How old is the Cathedral?

The origins of the Cathedral can be traced back to King Peada of the Middle Angles who founded the first monastery on the site in 655AD. The monastic settlement was entirely destroyed by the Vikings in 870 and rebuilt as a Benedictine Abbey between 960 and 970.

The building then survived Hereward the Wake’s attack on the Abbey in 1069, and remained in tact until an accidental fire destoyed the second Abbey here in 1116. It was rebuilt in its present form between 1118 and 1238. It became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough in 1541 and it is now known as the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew.

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