]]; [[Pécs]], [[Hungary]]; and all [[Peterborough (disambiguation)|Peterboroughs]] around the world.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-6391 Town Twinning - International Links] Peterborough City Council (retrieved [[24 April]] [[2007]])</ref> |
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''[[Civil parishes]] do not cover the whole of England and mostly exist in rural hinterland. They are usually administered by parish councils which have various local responsibilities.''<br /> |
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[[Ailsworth, Cambridgeshire|Ailsworth]] – [[Bainton, Cambridgeshire|Bainton]] – [[Barnack, Cambridgeshire|Barnack]] – [[Borough Fen, Cambridgeshire|Borough Fen]] – [[Castor, Cambridgeshire|Castor]] – [[Deeping Gate, Cambridgeshire|Deeping Gate]] – [[Etton, Cambridgeshire|Etton]] – [[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]] – [[Eye Green, Cambridgeshire|Eye Green]] – [[Glinton, Cambridgeshire|Glinton]] – [[Helpston, Cambridgeshire|Helpston]] – [[Marholm, Cambridgeshire|Marholm]] – [[Maxey, Cambridgeshire|Maxey]] – [[Newborough, Cambridgeshire|Newborough]] – [[Northborough, Cambridgeshire|Northborough]] – [[Peakirk, Cambridgeshire|Peakirk]] – [[Southorpe, Cambridgeshire|Southorpe]] – [[St. Martin's Without, Cambridgeshire|St. Martin's Without]] – [[Sutton, Peterborough|Sutton]] – [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] – [[Thornhaugh, Cambridgeshire|Thornhaugh]] – [[Ufford, Cambridgeshire|Ufford]] – [[Upton, Peterborough|Upton]] – [[Wansford, Cambridgeshire|Wansford]] – [[Wittering, Cambridgeshire|Wittering]] – [[Wothorpe, Cambridgeshire|Wothorpe]] |
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These are further arranged into 24 electoral [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] for the purposes of local government.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/161/contents/made The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2003] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501043447/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/161/contents/made |date=1 May 2011 }} (SI 2003/161) and [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/721/contents/made The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501043455/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/721/contents/made |date=1 May 2011 }} (SI 2004/721), see [[Boundary Committee for England]] report to the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]] [http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce-documents/all-reviews/eastern/cambridgeshire/peterborough-unitary-authority-ua/peterborough_4441-4045__e__.pdf ''Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Peterborough''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430004901/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce-documents/all-reviews/eastern/cambridgeshire/peterborough-unitary-authority-ua/peterborough_4441-4045__e__.pdf |date=30 April 2011 }}, 9 July 2002.</ref> 15 wards comprise the Peterborough constituency for elections to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], while the remaining nine fall within the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.<ref>Clegg, William [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/ACR_Cambs_Peterborough.doc ''General Review of Parliamentary Constituency boundaries in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927113505/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/ACR_Cambs_Peterborough.doc |date=27 September 2007 }} ([http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090517205200/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/ACR_Cambs_Peterborough.doc archived copy] as at 17 May 2009 from the [[UK Government Web Archive]]) Assistant Commissioner's report to the Chairman and Members of the [[Boundary Commission for England]], 18 March 2004 and [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Cambridgeshire_Peterborough.doc ''Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in the Counties of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128155507/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Cambridgeshire_Peterborough.doc |date=28 January 2007 }} ([http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090517205155/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Cambridgeshire_Peterborough.doc archived copy] as at 17 May 2009 from the [[UK Government Web Archive]]) Boundary Commission for England, 19 January 2005.</ref> |
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=== Linguistics === |
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Peterborough lies in the middle of several distinct regional accent groups and as such has a hybrid of Fenland [[East Anglian English|East Anglian]], [[East Midlands English|East Midland]] and London [[Estuary English]] features. The city falls just north of the A vowel [[isogloss]] and as such most native speakers will use the [[Phonological history of English short A|flat A]], as found in ''cat'', in words such as ''last''. [[Yod-dropping|''Yod''-dropping]] is often heard from Peterborians, as in the rest of East Anglia, for example ''new'' as {{IPA|/nuː/}}. However, the large number of newcomers has impacted greatly on the [[English English|English]] spoken by the younger generation. Common so-called Estuary English features such as [[L-vocalization|''L''-vocalisation]], [[T glottalization|T glottalisation]] and [[Th-fronting|''Th''-fronting]] give today's Peterborough accent a definite [[South East of England|south-eastern]] sound.<ref>Britain, David [http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/papers/errl_41c.pdf Surviving Estuary English: Innovation diffusion, koineisation and local dialect differentiation in the English Fenland] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927113505/http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/papers/errl_41c.pdf |date=27 September 2007 }} Essex Research Reports in Linguistics, vol.41 (pp.74–103) University of Essex, Department of Language and Linguistics, 2002.</ref> |
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*[[Soke of Peterborough]] |
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*[[Diocese of Peterborough]] |
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*[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)]] |
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*[[Peterborough local elections]] |
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*[[Peterborough Development Corporation]] |
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*[[Opportunity Peterborough]] |
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=== Affiliations === |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/ Peterborough City Council] |
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[[Town twinning]] started in Europe after the Second World War. Its purpose was to promote friendship and greater understanding between the people of different European cities. A twinning link is a formal, long-term friendship agreement involving co-operation between two communities in different countries and endorsed by both local authorities. The two communities organise projects and activities addressing a range of issues and develop an understanding of historical, cultural, lifestyle similarities and differences. Peterborough is twinned with the following municipalities:<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/business-news/peterborough-s-twin-towns-1-126722 "Peterborough's twin towns"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072304/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/business-news/peterborough-s-twin-towns-1-126722 |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 11 March 2009.</ref> |
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*[http://www.opportunitypeterborough.co.uk/ Opportunity Peterborough] |
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*[http://www.peterborough.nhs.uk/ Peterborough PCT] |
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*[http://www.peterboroughhospitals.co.uk/ Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust] |
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*[http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/ Peterborough Regional College] |
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*[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ Peterborough Today] |
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* [[Alcalá de Henares]], Spain (birthplace of [[Catherine of Aragon|Queen Katherine]], 1986) |
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* [[Ballarat]], Australia (1947)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-299584079/view?sectionId=nla.obj-312100791&partId=nla.obj-300188037#page/n62/mode/1up |title=English Town Calls Up Ballarat |date=24 April 1947 |work=Building and Engineering |pages=61 |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/509039/voice-of-friendship-from-old-country/ |title=Voice of friendship from 'Old Country' |date=25 September 2008 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=thecourier.com.au}}</ref> |
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* [[Bourges]], France (1957)<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date=11 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=5 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[Forlì]], Italy (1981) |
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* [[Viersen]], Germany (1981) |
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* [[Vinnytsia]], Ukraine (1991) |
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[[Bourges]] and [[Forlì]] are also twinned with each other. The city also has more informal friendship links with [[Foggia]], Italy; [[Kwe Kwe]], Zimbabwe; [[Pécs]], Hungary; and all [[Peterborough (disambiguation)|Peterboroughs]] around the world.<ref>[http://www2.peterborough.gov.uk/community_information/international_links.aspx International Links] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107150315/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/community_information/international_links.aspx |date=7 November 2014 }} Peterborough City Council (Retrieved 22 April 2015).</ref><ref>[http://www.visitpeterborough.com/information/town-twinning.aspx Town Twinning] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315183626/http://www.visitpeterborough.com/information/town-twinning.aspx |date=15 March 2019 }} Visit Peterborough (Retrieved 22 April 2015).</ref> The county of Cambridgeshire has been twinned with [[Viersen (district)|Kreis Viersen]], Germany since 1983.<ref>[https://archive.today/20150422174539/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/40year-twinning-relationship-Cambridgeshire-German-region-Kreis-Viersen-fallen-victim-spending-cuts/story-22365047-detail/story.html "How 40-year twinning relationship between Cambridgeshire and German region of Kreis Viersen has fallen victim to spending cuts"], ''Cambridge News'', 18 November 2013.</ref> |
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==Paleontology== |
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[[Fossil]]s of a [[Hybodontiformes|hybodontiform]] fish ''[[Planohybodus]]'' were found in the [[Callovian]] (Middle [[Jurassic]]) deposits near Peterborough. The [[type species]] ''Planohybodus peterboroughensis'' was named after Peterborough in 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rees |first1=Jan |last2=Underwood |first2=Charlie J. |date=January 2008 |title=Hybodont Sharks of the English Bathonian and Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |journal=Palaeontology|volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=117–147 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00737.x |bibcode=2008Palgy..51..117R |issn=0031-0239|doi-access=free }}</ref> |
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==Freedom of the City== |
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The following people, military units and organisations and groups have received the [[Freedom of the City]] of Peterborough. |
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===Individuals=== |
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[[cs:Peterborough]] |
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* [[Peter Boizot]]: 2007 |
