Peterborough cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral

The city of Peterborough has been named as the worst place to live in the UK for the second year in a row, a new study has found.

From its foundation in 655 AD Peterborough Cathedral has withstood attacks from Vikings, Normans, conflagration and Cromwell. But it was an ...

On the edge of the low-lying Fens, Peterborough is a city commanded by a superlative cathedral. This is one of the few complete examples of 12th-century Romanesque architecture, with a ... Read more

Built 1118 to 1237. Aerial view of Peterborough Cathedral - the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew. Cambridgeshire UK aerial image

Peterborough, city and unitary authority, geographic county of Cambridgeshire, England. At the core of the city and unitary authority is a historic region called the Soke of Peterborough, which encompasses the original town of Peterborough and an area extending west between the Rivers Welland and Nene; the Soke of Peterborough is part of the historic county of Northamptonshire. The city and unitary authority also embrace an area to the east, around Thorney, within the historic county of…

Poster Print-Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe-A2 poster sized print (420x594 mm) made in the UK

Peterborough, originally known as Medeshamstede, is an ancient settlement and an early centre of Christianity. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a 7th century monastery on this site. Probably destroyed by the Vikings, it was subsequently restored as a Benedictine Abbey in the 10th century. This later became Peterborough Cathedral. There are many remains of the abbey in the Cathedral precincts. The Cathedral's architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th…

This is why it was Peterborough and not St. Paul’s Cathedral in London