Original sentence: Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an Anglian settlement before AD 655, when an individual named Saxwulf founded a monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by Peada of Mercia, who was briefly ruler of the Middle Angles.The City of Peterborough includes the outlying settlement at RAF Wittering, and as a unitary authority borders Northamptonshire and Rutland to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and Cambridgeshire to the south and east.The city is situated on the River Nene, which flows into the North Sea approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east.The local topography is notoriously flat and low-lying, and in some places lies below sea level.The population is once again undergoing rapid expansion and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is underway.There was also a large first century Roman fort at Longthorpe, designed to house half a legion, or about 3,000 soldiers; it may have been established as early as around AD 44–48
Edited sentence: Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an Anglian settlement before AD 655, when Saxwulf founded a monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by Peada of Mercia, who was briefly ruler of the Middle Angles.The City of Peterborough includes the outlying settlement at RAF Wittering, and as a unitary authority it borders Northamptonshire and Rutland to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and Cambridgeshire to the south and east.The city stands athwart the River Nene, which flows into the North Sea approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east, and the East Coast Main Line railway.The local topography is flat and low-lying, and in some places lies below sea level.The population is once again undergoing rapid expansion and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is under way.There was also a large first-century Roman fort at Longthorpe, designed to house half a legion, or about 3,000 soldiers; it may have been established as early as around AD 44–48