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[[cy:Peterborough]] |
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* [[Wyndham Thomas]], British architect, 19 September 2015 |
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[[de:Peterborough]] |
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* [[Louis Smith (gymnast)|Louis Smith]]: 21 March 2017<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 2017 |title=Louis Smith in Freedom of City of Peterborough honour|publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39337044 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322211410/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39337044 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[James Fox (rower)|James Fox]]: 21 March 2017 |
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* Lee Manning: 21 March 2017 |
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[[fr:Peterborough (Angleterre)]] |
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* [[Tommy Robson]]: 12 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 March 2020 |title=Peterborough United 'legend' Tommy Robson awarded freedom of the city|publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51850500 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604184310/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51850500 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Military units=== |
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[[la:Petroburgum]] |
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* [[RAF Wittering]]: 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/our-region/peterborough/video-freedom-of-the-city-parade-is-great-escape-for-raf-wittering-s-100th-anniversary-1-7584566 |title=VIDEO: Freedom of the City parade is 'Great Escape' for RAF Wittering's 100th anniversary |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=3 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003104907/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/our-region/peterborough/video-freedom-of-the-city-parade-is-great-escape-for-raf-wittering-s-100th-anniversary-1-7584566 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[lb:Peterborough (borough)]] |
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* 158 (Royal Anglian) Transport Regiment, [[Royal Logistic Corps]] [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|(Volunteers)]]: 25 July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/anglian_regiment_given_freedom_of_the_city_1_135964 |title=Anglian regiment given freedom of the city |work=Peterborough Telegraph |date=25 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003162212/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/anglian_regiment_given_freedom_of_the_city_1_135964 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 March 2020 }}</ref> |
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* 115 (Peterborough) Squadron [[Air Training Corps]]: 28 April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/peterborough-squadron-granted-freedom-of-the-city/ |title=Peterborough Squadron granted Freedom of the City |website=RAF Air Cadets |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522204525/https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/news/peterborough-squadron-granted-freedom-of-the-city/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Organisations and groups=== |
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[[pl:Peterborough]] |
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* [[The Salvation Army]] (Peterborough Branch): 4 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peterboroughsa.org.uk/freedomofthecity.htm |title=The Salvation Army celebrating receipt of Freedom of Peterborough |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207202533/https://www.peterboroughsa.org.uk/freedomofthecity.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[ro:Peterborough]] |
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* [[Royal British Legion]] (Peterborough Branch): 28 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/royal-british-legion-receiving-freedom-of-peterborough-is-high-honour-3324631 |title=Royal British Legion receiving Freedom of Peterborough is 'high honour' |last=Lamy |first=Joel |date=27 July 2021 |website=The Peterborough Telegraph |access-date=7 October 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007040042/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/royal-british-legion-receiving-freedom-of-peterborough-is-high-honour-3324631 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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=== Bibliography === |
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* [[John Banham|Banham, John]] ''Final Recommendations for the Future Local Government of Cambridgeshire'' HMSO, London, 1994. |
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* Banham, John ''Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of Basildon & Thurrock, Blackburn & Blackpool, Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe, Dartford & Gravesham, Gillingham & Rochester upon Medway, Exeter, Gloucester, Halton & Warrington, Huntingdonshire & Peterborough, Northampton, Norwich, Spelthorne and the Wrekin'' HMSO, London, 1995. |
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* Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter ''Middle English Literature'' (ed. and completed by Douglas Gray) Oxford University Press, 1986 ({{ISBN|0-19-812214-4}}). |
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* Brandon, David and Knight, John ''Peterborough Past: The City and The Soke'' Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 2001 ({{ISBN|1-86077-184-X}}). |
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* Chisholm, Hugh (ed.) ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed., 28 vols.) Cambridge University Press, 1911 (text in the public domain). |
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* Clark, Cecily (ed.) ''The Peterborough Chronicle 1070–1154'' Oxford University Press, 1958 ({{ISBN|0-19-811136-3}}). |
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* Colpi, Terry ''The Italian Factor: The Italian Community in Great Britain'' Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1991 ({{ISBN|1-85158-344-0}}). |
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* Davies, Elizabeth et al. ''Peterborough: A Story of City and Country, People and Places'' Peterborough City Council and Pitkin Unichrome, 2001 ({{ISBN|1-84165-050-1}}). |
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* Garmonsway, George Norman (trans.) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1972 & 1975 ({{ISBN|0-460-87038-6}}). |
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* Grainger, Margaret ''A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Clare Collection'' Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 1973 ({{ISBN|0-904108-00-7}}). |
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* Hancock, Henry Drummond ''Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area'' (LGCE Report No.3) HMSO, London, 1961. |
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* Hancock, Henry Drummond ''Report and Proposals for the Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area'' (LGCE Report No.9) HMSO, London, 1965. |
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* Hancock, Tom ''Greater Peterborough Master Plan'' Peterborough Development Corporation, 1971. |
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* Ingram, James Henry (trans.) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1823 (1847 Everyman's Library ed. with additional readings from the translation of [[John Allen Giles]]). |
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* King, Richard John ''Handbook to the Cathedrals of England'' John Murray, London, 1862. |
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* Labrum, Edward A. ''Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and Central England'' Thomas Telford, London, 1994 ({{ISBN|0-7277-1970-X}}). |
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* Leatham, Victoria ''Burghley: The Life of a Great House'' The Herbert Press, London, 1992 ({{ISBN|1-871569-47-8}}). |
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* [[Colin Matthew|Matthew, Henry Colin Gray]] and [[Brian Harrison (historian)|Harrison, Brian Howard]] (eds.) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (60 vols.) Oxford University Press in association with the British Academy, 2004–2006 ({{ISBN|0-19-861411-X}}). |
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* Mellows, William Thomas (ed.) ''The Chronicle of Hugh Candidus a Monk of Peterborough'', Oxford University Press, 1949 (scholarly ed. in [[Latin language|Latin]]). |
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* Mellows, William Thomas (ed.) ''The Peterborough Chronicle of Hugh Candidus'' (trans.) Peterborough Natural History, Scientific and Archæological Society, 1941 (popular ed. in English). |
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* Newton, David ''Men of Mark: Makers of East Midland Allied Press'' Emap, Peterborough, 1977 ({{ISBN|0-9505954-0-3}}). |
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* Parthey, Gustav and Pinder, Moritz (eds.) ''Itinerarivm Antonini Avgvsti et Hierosolymitanum: ex libris manu scriptis'' Friederich Nicolaus, Berlin, 1848. |
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* Pryor, Francis ''Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape'' Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2005 ({{ISBN|0-7524-2900-0}}). |
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* Rhodes, John ''The Nene Valley Railway'' Turntable Publications, Sheffield, 1976 ({{ISBN|0-902844-60-1}}). |
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* Salter, Mike ''The Castles of East Anglia'' Folly Publications, Malvern, 2001 ({{ISBN|1-871731-45-3}}). |
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* Skinner, Julia (with particular reference to the work of Robert Cook) ''Did You Know? Peterborough: A Miscellany'' The Francis Frith Collection, Salisbury, 2006 ({{ISBN|1-84589-263-1}}). |
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* Sweeting, Walter Debenham ''The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See'' G. Bell & Sons, London, 1898 (1926 reprint of the 2nd ed. of Bell's Cathedrals). |
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* Tebbs, Herbert F. ''Peterborough: A History'' The Oleander Press, Cambridge, 1979 ({{ISBN|0-900891-30-0}}). |
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* Turner, Roger ''Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape'' Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 1999 ({{ISBN|1-86077-114-9}}). |
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* Youngs, Frederic A. ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'' (2 vols.) The Offices of the Royal Historical Society, University College London, 1991 ({{ISBN|0-86193-127-0}}). |
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Peterborough | |
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City | |
Skyline of north City Centre from Cathedral (2012) Bridge Street | |
Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 215,673 (2021)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL 19204 98638 |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
Postcode district | PE1–PE8 |
Dialling code | 01733 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
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Peterborough (/ˈpiːtərbərə, -bʌrə/ PEE-tər-bər-ə, -burr-ə) is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For centuries, the city and many of its surrounding villages formed the Soke of Peterborough, in the historic county of Northamptonshire. The Soke of Peterborough had an independent county council, based in the city, between 1889 and 1965. After the Soke of Peterborough was abolished in 1965, the city formed part of the short-lived Huntingdon and Peterborough until 1974. Though the city has a long history as part of Northamptonshire (from the Middle Ages up to 1965), the city has been part of Cambridgeshire since 1974, and is the largest settlement in that county.
