The September meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 11th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF The speaker for the evening will be John Hillier, with “Harringworth Viaduct, a Victorian Gem”. The vast 82 arch structure crossing the Welland Valley at Harringworth links Rutland with […]
Text and photos by Annette Mills . August 14th 2025 Feature Photo Molecey Mill Additional photos from D Ilett What an amazing evening we had at Molecey Mill in West Deeping! We were met by Glen who made us very welcome, then Graham gave a talk about the history of the mill – the result […]
Feature Photo -Dr. Matthew Simons A History of Morris Dancing The May meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 8th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF . The speaker for the evening will be Dr Matthew Simons, who will be speaking on “A history of […]
Our next meeting will take place this coming Thursday (13th March) at 7.30 pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF. The speaker for the evening will be Prof K. Schurer, with “The Discovery of Richard III – Ten Years On”. The discovery of a skeleton in a car park […]
Peterborough and the 1926 General Strike Our next meeting will take place this coming Thursday (13th February) at 7.30 pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF. The speaker for the evening will be Dr Hazel Perry, with “Peterborough and the 1926 General Strike”. Hazel studied for an MA in […]
January PLHS Meeting On a freezing cold January night, we welcomed Peter Larke to tell us about the Quakers in Peterborough 1660 – 2016. He took us from the very beginning when meetings, sometimes clandestine meetings, were held in various venues around the Peterborough area, to the 1930s when funds were raised to build the […]
Quakers in Peterborough 1660 – 2016 by Peter Larke Peter will be bringing us a video presentation relating the history of Quaker presence in Peterborough from 1660 to 2016 using such documentary evidence that he has found and been able to photograph clearly. Visitors are very welcome to attend, for a fee of £3.
December 12th was the final meeting of the year and the evening of the annual social and festive entertainment of the Society. This year we were uproariously entertained by PODS the Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society with a festive seranading of well-known Yuletide songs, with a little extra slapstick thrown in by recruiting some of […]
Lily Violet Bryant 1882-1965 The Society’s AGM meeting took place on Thursday November 14th, followed by a talk from one of our society members Dr. Sadie McMullen entitled ‘Peterborough’s First Lady Mayor’. Trevor, the Society’s Chairman, welcomed the audience and commenced with the AGM business. Trevor was unanimously re-elected as Chairman and Annette Matin was […]
