When was peterborough built

Peterborough is on the Trans-Canada Highway and has multi-lane highway access to Toronto. The city is tied to Toronto by express bus service, but lost its dayliner service in ; there remains hope that it will be restored. Peterborough had train service as early as , and was a major hub of railways from the s to the s. Since the mids railway trackage has decreased, and there is no functioning railway station. The city's municipal history has been marked by fiscal restraint since the railway failures of the s.

For 80 years after , a Town Trust Commission managed its finances. There have been a number of now vanished buildings across the Cathedral Square site. Cellar of building between Guildhall and St Johns.

Tiled floor from basement of Corn Exchange. Late 17th — 18th Centuries Demolition tenement block Extensive make-up and resurfacing Churchyard pitched-stone surface New church yard wall Surface silting Foundations and boot-scraper The Grapevine.

Late 20th Century Concrete plinth Norwich Union Toilet block walls Fountain foundations Street furniture signatures Multiple service trenches Road construction Slab and brick pavements throughout. Over time various buildings including St Johns and the Guildhall encroached on this space. However, it was the meeting point of major routes in and out of the town and it was, until the 19th century, the location of both cattle and other markets. Peterborough Market Square in — LouiseRayner. Gates Memorial Fountain.

Original market square surface. Late 18th-early 19th-century pitched stone surface, with underlying make-up layers, sealing the dark silt. Skull in St Johns cemetery. Peterborough Archaeological Sites. He was born in and while a youth, his father died and a rival took the throne forcing Oswald into exile. He returned to Northumbria in to raise an army. As he prepared to fight a much larger force, he raised a cross and prayed for victory.

Oswald won the battle and ruled as king of Northumbria until his death. While Oswald was king, he became known for his piety and generosity. During the celebration of an Easter feast, he supposedly gave away all the silver plates along with the food to the poor who had suffered through a harsh winter.

When Oswald died in battle against King Penda of Mercia in , his arm was taken to Bamburgh where it remained uncorrupted.

The arm remained the primary relic of Peterborough and the chapel of St Oswald still has a watch-tower where the monks safeguarded it day and night. Abbot Leofric and others accompany Harold south, although Leofric dies on the way.

The remainder of the party are killed at the Battle of Hastings. Then they laid fire to it, and burned down all the monks' buildings and all the town, except for one building. Then, by means of fire, they came in at Bolhithe Gate. The monks came to meet them, asked them for peace, but they did not care about anything, went into the minster, climbed up to the holy rood, took the crown off our Lord's head - all of pure gold - then took the rest which was underneath his feet - that was all of red gold - climbed up to the steeple, brought down the altar-frontal that was hidden there - it was all of gold and of silver.

They took there two golden shrines, and 9 silver, and they took fifteen great roods, both of gold and of silver. In it gained an electricity supply. Feoffee almshouses were built in Cumbergate in and between and electric trams ran through the streets of Peterborough. The first cinema in Peterborough opened in In the s the first council houses were built in Peterborough.

In a War Memorial Hospital was built in Peterborough. The City Museum opened in and a new Town Hall was built in A new bridge over the Nene was built in A public swimming pool opened in The fate of Peterborough was changed forever in when it was decided to make it a new town.

At that time it had a population of about 80, It was decided to double this to about , In a Development Corporation was formed. Building began in at Peterborough grew rapidly in the s and s as new suburban areas were built at Bretton and Orton. At the present time, a fourth area is being built at Hampton south of the city. The Key Theatre was built in Three new shopping centres opened in Peterborough in the late 20th century. Hereward Cross Centre opened in The Queensgate Centre opened in The Rivergate Centre opened in In the late 20th century industries in Peterborough included brick and tile making, farm machinery, diesel engines, and electrical equipment.

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