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    Medeshamstede (/miːdsˈhæmstɛd/) was the name of Peterborough in the Anglo-Saxon period. It was the site of a monastery founded around the middle of the...
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    River Trent. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Peada helped found Medeshamstede, the monastery at Peterborough: In his time they came together, [Peada]...
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  • of the abbey of Peterborough, known until the late 10th century as "Medeshamstede". 'Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Peterborough', A History...
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    privileges to a monastery at Vermundesei, then in the hands of the abbot of Medeshamstede, as Peterborough was known at the time. Bermondsey appears in the Domesday...
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    to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Wulfhere endowed a major monastery at Medeshamstede, in modern Peterborough. The monastery had initially been endowed by...
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  • (before 676 – c. 692) was the founding abbot of the Mercian monastery of Medeshamstede, and an early medieval bishop of Mercia. Very little is known of him...
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    occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral. As of the 2021 census the...
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  • Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, Peterborough ____________________ Medeshamstede Abbey Peterburgh Abbey Ramsey Abbey Benedictine monks founded 969, site...
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    granted by the 7th century King Cædwalla of Wessex to the monastery at Medeshamstede, now known as Peterborough, presumably together with Hoo St Werburgh...
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    foundation in the territory of the Gyrwas, under the name of Medeshamstede. Medeshamstede was clearly in the territory of the North Gyrwas. Hugh Candidus...
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