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Peakirk is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For local government purposes it forms part of Glinton and Castor ward; for parliamentary purposes it falls within Peterborough constituency. In 2001, the parish had a population of 321 persons and 139 households.[1]

Peakirk

St Pega's Church
Peakirk
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population450 
Unitary authority
  • Peterborough
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE6
Dialling code01733
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52.633°N 0.267°W / 52.633; -0.267
Stained glass window depicting Saint Pega in the church
Stained glass window depicting Saint Pega in the church

Saint Pega (died c. 719) the sister of Saint Guthlac of Crowland, had her cell sited here;[2] the privately owned, Grade-II-listed St Pega's Hermitage is on the site. The parish church is uniquely dedicated to St Pega and the name of the village is derived from "Pega's church".[3] The church is a Grade I listed building and has a fine series of wall paintings. It is said that her heart was kept as a relic in the church, contained in a heart stone, the broken remains of which, smashed by Cromwell's troops, can be seen in the south aisle window.[4]

The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946 to preserve and maintain Britain's many species of waterfowl, had a reserve here until 2001.[5]

Peakirk cum Glinton Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is situated in neighbouring Glinton; secondary pupils attend Arthur Mellows Village College also in Glinton.

Peakirk also has an unusual war memorial. An oak-panelled frame with 48 photographs and details of the service of all who served from the village during the First World War, and not just those who died.[6]

Peakirk Parish Council declared a climate emergency in 2019. As a result the Peakirk Climate Emergency Group was set up in 2020.


See also



References


  1. "Peakirk CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  2. The Hermitage at Peakirk Hidden Heritage (retrieved 19 December 2009)
  3. Church of St Pega Hidden Heritage (retrieved 19 December 2009)
  4. "St. Pega", Peakirk Village
  5. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/sale_mystery_as_buyer_seals_peakirk_deal_1_136982 [dead link]
  6. Peakirk Village website


Media related to Peakirk at Wikimedia Commons





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