On the 22nd of August 1485, Henry Tudor beat King Richard III at the Bat…
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was an important figure in the life and politics…
When the Bishop of Lincoln, William Atwater, visited Peterborough Abbey…
In 1536 a Tudor house called Neville Place was built by Humphrey Orme, w…
Katherine of Aragon was born in Alcala de Henares in Spain as a princess…
In 1541 the great bells of St. John's church and Leicester Abbey were sw…
Situated on a turn in the River Welland to the east of Peakirk and North…
Thanks to the Churchwardens Accounts of St John's Church in Peterborough…
The cemetery for Peterborough Cathedral is to the north of the building.…
The site of the medieval Benedictine monastery of Thorney was granted by…
Sir Walter Mildmay was educated at Cambridge and became an important fig…
Peterborough Cathedral has two well-known connections to Tudor Queens. T…
Woodcroft Castle used to be known as Woodcroft Manor. It dates back to t…
Peterborough was, for many years, controlled by the abbey. However, the…
Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle on 8th February…
On the 1st of August 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was buried in the Cathedr…
Within the sanctity of St Andrew’s church, Ufford, lies the tomb of La…
John Claypole was born into the Claypole or Claypoole family of Northbor…
John Mordaunt was the first Earl of Peterborough. His beginnings were no…
The Feoffees were a group of men who oversaw the administration of money…
Henry Heath was born in Peterborough in 1599. He attended St John the Ba…
Woodcroft Castle near Helpston was built in the 13th century as a fortif…
The rich fertile lands around Peterborough have drawn people to the area…
The Orme family were very influential in the 1600s in Peterborough. They…
Mary Deacon nee Harvey was christened on 15th June 1654 in Spalding. She…
George Whitehead visited Peterborough in this year. Travelling with othe…
According to the Cathedral registers, the font in the church was pulled…
The Duck Decoy at Borough Fen has been in use for centuries, although th…
The graffiti scratched onto the walls of the eastern end of the cathedra…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born in May 1689, the eldest child of the…
Little remains from the parish of Botolphbridge in the south of Peterbor…
Celia Fiennes was a prolific traveller who documented her journey around…
When Celia Fiennes travelled through the city in 1698 she noted that loc…
