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Peterborough Cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral’s history is very different from the other English cathedrals we have been looking at on this trip because it has only been a cathedral for about 500 years. Let’s start at its beginning, which may have been during Roman times. The archeological evidence suggests that there was some sort of Roman building on the site, perhaps a temple. Solid documentation tells us there was a monastery founded by Paeda, son of Mercia’s King Penda, in 655. The Vikings destroyed the monastery in 870 and it was not refounded until 964. Danish mercenaries raided the monastery in 1070, so William the Conqueror sent in 60 knights to defend the abbey and its estates. An 1116 fire destroyed the abbey, so a new monastic church was built in the Norman style - the building that we see today. Peterborough Monastery served the region until the time of Henry VIII, and here its fate becomes quite intriguing. Code:TSISOX6EDFDVXBBA