The Soke of Peterborough is a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire. The Soke was also described as the Liberty of Peterborough, or Nassaburgh hundred, and comprised, besides Peterborough, about thirty parishes.
The Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew (1118–1238), West front
Sessions House (1842), Thorpe Road, Peterborough; W. J. Donthorne, architect
Burghley House (1555–1587), seat of the Marquesses of Exeter
"County of Soke of Peterborough" on a 1920s Great North Road bridge over the River Nene at Wansford; the southern end has "County of Huntingdon"
Anglican Diocese of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Its seat is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, which was founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238.
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