The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into The Wash 27 miles (43 km) to the north-east; the cathedral city of Ely is 24 miles (39 km) east-southeast across the Fens and the university city of Cambridge is 30 miles (48 km) to the southeast. The local topography is flat, and in some places, the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east and to the south of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of Roman occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral.
As of the 2021 census the built-up area subdivision had a population of 192,178. In 2021 the Unitary Authority area had a population of 215,671.[2] The population grew rapidly after the railways along with industry, the town became known for brick manufacture, arrived in the 19th century. After the Second World War, industrial employment fell and growth was limited until its designation as a New Town in the 1960s. The town's main economic sectors are financial services and distribution.
History
[edit]Toponymy
[edit]The original name of the town was Medeshamstede. The town's name changed to Burgh from the late tenth century, possibly after Abbot Kenulf had built a defensive wall around the abbey which was dedicated to Saint Peter; eventually this developed into the form Peterborough. In the 12th century, the town was also known as Gildenburgh, which is found in the Peterborough version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (see Peterborough Chronicle below) and a history of the abbey by the monk Hugh Candidus.[3] The town does not appear to have been a borough until at least the 12th century.[4]
Early history
[edit]Peterborough and its surrounding areas around have been inhabited for thousands of years because it is where permanently drained land in The Fens is created by the River Nene. Remains of Iron Age settlement and what is thought to be religious activity can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the city centre. The Romans established a fortified garrison town at Durobrivae on Ermine Street, five miles (8.0 km) to the west in Water Newton, around the middle of the 1st century AD. Durobrivae's earliest appearance among surviving records is in the Antonine Itinerary of the late 2nd century.[5] There was also a large 1st century Roman fort at Longthorpe, designed to house half a legion, or about 3,000 soldiers;[6] it may have been established as early as around AD 44–48.[7] Peterborough was an important area of ceramic production in the Roman period, providing Nene Valley Ware that was traded as far away as Cornwall and the Antonine Wall, Caledonia.[8]
Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an Anglian settlement before AD 655, when Sexwulf founded a monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by Peada of Mercia, who converted to Christianity and was briefly ruler of the smaller Middle Angles sub-group. His brother Wulfhere murdered his own sons, similarly converted and then finished the monastery by way of atonement.[9]
Hereward the Wake rampaged through the town in 1069 or 1070. Outraged, Abbot Turold erected a fort or castle, which, from his name, was called Mont Turold: this mound, or hill, is on the outside of the deanery garden, now called Tout Hill, although in 1848 Tot-hill or Toot Hill.[10] The abbey church was rebuilt and greatly enlarged in the 12th century.[11] The Peterborough Chronicle, a version of the Anglo-Saxon one, contains unique information about the history of England after the Norman conquest, written here by monks in the 12th century.[12] This is the only known prose history in English between the conquest and the later 14th century.[13] The burgesses received their first charter from "Abbot Robert" – probably Robert of Sutton (1262–1273).[14] The place suffered materially in the war between King John and the confederate barons, many of whom took refuge in the monastery here and in Crowland Abbey, from which sanctuaries they were forced by the king's soldiers, who plundered the religious houses and carried off great treasures.[9] The abbey church became one of Henry VIII's retained, more secular, cathedrals in 1541,[15] having been assessed at the Dissolution as having revenue of £1,972.7s.0¾d per annum.[9]
When civil war broke out, Peterborough was divided between supporters of King Charles I and the Long Parliament. The city lay on the border of the Eastern Association of counties which sided with Parliament, and the war reached Peterborough in 1643 when soldiers arrived in the city to attack Royalist strongholds at Stamford and Crowland. The Royalist forces were defeated within a few weeks and retreated to Burghley House, where they were captured and sent to Cambridge.[16] While the Parliamentary soldiers were in Peterborough, however, they ransacked the cathedral, destroying the Lady Chapel, chapter house, cloister, high altar and choir stalls, as well as mediaeval decoration and records.[17]
Among the privileges claimed by the abbot as early as the 13th century was that of having a prison for felons taken in the Soke of Peterborough, a liberty within Northamptonshire. This afforded it administrative and judicial independence from the rest of the county, with it having a quarter sessions separate from the rest of Northamptonshire from 1349.[18] In 1576 Bishop Edmund Scambler sold the lordship of the hundred of Nassaburgh, which was coextensive with the Soke, to Queen Elizabeth I, who gave it to Lord Burghley, and from that time until the 19th century he and his descendants, the Earls and Marquesses of Exeter, had a separate gaol for prisoners arrested in the Soke.[14] The abbot formerly held four fairs, of which two, St. Peter's Fair, granted in 1189 and later held on the second Tuesday and Wednesday in July, and the Brigge Fair, granted in 1439 and later held on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in October, were purchased by the corporation from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1876. The Bridge Fair, as it is now known, granted to the abbey by King Henry VI, survives.[19] Prayers for the opening of the fair were once said at the morning service in the cathedral, followed by a civic proclamation and a sausage lunch at the town hall which still takes place. The mayor traditionally leads a procession from the town hall to the fair where the proclamation is read, asking all persons to "behave soberly and civilly, and to pay their just dues and demands according to the laws of the realm and the rights of the City of Peterborough".[20]
Modern history
[edit]Railway lines began operating locally during the 1840s, but it was the 1850 opening of the Great Northern Railway's line from London to York that transformed Peterborough from a market town to an industrial centre. Lord Exeter had opposed the railway passing through Stamford, so Peterborough, situated between two main terminals at London and Doncaster, increasingly developed as a regional hub.[21]
Coupled with vast local clay deposits, the railway enabled large scale brickmaking and distribution to take place. The area was the UK's leading producer of bricks for much of the twentieth century. Brick-making had been a small seasonal craft since the early nineteenth century, but during the 1890s successful experiments at Fletton using the harder clays from a lower level had resulted in a much more efficient process.[22] The market dominance during this period of the London Brick Company, founded by the prolific Scottish builder and architect John Cathles Hill, gave rise to some of the country's most well-known landmarks, all built using the ubiquitous Fletton Brick.[23] Perkins Engines was established in Peterborough in 1932 by Frank Perkins, creator of the Perkins diesel engine. Thirty years later it employed more than a tenth of the population of Peterborough, mainly at Eastfield.[24] Baker Perkins had relocated from London to Westwood, now the site of HM Prison Peterborough, in 1903, followed by Peter Brotherhood to Walton in 1906; both manufacturers of industrial machinery, they too became major employers in the city.[25] British Sugar has moved its headquarters to Hampton from Woodston, the beet sugar factory, which opened there in 1926, was closed in 1991.[26]
The Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) was formed by the merger of the Norwich Building Society and the Peterborough Building Society in 1986. It was the ninth largest building society at the time of its merger into the Yorkshire Group in 2011.[27] N&P continued to operate under its own brand administered at Lynch Wood until 2018. Prior to merger with the Midlands Co-op in 2013, Anglia Regional, the UK's fifth largest co-operative society, was also based in Peterborough, where it was established in 1876.[28] The combined society began trading as Central England Co-operative in 2014.
Designated a New Town in 1967, Peterborough Development Corporation was formed in partnership with the city and county councils to house London's overspill population in new townships sited around the existing urban area.[29] There were to be four townships, one each at Bretton (originally to be called Milton, a hamlet in the Middle Ages), Orton, Paston/ Werrington and Castor. The last of these was never built, but a fourth, called Hampton, is now taking shape south of the city. It was decided that the city should have a major indoor shopping centre at its heart. Planning permission was received in late summer 1976 and Queensgate, containing over 90 stores and including parking for 2,300 cars, was opened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1982. 34 miles (55 km) of urban roads were planned and a network of high-speed landscaped thoroughfares, known as parkways, was constructed.[30]
Peterborough's population grew by 45.4% between 1971 and 1991. New service sector companies like Thomas Cook and Pearl Assurance were attracted to the city, ending the dominance of the manufacturing industry as employers. An urban regeneration company named Opportunity Peterborough, under the chairmanship of Lord Mawhinney, was set up by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2005 to oversee Peterborough's future development.[31] Between 2006 and 2012 a £1 billion redevelopment of the city centre and surrounding areas was planned. The master plan provided guidelines on the physical shaping of the city centre over the next 15–20 years. Proposals are still progressing for the north of Westgate, the south bank and the station quarter, where Network Rail is preparing a major mixed use development.[32] Whilst recognising that the reconfiguration of the relationship between the city and station was critical, English Heritage found the current plans for Westgate unconvincing and felt more thought should be given to the vitality of the historic core.[33]
In recent years Peterborough has undergone significant changes with numerous developments underway, most notably are Fletton Quays, a project to construct 350 apartments, various office spaces as well as a new home for Peterborough City Council with other projects within the development to include a Hilton Garden Inn hotel with a sky bar, a new passport office and various leisure, restaurant and retail opportunities. Other projects within the city include the extension to Queensgate Shopping Centre, The Great Northern Hotel and more recently plans to extend the railway station and long stay car park to facilitate more office space in the city centre and further parking.
