Historical Peterborough
Today's highly productive agricultural landscape bears no
resemblance to the Fens of pre-historic and medieval
times. The city too has changed enormously, only with the
flourishing of the abbey did a town develop at Peterborough and the
last two centuries have seen its extraordinary growth.
Yet traces of the past remain, captured as facts and figures in
the archives, objects in the museums, and stories handed down
through the generations. History is etched into the fabric of
the buildings, the courses of hedges, roads and rivers, and lies
buried beneath our feet. Here is evidence of human endeavour over
thousands of years. The information in these pages has been kindly
provided by Peterborough Museum and is taken from the
book "Peterborough, A Story of City and Country, People
and Places" which is available to buy from the museum at a cost of
£2.00 per copy.
Contact details
- Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Priestgate,
Peterborough, PE1 1LF
- Telephone 01733 343329
- Fax 01733 341928
- email museum@peterborough.gov.uk