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39 unusual facts about Peterborough


Avro Baby

Most of the later Babies also used this engine design, new-built from original Green drawings by Peter Brotherhood Limited of Peterborough, though some variants used either a 60 hp (45 kW) ADC Cirrus 1 or an 80 hp (60 kW) le Rhone.

Betsy Struthers

Betsy Struthers (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

Callovosaurus

This specimen was collected from the middle Callovian–age (Middle Jurassic) Peterborough Member (former Lower Oxford Clay) of the Oxford Clay Formation of Fletton, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England.

Commonwealth Railways NC class

Australian National approached Steamtown to gauge availability of a number of tanker wagons that had been collected in Peterborough.

Daimler Roadliner

From 1966 Daimler began to fit an alternative engine from Perkins of Peterborough, England, this was their V8-510 unit, a 90-degree V8 of 8.36 litres with a conventional injection layout and a maximum output of 170 bhp at 2,800 rpm, so fitted the model code was SRP8.

David Mainse

He studied theology at Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (now Master's College and Seminary) in Peterborough, Ontario and was Ordained.

David Maslanka

Dr. Maslanka has received five residence fellowships at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, and 1982), as well as generous grants from the University of Connecticut Research Foundation, the American Music Center, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, the State University of New York Research Foundation, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Edward MacDowell Medal

The Edward MacDowell Medal is a prize awarded annually by the MacDowell Colony of Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts.

Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway

The Leicester to Peterborough service was stopped as a war economy in 1916, and Medbourne station was closed.

They also built the Fletton curve in Peterborough between Longville junction on the LNWR line and Fletton junction on the GNR main line to allow trains arriving from the west to access the GNR station in Cowgate.

Guild Home Video

Based in Oundle Road, Peterborough, Guild Home Video were one of the biggest of the early video companies, and responsible for distributing a large and varied catalogue of movies.

Gulf Air Flight 771

Others among the crew on board included British stewardess Sally Anne of Peterborough and Bahraini steward Hashim Sayed Abdullah.

György Mihály Vajda

Some of the members of the group left Hungary whole, Mihály Vajda went as a visiting professor to different universities in different countries: first at the University of Bremen (Germany), then at the New School for Social Research in New York next to the Trent University in Peterborough in Canada and finally (already after his rehabilitation in Hungary) to the University of Siegen (Germany).

Heat wave of 1995 derecho series

Further east, near Peterborough, an F2 tornado hit Bridgenorth damaging or destroying 20 homes and a marina with winds estimated upward of 200 km/h (120 mp/h).

Eight people trapped in flipped houseboat in Pigeon Lake near Peterborough were rescued hours after the storm.

Hec Fowler

Norman Boswell "Hec" Fowler (October 14, 1892 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – July 30, 1987 in Peterborough, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, most notably for the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.

HM Passport Office

The agency's headquarters is collocated with the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street and it has six regional offices around the UK, in London, Glasgow, Belfast, Peterborough, Liverpool and Durham as well as an extensive nationwide interview office network as all first time adult passport applicants are required to attend an interview to verify their identity as a fraud prevention measure.

Ian Steen

He now lives in Peterborough with his wife and two teenage daughters and works in the printing industry.

International Sound Communication

International Sound Communication (frequently abbreviated as I.S.C.) was a series of compilation cassettes, compiled and distributed as a mail art project by Andi Xport from Peterborough, England, in the mid-1980s.

Julia Adamson

Julia Adamson (also known as Julia Nagle from 1988-2006) (born September 30, 1960, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) is a composer/musician and current label manager of Invisiblegirl Records.

Julie Salamon

In the summer of 2010, she was a writing fellow at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Larry Feign

In 2011 he received a literature fellowship from the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Mark Grist

Mark Grist is a poet and battle rapper based in Peterborough, UK, who rose to prominence when his Don't Flop rap battle against Mancunian MC Blizzard became an internet sensation.

Martin Boykan

He has had residencies at Yaddo (1981 and 1992), the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire (1982, 1989, 1992), and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia (1992, 2007, 2010).

Matthew Wyldbore

Matthew Wyldbore was born circa 1716, the son of John Wyldbore of Peterborough and Elizabeth Neale, daughter of Noah Neale of Stamford Baron.

Michael J. McCann

McCann was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario where he attended Trent University and earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with a major in English literature.

Milton Brewery

The Milton Brewery has a pub-owning sister company which operates the Pembury Tavern, Hackney, London, the Coalheavers Arms Peterborough, the White Lion, Norwich and the Devonshire Arms and The Haymakers, both in Cambridge.

Northern and Eastern Railway

The N&ER was part of an 1833 scheme for a railway in Great Britain from Islington to York via Cambridge, Peterborough and Lincoln.

Ontario Highway 417

At Exit 145, the route encounters the eastern terminus of Highway 7, which travels southwest to Peterborough and the GTA and provides an alternative route to Highway 401 via Highway 416.

Peter Boizot

Boizot received an Honorary Degree at Loughborough University in 2000 in recognition for his successful business acumen and career, and for his contributions to Peterborough.

Boizot is locally renowned as 'Mr Peterborough' because of the work and funds that he has put back into his hometown of Peterborough.

Peterborough Stars

All players from Peterborough that remain junior eligible will have their player cards sent to the Lindsay Muskies as the Stars merged into the Lindsay Muskies.

Sage Type 3

In 1916, the British Admiralty placed a contract with Frederick Sage & Co, a Peterborough based woodworking company which had become an aircraft contractor for the Royal Navy, to design and build a primary trainer for the Royal Naval Air Service.

Samuel D. Wonders

Samuel D. Wonders died in October 1980, a resident of Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Shining Brow

Hagen invited Muldoon to write the libretto while the two were both in residency at the MacDowell Colony, in Peterborough, New Hampshire during the summer of 1989.

Six Bend Trap

It is the first independent script to screen HD feature film, shot entirely in the Middlesbrough area with a couple of shots done at Peterborough Dog Track.

Tata Research Development and Design Centre

TCS Innovation Lab, Peterborough, England: New-wave communications for the enterprises, utility computing and RFID (chips, tags, labels, readers and middleware).

The Peterborough School

For the school in Peterborough, South Australia with the same name, see Peterborough, South Australia.

Whose University Is It?

The movie begins with a look back at the somewhat unique history of Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.


Big Ron Manager

Some scenes caused quite a stir in Peterborough when the show was aired, including a dressing room brawl between Mark Arber and Paul Carden and Bleasdale rowing with youngsters Sean St Ledger and Danny Crow.

Bishop of Peterborough

The current and 38th Bishop of Peterborough is the Right Reverend Donald Allister.

Braughing

George Meriton (born in Braughing, circa 1564 and died 1624) was a churchman who became Dean of Peterborough in 1612 and Dean of York in 1617.

Britt Assombalonga

Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony hailed the deal, saying he was "delighted", and that Assombalonga had been Peterborough's main transfer target.

CHEX

CKRU-FM, a radio station (100.5 FM) licensed to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHEX from 1942 to 1992

Conister

Conister has traditionally operated in the Asset Finance area providing finance to companies and individuals on the Isle of Man; to military personnel through its operation in Peterborough and to small / medium enterprise clients through its operation in Wigan.

Darren Ferguson

After a reconciliation with owner Darragh MacAnthony, Ferguson was subsequently re-appointed as manager at Peterborough.

E. G. Swain

Swain himself lived and worked in Cambridge until 1905, when he accepted the living of Stanground, near Peterborough, which was in the gift of his old college, Emmanuel.

Earl Fitzwilliam

The other family seat, Milton Hall, and its considerable estate of over 50,000 acres (200 km²) together with valuable properties in Peterborough and the surrounding area continue by descent in the family.

Sir William Fitzwilliam (c.1460–1534) was an Alderman and Sheriff of London and acquired the Milton Hall estate in Peterborough in 1502.

Ernulf

At Peterborough and Rochester, Ernulf had the old buildings torn down and erected new dormitories, refectories, chapter house, etc.

Frank Gay Clarke

Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Peterborough, New Hampshire January 9, 1901.

Jenna Loren Wright

She attended the Integrated Arts Program at Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School in Peterborough, along with other talented Canadian musicians such as Serena Ryder, Andrew Shedden and Brock Stonefish.

Jim Creeggan

2004's Barenaked for the Holidays featured a holiday tune, "Christmas Pics", sung by Creeggan, and 2006's Barenaked Ladies Are Me features Creeggan singing lead on "Peterborough and the Kawarthas", among other Creeggan co-written songs included.

Jimmy Kébé

In August 2013, after 6 months out injured with a groin strain, Kébé was set to make a comeback for Reading in a match against Peterborough in the League Cup, however he controversially dropped out of contention with an injury, with manager Nigel Adkins unhappy about the timing after speculation linking Kébé with a move to Crystal Palace.

JJ Bird

Bird started his boxing career at the age of 14, joining Peterborough Phoenix ABC, run by Gary De Roux.

Kawartha Lakes Railway

The train hijacking scene in the 1984 film Martin's Day was filmed at mile marker 10/ Peterborough County Rd.

Lionel Gatford

He was ordained deacon at Peterborough on 24 December 1626, and was elected junior university proctor in 1631-2.

Lords Spiritual

In 1688, the issue arose during the trial of the Seven Bishops—William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells; John Lake, Bishop of Chester; William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester; Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely and Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough—by a common jury.

Mark Sutcliffe

Mark Sutcliffe MBE (born 29 July 1979 in Peterborough, England) joined the British Army in 1997 aged 17, enlisting into the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment The Poachers, initially joining C (Northamptonshire) Company.

Matthew Wyldbore

A monument to Wyldbore's memory can be found in the Lady Chapel of Saint John's Parish Church, Peterborough.

Monadnock Railroad

This line was to serve the New Hampshire towns on the eastern side of Mount Monadnock, mainly Jaffrey and Peterborough.

Nicholas Tufton

Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet (1578–1631), English peer and MP for Peterborough

Northampton and Peterborough Railway

The line would be relatively easy to build, following the valley of the River Nene to Peterborough, with only a small tunnel to the west of Wansford.

Oakham

Oakham railway station is positioned approximately halfway between Peterborough railway station and Leicester railway station, at both of which passengers can board a train to London - either from Leicester to London St Pancras or from Peterborough to London King's Cross.

Peterboro Basket Company

The company's history dates to 1841, when Amzi Childs came to Peterborough from Deerfield, Massachusetts to work on the manufacture of lead pipe.

Peterborough Canoe Company

Examples of the Peterborough Canoe Company's products, as well as many other types of canoes, can be found at the Canadian Canoe Museum, located in Peterborough, and there is an example of the open style canoe in the collection of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Peterborough Cathedral

Notable organisrts of Peterborough Cathedral have included Stanley Vann, Sir Malcolm Sargent and Thomas Armstrong.

Peterborough Greyhound Stadium

Rex Perkins, son of Reg Perkins worked at the track from the age of 17 and was later a magistrate and Mayor of Peterborough 1987-1988.

Peterborough High School

The Peterborough School, an independent school in Peterborough, England, formerly known as Peterborough High School.

Robert Heron

Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet (1765–1854), British Whig politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby 1812–18 and Peterborough 1819–47

Samuel Marchbanks

Samuel Marchbanks is a fictional character who wrote editorials for the Peterborough Examiner newspaper in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, northeast of Toronto, during the middle of the 20th century.

Simon Clement

He served in Vienna as secretary to the Earl of Peterborough on his embassy to the Emperor from 1711–12, later acting as Peterborough’s “charge d’affaires” in Vienna from April 1711 until late 1714.

Soke of Peterborough

The Church of England, however, still describes the diocese as consisting of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough (i.e. the part of the city north of the River Nene).

Spiritual intelligence

David B. King has undertaken research on spiritual intelligence at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Viscount Melbourne

This family descended from Matthew Lamb, who represented Stockbridge and Peterborough in the House of Commons.