Eastfield is a residential area of the city of

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, in the

district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. For electoral purposes it comprises part of Peterborough East ward, together with Fengate and Parnwell. In 2001 it had a resident population of 8,424. Of a total 3,824 households, 52.88% are owner occupied, compared to 66.30% in the Peterborough

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area.

Overview

The

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was created by

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on 1 September 1857. It was the largest parish in the city and comprised Boongate/ Eastgate, Eastfield and Newark (then an outlying village) to the east of Peterborough city centre. A church was commissioned as a "poor church" for the parish and its foundation stone was laid on 30 September 1859. It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect

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, built of relatively cheap local stone, and consecrated on 7 August 1860. It had a

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and south

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, and in 1883 a tower with a saddleback roof was added. In the 20th century the Victorian church was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair and on 22 October 1989 work began on a new building. The new St. Mary's was dedicated by William, Lord Bishop of Peterborough on 16 November 1991. Newark Hill County

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was opened in 1959. The school admits up to 60 children each year and has capacity of 420 pupils. Abbotsmede County Primary also serves the area. Eastholm School was founded in 1853 but moved to its present site in two stages, Eastholm

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School for Girls in 1957 and Eastholm Secondary Modern School for Boys in 1966. The two schools were merged in 1973 and became comprehensive for pupils aged 11–18 when education in the county was reorganised in 1976. The school, which was renamed Hereward Community College in 1997, closed in July 2007 and merged with Deacon's School and

John Mansfield School John Mansfield School was located in the Dogsthorpe area of Peterborough, England. The school opened in 1957, when the estate had just been completed, and was originally an all-girls school for those who failed the 11+. In 1981, it became a mixe ...

to form the Thomas Deacon Academy which opened in September 2007. City of Peterborough Academy was opened by Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust on the former Eastholm site in 2013; it is co-located with the Academy Special School, which opened in 2012. St. Thomas Moore

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( Voluntary Aided) Primary and St. John Fisher RC Comprehensive schools are also located in the area. Peterborough Regional College was founded in 1946 as Peterborough Technical College. In 1952 the first instalment of the purpose built Eastfield site opened on land adjacent to the East of England Showground. Peterborough Agricultural Society moved to a site at

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in 1965 and the college was completed in 1969. Frank Perkins formed and registered the company F. Perkins Limited to develop and manufacture a lightweight high-speed

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in 1932. In 1940 the Eastfield headquarters plant opened and production officially began in 1947 transforming it from a small, family business to a large, modern company which has grown to attain an international market. Eastfield cemetery opened on the junction of Eastfield Road and Newark Avenue in 1919. Broadway cemetery, which opened in 1858, also backs onto Eastfield Road. Closed to new burials, this has been a designated county wildlife site since 1990. It contains approximately 150 species of flowers and plants, which include meadow saxifrage,

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and

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. The Cross of Sacrifice was erected by the

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in the early 1920s.Buildings of Local Importance in Peterborough
(p. 88) Peterborough City Council, March 2013

References

External links

St. Mary's ChurchNewark Hill SchoolPeterborough Regional College
{{Peterborough Suburbs of Peterborough