In 2020 planning permission was granted for a new university, ARU Peterborough, which subsequently opened its doors in September 2022 on Bishops Road, a five-minute walk from the City Centre. It is an employment focused university run by Anglia Ruskin University with four faculties: Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Creative and Digital Arts and Sciences; Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability; Health and Education. The new university took its first cohort of students in 2022, expecting to recruit up to 12,500 by 2028. ARU Peterborough is not expected to receive its degree awarding powers before 2030 when a review will take place to determine its future as part of Anglia Ruskin University or whether it should become its own entity.
Governance
[edit]There is one main tier of local government covering Peterborough, at unitary authority level, being Peterborough City Council, which meets at Peterborough Town Hall and has its main offices at Sand Martin House on Bittern Way.[34][35] The city council is also a member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by the directly elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The area governed by the city council is the district of Peterborough, which extends beyond the urban area of Peterborough itself to include surrounding villages and rural areas, particularly to the north-west and north-east. Peterborough's city status is formally held by the local government district rather than the urban area.[36] Much of the Peterborough urban area is unparished, but some of the suburbs are included in civil parishes, including Bretton, Hampton Hargate and Vale, Orton Longueville, and Orton Waterville.[37]
Administrative history
[edit]Peterborough was an ancient parish, which was historically in the Nassaburgh hundred of Northamptonshire.[38] The parish was divided into five hamlets or townships: Dogsthorpe, Eastfield, Longthorpe, Newark and a Peterborough township covering the central part of the parish including the town. Within the Peterborough township was an extra-parochial area known as the Minster Precincts, covering St Peter's Abbey and its close. When the former abbey church became Peterborough Cathedral in 1541, Peterborough was thereafter deemed to be a city. The area originally holding city status was the Peterborough township plus the Minster Precincts.[39]
Although made a city in 1541, at that time Peterborough was not a borough (despite including the word in its name). Prior to the dissolution of the abbey in 1539, the abbey had been the manorial owner of the town; that ownership passed to the new cathedral authorities. A Peterborough constituency was also created in 1541, covering the same area as the city.[39][40]
In 1790 a body of improvement commissioners was established to provide public services in the city.[41] In 1874 Peterborough was incorporated as a municipal borough, with the commissioners replaced by an elected council initially comprising a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors.[42][43]
The municipal borough was abolished in 1974 when the modern district was created, being a lower tier non-metropolitan district, with the area also being transferred to Cambridgeshire at the same time.[44] In 1998 the Peterborough district was removed from the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire (the area governed by Cambridgeshire County Council) to become a unitary authority, whilst remaining part of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire for the purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty.[45]
Economy
[edit]Regeneration
[edit]Figures plotting growth from 1995 to 2004, revealed that Peterborough had become the most successful economy among unitary authorities in the East of England. They also revealed that the city's economy had grown faster than the regional average and any other economy in the region.[46] It has a strong economy in the environmental goods and services sector and has the largest cluster of environmental businesses in the UK.[47]
In 1994, Peterborough designated itself one of four environment cities in the UK and began working to become the country's acknowledged environment capital.[48] Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT), an independent charity, was set up at the same time to work towards this goal, delivering projects promoting healthier and sustainable living in the city.[49] Until 2017, PECT organised a yearly 'Green Festival' centered around Cathedral Square, Peterborough, which also benefited local artists and arts organisations through attracting Arts Council funding grants aided by arts facilitator organisation Metal.[50] During the summer of 2018 the last Green Festival was held at Nene Park, in 2019 Peterborough's community environmental projects attracted ministerial attention from the environment secretary Michael Gove.[51] During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21 Peterborough's culture and leisure umbrella charity, Vivacity ceased operating.[52]
The council and regional development agency have taken advice on regeneration issues from a number of internationally recognised experts, including Benjamin Barber (formerly an adviser to President Bill Clinton), Jan Gustav Strandenaes (United Nations adviser on environmental issues) and Patama Roorakwit (a Thai "community architect").[53]
Employment
[edit]According to the 2001 census, the workplace population of 90,656 is divided into 60,118 people who live in Peterborough and 30,358 people who commute in. A further 13,161 residents commute out of the city to work.[54] Earnings in Peterborough are lower than average. Median earnings for full-time workers were £11.93 per hour in 2014, less than the regional median for the East of England of £13.62 and the median hourly rate of £13.15 for Great Britain as a whole.[55] As part of the government's M11 corridor, Peterborough is committed to creating 17,500 jobs with the population growing to 200,000 by 2020.[56]
Future employment will also be created through the plan for the city centre launched by the council in 2003. Predictions of the levels and types of employment created were published in 2005.[32] These include 1,421 jobs created in retail; 1,067 created in a variety of leisure and cultural developments; 338 in three hotels; and a further 4,847 jobs created in offices and other workspaces. Recent relocations of large employers include both Tesco (1,070 employees) and Debenhams (850 employees) distribution centres.[57] A further 2,500 jobs were to be created in the £140 million Gateway warehouse and distribution park. This was expected to compensate for the 6,000 job losses as a result of the decline in manufacturing, anticipated in a report cited by the cabinet member for economic growth and regeneration in 2006.[58]
With traditionally low levels of unemployment, Peterborough is a popular destination for workers and has seen significant growth through migration since the postwar period. The leader of the council said in August 2006 that he believed that 80% of the 65,000 people who had arrived in East Anglia from the states that joined the European Union in 2004 were living in Peterborough.[59] To help cope with this influx, the council put forward plans to construct an average of 1,300 homes each year until 2021.[60] Peterborough Trades Council, formed in 1898, is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress.[61]
Transport
[edit]Rail
[edit]Peterborough railway station is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line, 45–50 minutes' journey time from central London, with high-speed intercity services from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley operated by the London North Eastern Railway at around a 20-minute frequency. It is the northern terminus of slower commuter services from Horsham, via Gatwick Airport and central London, operated by Govia Thameslink Railway.
It is a major railway junction where a number of cross-country routes converge:
- East Midlands Railway operates through services between Norwich, Nottingham and Liverpool Lime Street that call at Peterborough, as well as trains on the line to Lincoln.
- CrossCountry provides connections west to Leicester and Birmingham, and east to Ely, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.
