Peakirk, nr Peterborough, Cambridgeshire - Cottage Garden, Wildfowl Trust

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  'Youth' - The Cottage Garden, The Wildfowl Trust, Peakirk - photo by L. F. Lamb
• Publisher:  Noel Tait Ltd. Limited edition postcard
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Peakirk is a civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For local government purposes it forms part of Newborough ward; for parliamentary purposes it falls within [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency). In 2001, the parish had a population of 321 persons and 139 households.^[1]

Saint Pega (died c. 719) the sister of Saint Guthlac of Crowland, had a hermitage here.^[2] The parish church is dedicated to St Pega and the name of the village is derived from ""Pega's church"".^[3]

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.^[4]

Glinton cum Peakirk 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 world war one, and not just those who died.^[5]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cambridgeshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted