New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
HISTORIC PETERBOROUGH.
,r.rr1rs OF THE CATHEDRAL AMI
DEF CHARMS OF THE TOWN
AND COUNTRY.
-- orvrs AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ST MARfs
r>r1RMARY FUND.

~. rtt,e CITY Of Peterborough and
x,r,v Of It's historic cathedral were "."
~. .uhtect upon which AnTeo NJ N0, n -.
" a., tba room. Of the Church Cluo. NO 90
w yesterday morning. These lectures arc o..
ave- .ho ausn,ce. Of the Sisters OF St Mar! ~,
un-,. At ~ the Inflrmary fund. which Is heeueu
- order 10 carry on SUN ~" ~
.,k they engage In. . Du.or
""N -Acapitulatson OF the history OF fe'er-
Ugh was given. this history being almost uIleDe
=, ~. annals OF England. Unul receh'iS "
- ,oun and save for It's cathedral the spe"H
s no one would ever have hearu oi !"
-. revolution has taken place. however ''o
800. Northern Railway having CHOSEN " a. 4"
Sn,,N. centre for railway works ie' 'he Wv"
su''aD .rein, sspect and the immediate neshpo'-
uA a, the cathedral Is but little chanse"'
-, ,o,d how the city owed It's existence e.,'1'
Con,. r-sot monastery founded in 6S by hlis
go ~ Northumoria. and P9da. son Oh 10
,,,,s n, Mercia II bore the name OF 'he
re - from the unusual wealth OF the mo"as-
,.-y and during the Middle Ages It's nnpoi
s.r.ss II 10 be called Peterborough the rIouu
- ,,ose,+ church which did not become a ca
- mill sfter the Reformation. was begun III
,us ard the work was continued win celu"i" III
-r,ss,ons until the early part OF me ,
..,,r-v The story IL told that Henry VIII ." i's
,.,, suggested that an appropriate hio""''''"s
'e"s - o,sAd N the memory Of Catherine OF
M.,, monuments in Christendom ana the 'oi' "a
o~..n catherine ia still shown within the nllis'e,
lie The body Of Mary Queen or sco'S re- "
sho-t time in Peterborough Cathedral ui'i' II
ma. rsnoved to its present place N "es'n''''''e'
Abbey ,,.,. po.erborough is chiefly
a.nS,a For rs magnificent west front CONSENTS ri =;
.Ses great arches over eighty feet hlkh III.
80 b1en found necessary 10 restore 49,, a. 80
has Sngb ~ work done may be criticised II mus
~ rememoered that had not TINS preCao'-O, ,ir
49, he whole would have taIlth lh'O -
in ysars hack the central tower had 70 "e -
- .tone nv stone the ground ne VI go
S,t5ere unfortunately did not so deep en"usi lila
~ SoT,dations or they would have ioGhq so't G
rock as the later architects have con- at,,sIntne
that there is no finer Norman Ca'neN' ~
IN England than Peterborough. ..,,t f-s,ba
~ psSoyH the Reformation the Peterborough
arsI was one OF the most important "a ~ trst
sbbevs IN England. The Danes qestf0yeue s"y s.ed
STrcb IN 81 and the edihce rebuilt N ~ ~
~, Oh another Danish spoiauon III lllo MIcH
e. Sse+roved H. II was because com a'.l'H NY,
onaen "a fh4rines tomb that the churcn va ~, IU
Sesfroved during the period of the ~ tiias
Aro,,rd II cluster many traditions "' ne -. -
,Sst we're dark for England and Of the years WIZ S
calm and peaceful iNihs ""S '
0S he any views shown ot the town an Ca,ne.
NJ nerhans the most effective one was NE Iass
100 ~ ne ca .hedral where the ouidlnS apF7a.S
as distant object beautifully set IN us harlosl~
surroundings. Others al sIecal njei,Sl ~ -
,sev, n an old windass used IN building me ca.
6raI and which is now preserved IN tne rool. anu
a lev 81 the site Of Fotheringay caste, ~n7' :
Narv Oueen OF Scots hcheaded. me NV =
conDtrV town and buildings made eInpA@''c me
historic tales % the places shown.