- Greater Anglia also runs trains to and from Ipswich via Soham.[62]
Water
[edit]The River Nene, made navigable from the port at Wisbech to Northampton by 1761,[63] passes through the city centre. The Nene Viaduct carries the railway over the river. It was built in 1847 by Sir William and Joseph Cubitt.[64] William Cubitt was the chief engineer of Crystal Palace erected at Hyde Park in 1851. Apart from some minor repairs in 1910 and 1914 (the steel bands and cross braces around the fluted legs) the bridge remains as Cubitts built it. Now a Grade II* listed structure, it is the oldest surviving cast iron railway bridge in the UK.[65] By the Town Bridge, the Customs House, built in the early eighteenth century, is a visible reminder of the city's past function as an inland port.[66] The Environment Agency navigation starts at the junction with the Northampton arm of the Grand Union Canal and extends for 91 miles (146 km) ending at Bevis Hall just upstream of Wisbech. The tidal limit used to be Woodston Wharf until the Dog-in-a-Doublet lock was built five miles (8.0 km) downstream in 1937.[67]
Road
[edit]The A1/A1(M) primary route (part of European route E15) broadly follows the path of the historic Great North Road from St Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London, passing Peterborough (Junction 17), and continuing north a further 335 miles (539 km) to central Edinburgh. In 1899 the British Electric Traction Company sought permission for a tramway joining the northern suburbs with the city centre. The system, which operated under the name Peterborough Electric Traction Company, opened in 1903 and was abandoned in favour of motor buses in 1930, when it was merged into the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company.[68] Today, bus services in the city are operated by several companies including Stagecoach (formerly Cambus and Viscount) and Delaine Buses. Despite its large-scale growth, Peterborough has the fastest peak and off-peak travel times for a city of its size in the UK, due to the construction of the parkways. The Local Transport Plan anticipated expenditure totalling around £180 million for the period up to 2010 on major road schemes to accommodate development.[69]
The combination of rail connections to the Port of Felixstowe and to the East Coast Main Line as well as a road connection via the A1(M) has led to Peterborough being proposed as the site of a 334 acres (1.35 km2) rail-road logistics and distribution centre to be known as Magna Park.[70]
Green Wheel and City Cycling
[edit]The Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel is a 50-mile (80 km) network of cycleways, footpaths and bridleways which provide safe, continuous routes around the city with radiating spokes connecting to the city centre. The project has also created a sculpture trail, which provides functional, landscape artworks along the Green Wheel route and a Living Landmarks project involving the local community in the creation of local landscape features such as mini woodlands, ponds and hedgerows.[71] Another long-distance footpath, the Hereward Way, runs from Oakham in Rutland, through Peterborough, to East Harling in Norfolk.[72] While cycling within the city received a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of new cycle lanes in busy streets, plans to connect the villages to the west of Peterborough with a new cycle track have been refused permission and some cycle lane decisions have been reversed in the city centre during easing of the corona virus lockdowns.[73][74]
Demography
[edit]Population
[edit]The City of Peterborough local authority area has a population of 217,705 (2022).[75] It is forecast to reach 230,000 in 2031 and 240,000 by around 2041.[76]
Year | City | Soke | Redistricted |
---|---|---|---|
1901 | 30,872 | 41,122 | 46,986 |
1911 | 33,574 | 44,718 | 53,114 |
1921 | 35,532 | 46,959 | 58,186 |
1931 | 43,551[77] | 51,839 | 63,745 |
1939[78] | 49,248 | 58,303 | 69,855 |
1951 | 53,417 | 63,791 | 76,555 |
1961 | 62,340 | 74,758 | 89,794 |
1971 | 69,556 | 85,820[79] | 105,323 |
1981 | 131,696[80] | ||
1991 | 155,050 | ||
2001 | 156,060 | ||
2011 | 183,600 (+ 16.6%)[81] | ||
2021 | 215,700 (+17.5%)[82] |
Peterborough's population growth was reportedly the second fastest of any British city over the ten years from 2004 to 2013, driven partly by immigration.[83]
Ethnicity
[edit]According to the 2011 census, 82.5% of Peterborough's residents categorised themselves as white, 2.8% of mixed ethnic groups, 11.7% Asian, 2.3% black and 0.8% other. Amongst the white population, the largest categories were indigenous groups, those being English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British (70.9%), and other white (10.6%). Those of Pakistani ethnicity accounted for 6.6% of the population and those of Indian ethnicity 2.5.%. The largest black group were those of African ethnicity (1.4%).[84]
Peterborough is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Apulia and Campania. By 1960, approximately 3,000 Italian men were employed by London Brick, mostly at the Fletton works.[85] In 1962, the Scalabrini Fathers, who first arrived in 1956, purchased an old school and converted it into a mission church named after the patron saint of workers Saint Joseph (San Giuseppe). By 1991, over 3,000 christenings of second-generation Italians had been carried out there.[86] In 1996, it was estimated that the Italian community of Peterborough numbered 7,000, making it the third largest in the UK after London and Bedford.[87] The 2011 Census recorded 1,179 residents born in Italy.[88]
In the late twentieth century the main source of immigration was from new Commonwealth countries.[89] The 2011 Census showed that a total of 24,166 migrants moved to Peterborough between 2001 and 2011. The city has experienced significant immigration from the A8 countries that joined the European Union in 2004, and in 2011, 14,134 residents of the city were people born in Central and Eastern Europe.[90]
According to a report published by the police in 2007, recent migration had resulted in increased translation costs and a change in the nature of crime in the county, with an increase in drink driving offences, knife crime and an international dimension added to activities such as running cannabis factories and human trafficking. The number of foreign nationals arrested in the north of the county rose from 894 in 2003, to 2,435 in 2006, but the report also said that "inappropriately negative" community perceptions about migrant workers often complicate routine incidents, raising tensions and turning them "critical". It also noted there was "little evidence that the increased numbers of migrant workers have caused significant or systematic problems in respect of community safety or cohesion".[91] In 2007, Julie Spence, the then Chief Constable emphasised that the fact that the demographic profile of Cambridgeshire had changed dramatically from one where 95% of teenagers were white four years previously to one of the country's fastest growing diverse populations, and said it had a positive impact on development and jobs.[92] In 2008, the BBC broadcast The Poles are Coming!, a controversial documentary on the impact of Polish migration to Peterborough by Tim Samuels, as part of its White Season.[93]
The number of languages in use is growing where previously few languages other than English were spoken. As of 2006[update], Peterborough offered classes in Italian, Urdu and Punjabi in its primary schools.[94]
Religion
[edit]Christianity has the largest following in Peterborough, in particular the Church of England, with a significant number of parish churches and a cathedral. 56.7% of Peterborough's residents classified themselves as Christian in the 2011 Census.[95] Recent immigration to the city has also seen the Roman Catholic population increase substantially.[96] Other denominations are also in evidence; the latest church to be constructed is a £7 million "superchurch," KingsGate, formerly Peterborough Community Church, which can seat up to 1,800 worshippers.[97] In comparison with the rest of England, Peterborough has a lower proportion of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Sikhs. The city has a higher percentage of Muslims than England as a whole (9.4% compared to 5% nationally).[95] The majority of Muslims reside in the Millfield, West Town and New England areas of the city, where two large mosques (including the Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque and Husaini Islamic Center-Peterborough) are based.[98] Peterborough also has both Hindu (Bharat Hindu Samaj)[99] and Sikh (Singh Sabha Gurdwara) temples in these areas.[100]
The Anglican Diocese of Peterborough covers roughly 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2), including the whole of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough. The parts of the city that lie south of the river, which were historically in Huntingdonshire, fall within the Diocese of Ely, which covers the remainder of Cambridgeshire and western Norfolk. The current Bishop of Peterborough has been appointed Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely, with pastoral care for these parishes delegated to her by the Bishop of Ely.[101][102] The city falls wholly within the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (which has its seat at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist, Norwich) and is served by Saint Peter and All Souls Church, built in 1896 and decorated in the Gothic style.[103] The Greek Orthodox Community of Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem was established in 1991 under the Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain.[104]
Culture
[edit]Education
[edit]Peterborough has one independent boarding school: The Peterborough School at Westwood House, founded in 1895. The school caters for girls and now boys up to the age of 18. Peterborough's state schools have recently undergone significant change. Five of the city's fifteen secondary schools were closed in July 2007, to be demolished over the coming years. John Mansfield (now an adult learning centre), Hereward (formerly Eastholm, now City of Peterborough Academy, sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust) and Deacon's were replaced with the flagship Thomas Deacon Academy, designed by Lord Foster of Thames Bank which opened in September 2007.[105]
