Longthorpe

Coordinates: 52°34′01″N 0°16′59″W / 52.567°N 0.283°W / 52.567; -0.283
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Longthorpe
Signpost in Longthorpe
Longthorpe is located in Cambridgeshire
Longthorpe
Longthorpe
Location within Cambridgeshire
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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England
Cambridgeshire
52°34′01″N 0°16′59″W / 52.567°N 0.283°W / 52.567; -0.283

Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles (3.2 km) west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres (560 hectares). For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough West ward.

A 1st century

phase covered 27 acres (11 ha), this was later replaced by another fort measuring 11 acres (4.5 ha).[1]

The ecclesiastical

Twentieth Century Society in 2017.[4]

cloisters."[5] It is a Grade I listed building
, situated in a Grade II listed garden open to members of the public throughout the year.

scheduled ancient monument protected by law, it contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of the period in northern Europe.[6]
Exhibitions are held there from time to time by local artists.

Longthorpe contains a number of other listed buildings, including the old Manor House[7] and the Holy (or St. Cloud's) Well to south-east of the Manor House.[8]

Longthorpe

Primary School is located in the village on Bradwell Road; secondary pupils attend nearby Jack Hunt School in Netherton
.

Civil parish

Longthorpe was formerly a chapelry in Peterborough-St. John-the-Baptist parish,[9] from 1 November 1908 Longthorpe was a civil parish in its own right (being formed from Peterborough Without) until it was abolished on 1 April 1929 and merged with Peterborough.[10] In 1921 the parish had a population of 274.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Monument No. 364099 National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 20 July 2008)
  2. ^ LONGTHORPE 1. 1500 Parish Church of St. Botolph TL 1698 12/3 7.2.52. A 2, see Images of England No. 49710 National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007)
  3. ^ Peterborough with Longthorpe and Newark Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire (p.239) Kelly & Co., London, 1903
  4. ^ Opposition to church revamp plans lodged Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 5 April 2017
  5. ^ Davies, Elizabeth et al. Civil war and a return to peace Peterborough: A Story of City and Country, People and Places (pp.18-19) Peterborough City Council and Pitkin Unichrome, 2001
  6. ^ Salter, Mike The Castles of East Anglia (p.21) Folly Publications, Malvern, 2001
  7. ^ LONGTHORPE 1. 1500 (South Side) Old Manor House TL 1690 12/58 7.2.52. II 2, see Images of England No. 49720 National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007)
  8. ^ LONGTHORPE 1. 1500 (South Side) Holy Well to South-East of Manor House TL 1698 12/244 7.5.73. II 2, see Images of England No. 49719 National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007)
  9. ^ "History of Longthorpe, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Peterborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  11. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 19 January 2023.

External links

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