1901: At the Norman Cross petty sessions, Edward Abbott, labourer of Yaxley, was summoned by Superintendent Allen for committing an act on a public footpath at Yaxley on 2 February. Pleading guilty, Abbott was fined 5s. Wonder what this act might of been! (Peterborough Advertiser)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.
1869: St Paul's church - often called the Railwaymen's church - was consecrated at midday on this Friday by William Connor Magee, the Bishop of Peterborough. Built on land given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the church cost £4,600 of which £3,500 was given by the directors of the Great Northern Railway. The first vicar was the Revd Charles Ball, who stayed for seventeen years, during which time Peterborough continued its rapid growth. He then moved on to the new parish of All Saints, which had been founded out of pieces of the parishes of St Mark's, St Mary's and St Paul's. (Perry, Stephen, Peterborough Vol. 2 - a second portrait in old picture postcards, S.B. Publications, 1989)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.