Queen Katharine Academy (previously The Voyager School), which has specialist media arts status, replaced Bretton Woods and Walton Community School. It is part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust. The schools that remain have been extended and enlarged. Over £200 million was spent and the changes on-going to 2010.[106] The King's School is one of seven schools established, or in some cases re-endowed and renamed, by King Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries to pray for his soul.[107] In 2006, 39.4% of Peterborough local education authority pupils attained five grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics, in the General Certificate of Secondary Education, lower than the national average of 45.8%.[108]
The city has two colleges of further and higher education, Peterborough College (established in 1946 as Peterborough Technical College) and City College Peterborough (known as Peterborough College of Adult Education until 2010). By 2004, Peterborough College attracted over 15,000 students each year from the UK and abroad and was ranked in the top five per cent of colleges in the UK.[109] Greater Peterborough University Technical College is a new education facility set to open in September 2015.[110]
The city is currently without a university, after Loughborough University closed its Peterborough campus in 2003.[111] Consequently, it became the second largest centre of population in the UK (after Swindon) without its own higher education institution. In 2006, however, Peterborough Regional College began talks with Anglia Ruskin University to develop a new university campus for the city.[112][113] The college and the university completed the legal contracts for the creation of a new joint venture company in 2007, marking the culmination of legal negotiations and securing of funds required in order to build the new higher education centre.[114] University Centre Peterborough opened to the first 850 students in 2009.[115]
The former public library on Broadway was funded by Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and opened in 1906;[116] Carnegie was made first freeman of the city on the day of the opening ceremony.[117]
Arts
[edit]Peterborough enjoys a wide range of events including the annual East of England Show, Peterborough Festival and CAMRA beer festival, which takes place on the river embankment in late August.[118] The yearly festivals have attracted arts funding and enabled further community projects within the city.[119][50] Nationally published cartoonist John Elson,[120] from Peterborough, has provided imagery for many of the events.[119][121]
The city acts as the central hub for the region's visual arts community, with the Peterborough Artists Open Studio organisation (PAOS), celebrating its 21st anniversary year as of 2021.[122] A number of statues by the British sculptor Antony Gormley were re-installed in the city in 2018. Removed for repair works from their original setting on concrete pillars next to the rowing lake in Nene Park, they can now be seen on top of buildings surrounding Cathedral Square in the town centre.[123]
The Key Theatre, built in 1973, is situated on the embankment, next to the River Nene. The theatre aims to provide entertainment, enlightenment and education by reflecting the rich culture Peterborough has to offer. The programme is made up of home-grown productions, national touring shows, local community productions and one-off concerts. There is disabled access, an infrared hearing system for the deaf and hard of hearing and there are also regular signed performances.[124]
In 1937, the Odeon Cinema opened on Broadway, where it operated successfully for more than half a century. In 1991, the Odeon showed its last film to the public and was left to fall into a state of disrepair, until 1997, when a local entrepreneur purchased the building as part of a larger project, including a restaurant and art gallery. The Broadway, designed by Tim Foster Architects, was one of the largest theatres in the region and offered a selection of live entertainment, including music, comedy and films.[125] In 2009, it was severely damaged by arsonists, resulting in closure when its insurers refused to pay the claim due to faulty fire detection systems.[126]
The Embassy Theatre, a large Art Deco building designed by David Evelyn Nye, also opened on Broadway in 1937. Nye was usually a cinema architect, and this was his only theatre. The Embassy was converted into a cinema in 1953, becoming the ABC and later the Cannon Cinema, before it was closed in 1989. Since 1996, the premises have been occupied by the Edwards bar chain.[127][128]
The John Clare Theatre within the new central library,[129] again on Broadway, is home to the Peterborough Film Society. One of the region's leading venues, the Cresset in Bretton, provides a wide range of events for the residents of the city and beyond, including theatre, comedy, music and dance. Peterborough has a 13-screen Showcase Cinema, an ice rink and two indoor swimming pools open to the general public.[citation needed]
A diverse range of restaurants can be found throughout the city, including Chinese, Indian, Thai and many Italian restaurants. Peterborough has recently[when?] been used as the setting in popular literature: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka,[130] A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon[131] and, the first in a projected series, Long Way Home, a debut novel by Eva Doran.[132]
Sport
[edit]Peterborough United Football Club, known as "The Posh", has been the local football team since 1934. They play their home matches at London Road on the south bank of the River Nene. Peterborough United have a history of cup giant-killings.[133] They set the record for the highest number of league goals (134, Terry Bly alone scoring 52) in the 1960–61 season, when they won the Fourth Division title in their first season in the Football League. The club's highest finish position to date was 10th place in Division One, then the second tier of English football, in the 1992–93 season.[134] Irish property developer Darragh MacAnthony was appointed chairman in 2006 and is now owner, having undertaken a lengthy purchase from Barry Fry who remains director of football, having also been manager of the club from 1996 to 2005. Peterborough also has a non-league club, Peterborough Sports, who play in the National League North.
As well as football, Peterborough has teams competing in rugby, cricket, hockey, ice hockey, rowing, athletics, American and Australian rules football. Although Cambridgeshire is not a first-class cricket county, Northamptonshire staged some home matches in the city between 1906 and 1974. Peterborough Town Cricket Club and the City of Peterborough Hockey Club compete at their shared ground in Westwood.[135]
After reforming in 2005,[136] rugby union club Peterborough Lions RFC now compete in National League 3 Midlands.[137] Meanwhile, the city's oldest rugby team, Peterborough RUFC, play at Second Drove (otherwise known as "Fortress Fengate"),[138] and have struggled in recent seasons. Relegation in 2013–14 season, from Midlands 1 East,[139] has been followed by a season in the lower-mid table of the Midlands 2 East (South).[140]
Peterborough City Rowing Club moved from its riverside setting to the current Thorpe Meadows location in 1983. The spring and summer regattas held there attract rowers and scullers from competing clubs all over the country. Every February the adjacent River Nene is host to the head of the river race, which again attracts hundreds of entries.[141] Peterborough Athletic Club train and compete at the embankment athletics arena. In 2006, after 10 years, the Great Eastern Run returned to the racing calendar. Around 3,000 runners raced through the flat streets of Peterborough for the half-marathon, supported by thousands of spectators along the course.[142]
Peterborough Phantoms are the city's ice hockey team, playing in the NIHL at Planet Ice Peterborough, located on Mallard Way in Bretton. Motorcycle speedway is also a popular sport in Peterborough, with race meetings held at the East of England Showground. The team, known as the Peterborough Panthers, have operated regularly in the Elite League.[143] The Showground hosts the annual British Motorcycle Federation Rally each May. In 2009, Peterborough hosted one of the first rounds of the Tour Series, a new series of televised town and city centre cycling races. As of 2015[update], the city has hosted a round of the Tour Series each year since, with the exception of 2013.[144][145]
In March 2017 the first bandy session in England for over a century was held in Peterborough, in the form of rink bandy.[146] In 2018 Peterborough Bandy Club was founded.[147] At the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship Great Britain made its debut in the tournament, represented by a Peterborough team.[148]
Media
[edit]There is a major radio transmitter at Morborne, approximately eight miles (13 km) west of Peterborough, for national FM radio (BBC Radios 1–4 and Classic FM) and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire which is the BBC Local Radio station that covers the city. This facility includes a 154-metre (505-foot) high guyed radio mast which collapsed in 2004 after a fire and has since been re-built.[149][150] Another transmission site at Gunthorpe in the north east of the city transmits AM/MW and local FM radio. The site is only 3 metres (9.8 feet) above sea level and has an 83-metre (272-foot) high active insulated guyed mast situated on it.
The national commercial multiplex, Digital One, is also available in the city.[151]
Peterborough is covered by six local radio stations and one regional station, though only two community stations broadcast from the city. These are Salaam FM, catering for the local Muslim population, which started broadcasting on 106.2 MHz in 2016[152] and Peterborough Community Radio (PCR FM), a station formed as a result of a merger between former internet stations Peterborough FM and Radio Peterborough, which started broadcasting on 103.2 MHz in 2017.[153]
Heart Cambridgeshire (now Heart East), the original independent local radio station launched as Hereward Radio in 1980 and becoming Heart Peterborough in 2009,[154] still holds a large section of the market on 102.7 MHz but relocated to Cambridge in 2012,[155] where it began sharing the localised programming (of mainly national output) with Heart Cambridge.[156] Hereward's sister station, WGMS, was launched on the old 1332 kHz (225 meters) frequency in 1992; known as Classic Gold from 1994 to 2007, it is now part of Heart's sister Gold Radio network, but has no programming made in Peterborough. Connect Radio (from 1999 to 2010, known as Lite FM), was the city's second commercial station on 106.8;MHz, but was sold and rebranded as Smooth East Midlands on 1 October 2019.
Local TV coverage is provided by BBC Look East and ITV News Anglia.
