Longthorpe is an area of the city of
Peterborough, in the
unparished area of Peterborough, in the
Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of
Cambridgeshire, England. Located west from the city centre, the area covers . For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough West ward.
A 1st century
Roman fort
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In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
was established at Longthorpe, it may have been as early as around AD 44–48 but was certainly present by 61–62. The first
phase
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* Phase space, a mathematic ...
covered , this was later replaced by another fort measuring .
The ecclesiastical
parish was formed in 1850 from the parish of
Saint John the Baptist. The church of
Saint Botolph is a plain building of coarse rubble, dating from the 13th century, consisting of
chancel,
nave,
aisles and a western bell cote, containing one bell. In the chancel is a
piscina and
aumbry, two other brackets and a piscina are in the south aisle and two brackets in the north aisle. The church was restored in 1869 and will seat about 200 persons. The register dates from the year 1837; the earlier register is included in that of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough. Objections to controversial works were raised by the
Victorian Society,
Historic England and the
Twentieth Century Society in 2017.
Oliver St John, a
Lord Chief Justice who supported Parliament in the
civil war, bought the lease of the
manor
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Land ownership
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of Longthorpe and built
Thorpe Hall. In 1654 it was described by the author
John Evelyn as "a stately place...built out of the ruins of the
Bishop's
Palace
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and
cloisters." It is a Grade I
listed building, situated in a Grade II listed garden open to members of the public throughout the year.
Longthorpe Tower
Longthorpe Tower is a 14th-century three-storey tower in the village of Longthorpe, famous for its well-preserved set of medieval murals.
Details
Longthorpe tower is located in the village of Longthorpe, now a residential area of Peterborough ...
, a 14th-century, three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the care of
English Heritage, is also situated here. A Grade I
listed building and
scheduled ancient monument protected by law, it contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of the period in northern Europe. Exhibitions are held there from time to time by local artists.
Longthorpe contains a number of other listed buildings, including the old Manor House and the Holy (or St. Cloud's) Well to south-east of the Manor House.
Longthorpe
Primary School is located in the village on Bradwell Road; secondary pupils attend nearby
Jack Hunt School
Jack Hunt School, officially Jack Hunt School Language College, is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Netherton in the city of Peterborough in the United Kingdom. Students are aged 11 (Year 7) to 18 (Year 13). Refurbish ...
in
Netherton.
Civil parish
Longthorpe was formerly a
chapelry
A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
Status
It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...
in
Peterborough-St. John-the-Baptist parish, from 1 November 1908 Longthorpe was a civil parish in its own right (being formed from
Peterborough Without
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until 19 ...
) until it was abolished on 1 April 1929 and merged with Peterborough. In 1921 the parish had a population of 274.
See also
*
Thorpe Wood
Thorpe Wood is a 10 hectare nature reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
This is ancient woodland on heavy clay, with mature ...
References
External links
St. Botolph's ChurchLongthorpe School
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Suburbs of Peterborough
Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