The Peterborough Telegraph (established 1948) is the city's newspaper. The Telegraph is owned by National World Publishing Ltd. Its website, Peterborough Today, is updated six days a week. The PT's sister paper, the Peterborough Citizen (1898), was a weekly paper delivered free to many homes in the city. The Peterborough Herald and Post (1989, a replacement for the Peterborough Standard, established 1872) ceased publication in 2008.[157] The publisher Emap, which specialises in the production of magazines and the organisation of business events and conferences, traces its origins back to Peterborough in 1854.[158] The 33rd Mayor of Peterborough, Sir Richard Winfrey JP, founder of what would become the East Midland Allied Press, was perhaps the last person to read the Riot Act in 1914.[159]
Peterborough has been used as a location for various television programmes and films. The 1982 BBC production of The Barchester Chronicles was filmed largely in and around Peterborough. In 1983 opening scenes for the 13th James Bond film, Octopussy, starring Sir Roger Moore, were filmed at Orton Mere. A music video for the song "BreakThru" by the band Queen was also shot on the preserved Nene Valley Railway in 1989. In 1995 Pierce Brosnan filmed train crash sequences for the 17th Bond film, GoldenEye, at the former sugar beet factory. A scene for the film The Da Vinci Code was filmed at Burghley House during five weeks' secret filming in 2006; and actor, Lee Marvin, found himself camping in Ferry Meadows during the filming of The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission in 1985.[160] In October 2008 Hollywood returned to Wansford for the filming of the musical Nine, starring Penélope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis.[161]
Landmarks
[edit]Peterborough Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front, was founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238. It has been the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough since the diocese was created in 1541, when the last abbot was made the first bishop and the abbot's house was converted into the episcopal palace.[9] Peterborough Cathedral is one of the most intact large Norman buildings in England and is renowned for its imposing early English Gothic West Front which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The cathedral has the distinction of having had two queens buried beneath its paving: Catherine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots. The remains of Queen Mary were removed to Westminster Abbey by her son James I when he became King of England.[15]
The general layout of Peterborough is attributed to Martin de Vecti who, as abbot from 1133 to 1155, rebuilt the settlement on dry limestone to the west of the monastery, rather than the often-flooded marshlands to the east. Abbot Martin was responsible for laying out the market place and the wharf beside the river. Peterborough's 17th-century Guildhall was built in 1671 by John Lovin, who also restored the bishop's palace shortly after the restoration of King Charles II. It stands on columns, providing an open ground floor for the butter and poultry markets which used to be held there. The Market Place was renamed Cathedral Square and the adjacent Gates Memorial Fountain moved to Bishop's Road Gardens in 1963, when the (then weekly) market was transferred to the site of the old cattle market.[162]
Peterscourt on City Road was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1864, housing St. Peter's Teacher Training College for men until 1938. The building is mainly listed for the 18th century doorway, brought from the London Guildhall following war damage.[163] Nearby Tout Hill, the site of a castle bailey, is a scheduled monument.[10] The city has a large Victorian park containing formal gardens, children's play areas, an aviary, bowling green, tennis courts, pitch and putt course and tea rooms. The Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award, the national standard for parks and green spaces, by the Civic Trust.[164] A Cross of Sacrifice was erected in Broadway cemetery by the Imperial War Graves Commission in the early 1920s.[165] The Lido, a striking building with elements of art deco design, was opened in 1936 and is one of the few survivors of its type still in use.[166]
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, built in 1816, housed the city's first infirmary from 1857 to 1928. The museum has a collection of some 227,000 objects, including local archaeology and social history, from the products of the Roman pottery industry to Britain's oldest known murder victim; a collection of marine fossil remains from the Jurassic period of international importance; the manuscripts of John Clare, the "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" as he was commonly known in his own time;[167] and the Norman Cross collection of items made by French prisoners of war. These prisoners were kept at Norman Cross on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814, in what is believed to be the world's first purpose-built prisoner of war camp. The art collection contains an impressive variety of paintings, prints and drawings dating from the 1600s to the present day. Peterborough Museum also holds regular temporary exhibitions, weekend events and guided tours.
Burghley House to the north of Peterborough, near Stamford, was built and mostly designed by Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign.[168] The country house, with a park laid out by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the 18th century, is one of the principal examples of 16th-century English architecture.[169] The estate, still home to his descendants, hosts the Burghley Horse Trials, an annual three-day event. Another Grade I listed building, Milton Hall near Castor, ancestral home of the Barons and later Earls Fitzwilliam, also dates from the same period. For two centuries following the restoration the city was a pocket borough of this family.[170]
The John Clare Cottage in the village of Helpston was purchased by the John Clare Trust in 2005. The cottage, home of John Clare from his birth in 1793 until 1832, has been restored using traditional building methods to create a resource where visitors can learn about the poet, his works and how rural people lived in the early 19th century.[171] The John Clare Cottage and Thorney Heritage Museum form part of the Greater Fens Museum Partnership, along with Peterborough Museum and Flag Fen.
Longthorpe Tower, a 14th-century three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the care of English Heritage, is situated about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of the city centre. It is a scheduled monument, and contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of their period in northern Europe.[172] Nearby Thorpe Hall is one of the few mansions built in the Commonwealth period. A maternity hospital from 1943 to 1970, it was acquired by the Sue Ryder Foundation in 1986 and is currently in use as a hospice.[173]
Flag Fen, the Bronze Age archaeological site, was discovered in 1982, when a team led by Dr Francis Pryor carried out a survey of dykes in the area. Probably religious, it comprises a large number of poles arranged in five long rows, connecting Whittlesey with Peterborough across the wet fenland. The museum exhibits many of the artefacts found, including what is believed to be the oldest wheel in Britain. An exposed section of the Roman road known as the Fen Causeway also crosses the site.[174]
The Nene Valley Railway, which is now a 7.5-mile (12.1 km) heritage railway, was one of the last passenger lines to fall under the Beeching Axe in 1966, although it remained open for freight traffic until 1972. In 1974, the former development corporation bought the line, which runs from the city centre to Yarwell Junction just west of Wansford via Orton Mere and the 500 acres (200 hectares) Ferry Meadows country park, and leased it to the Peterborough Railway Society.[175] Railworld is a railway museum located beside Peterborough Nene Valley railway station.
The Nene Park, which opened in 1978, covers a site 3.5 mi (5.6 km) long, from slightly west of Castor to the centre of Peterborough. The park has three lakes, one of which houses a watersports centre. Ferry Meadows, one of the major destinations and attractions signposted on the Green Wheel, occupies a large portion of Nene Park. Orton Mere provides access to the east of the park.[176]
Southey Wood, once included in the Royal Forest of Rockingham, is a mixed woodland maintained by the Forestry Commission between the villages of Upton and Ufford.[177] Nearby, Castor Hanglands, Barnack Hills and Holes and Bedford Purlieus national nature reserves are each sites of special scientific interest.[178][179] In 2002, the Hills and Holes, one of Natural England's 35 spotlight reserves, was designated a special area of conservation as part of the Natura 2000 network of sites throughout the European Union.[180]
Notable people
[edit]Peterborough is the birthplace of many notable people, the astronomer George Alcock, one of the most successful visual discoverers of novas and comets;[182] John Clare, from Helpston, the nineteenth century poet;[183] artist, Christopher Perkins – brother of Frank;[184] and Sir Henry Royce, 1st Baronet of Seaton, engineer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce.[185] Physician, actor and author, "Sir" John Hill, credited with 76 separate works in the Dictionary of National Biography, the most valuable of which dealing with botany, is also said to have been born here.[186] The socialist writer and illustrator, Frank Horrabin, who was born in the city, and was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament in 1929.[187]
The utilitarian philosopher, Dr Richard Cumberland, was 14th Lord Bishop of Peterborough from 1691 until his death in 1718;[188] and Norfolk-born nurse and humanitarian, Edith Cavell, who received part of her education at Laurel Court in the Minster Precinct, is commemorated by a plaque in the cathedral and by the name of the hospital.[189] A gravedigger called Old Scarlett, whose portrait can be seen above the west door of Peterborough Cathedral, is considered a folk hero. He died in 1594 at the age of 98, having spent much of his life as the sexton at Peterborough Cathedral; having buried two monarchs, he has also been suggested as the inspiration for the gravedigger in Shakespeare's Hamlet.[190] Two prominent historical figures were born locally, Hereward the Wake, an outlaw who led resistance to the Norman Conquest and now lends his name to several places and businesses in the city;[191] and St. John Payne, one of the group of prominent Catholics martyred between 1535 and 1679 and later designated the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, who was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and canonised with the other 39 by Pope Paul VI in 1970.[192]
Musicians include Sir Thomas Armstrong, organist, conductor and former principal of the Royal Academy of Music;[193] Andy Bell, lead vocalist of the electronic pop duo Erasure;[194] Barrie Forgie, leader of the BBC Big Band;[195] Don Lusher, trombonist and former professor of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Marines School of Music;[196] Paul Nicholas, actor and singer;[197] Maxim Reality and Gizz Butt of The Prodigy[198] and Aston Merrygold of Brit Award-winning pop group JLS.[199] Comedian Ernie Wise lived on Thorpe Avenue for many years, next door to Canadian baritone and actor Edmund Hockridge.[200] Jimmy Savile also lived in the city in the early 1990s.[201]
Other media personalities include actors Simon Bamford, known for the 'Hellraiser' franchise, Adrian Lyne, director of Fatal Attraction,[202] Oscar Jacques, known for playing Tom Tupper in the CBBC Series M.I. High, Luke Pasqualino, known for his roles in Skins and The Musketeers;[203] television presenter, Sarah Cawood, who grew up in Maxey;[204] BBC Formula One presenter, Jake Humphrey;[205] football journalist and Talksport radio presenter, Adrian Durham;[206] and the biologist, author and broadcaster, Prof. Brian J. Ford, who attended the King's School and still lives in Eastrea near Whittlesey.[207] Local businessman, Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain and Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, has supported the cultural and sporting life of Peterborough and received its highest accolade, the freedom of the city.[208] The thalidomide victim Terry Wiles, subject of the 1979 film On Giant's Shoulders, was born in the city.[209][210]
In the sporting world, former Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer, David Bentley, was born in the city,[211] as was Louis Smith, who at the 2008 games became Great Britain's first gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in a century.[212] Chelsea Football player, currently on loan at Luton Town footballer Isaiah Brown, was born in Peterborough, before joining Leicester City and later West Bromwich Albion, becoming the second youngest player to play in the Premier League.[213] Harry Wells, a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, was born in Peterborough and attended The King's (The Cathedral) School.[citation needed]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen classification the British Isles experience a maritime climate characterised by relatively cool summers and mild winters. Compared with other parts of the country, East Anglia is slightly warmer and sunnier in the summer and colder and frostier in the winter. Owing to its inland position, furthest from the landfall of most Atlantic depressions, Cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the UK, receiving, on average, around 600 mm (2.0 ft) of rain per year.[214] The Met Office weather station at Wittering, within the unitary authority of Peterborough, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) on 25 July 2019.[215] The lowest temperature in recent years was −13.4 °C (7.9 °F) during February 2012.[216]
Climate data for Wittering,[a] elevation: 73 m (240 ft), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
39.9 (103.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
39.9 (103.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.9 (7.0) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.0 (1.85) |
38.9 (1.53) |
39.0 (1.54) |
44.2 (1.74) |
49.6 (1.95) |
52.9 (2.08) |
55.5 (2.19) |
59.9 (2.36) |
52.9 (2.08) |
63.3 (2.49) |
57.5 (2.26) |
53.0 (2.09) |
613.6 (24.16) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 113.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 63.4 | 86.2 | 124.8 | 167.9 | 204.9 | 195.3 | 207.1 | 192.9 | 151.8 | 113.0 | 73.7 | 64.2 | 1,645.1 |
Source 1: Met Office[217] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Starlings Roost Weather[218][219] |
Topography
[edit]East Anglia is most notable for being almost flat (it is mainly on a floodplain). During the Ice Age much of the region was covered by ice sheets and this has influenced the topography and nature of the soils.[220] Much of Cambridgeshire is low-lying, in some places below present-day mean sea level.[221] The lowest point on land is supposedly just to the south of the city at Holme Fen, which is 2.75 metres (9.0 feet) below sea level. The largest of the many settlements along the Fen edge, Peterborough has been called the Gateway to the Fens.[222] Before they were drained the Fens were liable to periodic flooding so arable farming was limited to the higher areas of the Fen edge, with the rest of the Fenland dedicated to pastoral farming. In this way, the mediaeval and early modern Fens stood in contrast to the rest of southern England, which was primarily arable. Since the advent of modern drainage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the Fens have been radically transformed such that arable farming has almost entirely replaced pastoral.[223] The unitary authority extends north west to the settlements of Wothorpe and Wittering and east beyond Thorney into the historic Isle of Ely and includes the Ortons, south of the River Nene. It borders Northamptonshire to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and the Cambridgeshire districts of Fenland and Huntingdonshire to the south and east. The city centre is located at 52°35'N latitude 0°15'W longitude or Ordnance Survey national grid reference TL 185 998.
Urban areas
Townships are in bold type. In addition to the surrounding villages, Bretton, Orton Longueville and Orton Waterville are parished. The city council also works closely with Werrington neighbourhood association which operates on a similar basis to a parish council.
Bretton – Dogsthorpe – Eastfield – Eastgate – Fengate – Fletton – Gunthorpe – The Hamptons – Longthorpe – Millfield – Netherton – Newark – New England – The Ortons – Parnwell – Paston – Ravensthorpe – Stanground – Walton – Werrington – West Town – Westwood – Woodston
Rural areas
Civil parishes do not cover the whole of England and mostly exist in rural hinterland. They are usually administered by parish councils which have various local responsibilities.
Ailsworth – Bainton – Barnack – Borough Fen – Castor – Deeping Gate – Etton – Eye – Eye Green – Glinton – Helpston – Marholm – Maxey – Newborough – Northborough – Peakirk – Southorpe – St. Martin's Without – Sutton – Thorney – Thornhaugh – Ufford – Upton – Wansford – Wittering – Wothorpe
These are further arranged into 24 electoral wards for the purposes of local government.[224] 15 wards comprise the Peterborough constituency for elections to the House of Commons, while the remaining nine fall within the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.[225]
Linguistics
[edit]Peterborough lies in the middle of several distinct regional accent groups and as such has a hybrid of Fenland East Anglian, East Midland and London Estuary English features. The city falls just north of the A vowel isogloss and as such most native speakers will use the flat A, as found in cat, in words such as last. Yod-dropping is often heard from Peterborians, as in the rest of East Anglia, for example new as /nuː/. However, the large number of newcomers has impacted greatly on the English spoken by the younger generation. Common so-called Estuary English features such as L-vocalisation, T glottalisation and Th-fronting give today's Peterborough accent a definite south-eastern sound.[226]
Affiliations
[edit]Town twinning started in Europe after the Second World War. Its purpose was to promote friendship and greater understanding between the people of different European cities. A twinning link is a formal, long-term friendship agreement involving co-operation between two communities in different countries and endorsed by both local authorities. The two communities organise projects and activities addressing a range of issues and develop an understanding of historical, cultural, lifestyle similarities and differences. Peterborough is twinned with the following municipalities:[227]
- Alcalá de Henares, Spain (birthplace of Queen Katherine, 1986)
- Ballarat, Australia (1947)[228][229]
- Bourges, France (1957)[230]
- Forlì, Italy (1981)
- Viersen, Germany (1981)
- Vinnytsia, Ukraine (1991)
Bourges and Forlì are also twinned with each other. The city also has more informal friendship links with Foggia, Italy; Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe; Pécs, Hungary; and all Peterboroughs around the world.[231][232] The county of Cambridgeshire has been twinned with Kreis Viersen, Germany since 1983.[233]
Paleontology
[edit]Fossils of a hybodontiform fish Planohybodus were found in the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) deposits near Peterborough. The type species Planohybodus peterboroughensis was named after Peterborough in 2008.[234]
Freedom of the City
[edit]The following people, military units and organisations and groups have received the Freedom of the City of Peterborough.
Individuals
[edit]- Peter Boizot: 2007
- Wyndham Thomas, British architect, 19 September 2015
- Louis Smith: 21 March 2017[235]
- James Fox: 21 March 2017
- Lee Manning: 21 March 2017
- Tommy Robson: 12 March 2020.[236]
Military units
[edit]- RAF Wittering: 1983.[237]
- 158 (Royal Anglian) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers): 25 July 2009.[238]
- 115 (Peterborough) Squadron Air Training Corps: 28 April 2014.[239]
Organisations and groups
[edit]- The Salvation Army (Peterborough Branch): 4 March 2015.[240]
- Royal British Legion (Peterborough Branch): 28 July 2021.[241]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Weather station is located 8.9 miles (14.3 km) from the Peterborough city centre.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "population estimate for Peterborough local authority is 202,110 at mid 2017". Peterborough City Council. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
"Peterborough". City Population De. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
"TS001 – Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments – Nomis – Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2022. - ^ Garmonsway (pp.183 & 198–99); Mellows, 1949 (p.66). As a modern local historian has put it, this was "a rhetorical term," used in these 12th century local histories "to contrast the riches of the late Anglo-Saxon monastery with the decrease in income caused by later impositions and the despoliation of the monastic treasure by Hereward," see Tebbs, Herbert F. Peterborough: A History (p.23) The Oleander Press, Cambridge, 1979.
- ^ Originating in a new name for the abbey at Medeshamstede, and not the town, the name Burh was adopted for the abbey in the late 10th century, see Garmonsway (p. 117), also Mellows, William Thomas (ed.) The Chronicle of Hugh Candidus a Monk of Peterborough (pp.38 & 480) Oxford University Press, 1949, OCLC 314897451; the addition of Peter, the name of the abbey's principal titular saint, parallels development of e.g. the name Bury St. Edmunds and will have served to distinguish between the two places. Exemplified in mediaeval records in the Latinised form Burgus Sancti Petri, this gave rise to the modern name Peterborough.
- ^ Parthey, Gustav and Pinder, Moritz (eds.) Itinerarivm Antonini Avgvsti et Hierosolymitanum: ex libris manu scriptis Iter Britanniarvm Archived 3 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Iter V: Item a Londinio Luguvalio ad vallum mpm clvi sic) Friederich Nicolaus, Berlin, 1848. See also Reynolds, Thomas Iter Britanniarum or that part of the itinerary of Antoninus which relates to Britain with a new comment J. Burges, Cambridge, 1799.
- ^ They came, they saw Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Top 30 Roman sites (6), Channel 4 Television (Retrieved 20 July 2008).
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 364099". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ Fincham, Garrick (2004). Durobbrivae: A Roman Town Between Fen and Upland. Stroud: Tempus. pp. 102–08. ISBN 0-7524-3337-7.
- ^ a b c d Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). "Peterborough". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Touthill and site of castle bailey (1006846)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 May 2013. Scheduled Ancient Monument
- ^ Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook, The English Cathedral, New Holland (2002) ISBN 1-84330-120-2
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