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Peterborough: Area, History and Background

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Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Peterborough in the United Kingdom.

• Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England.
• It has an estimated population of 164,000 as of June 2007.
• For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire.
• The Town Hall is 75 miles (121 km) north of London at Charing Cross.
• Peterborough stands athwart the River Nene, which flows into the North Sea approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east, and the East Coast Main Line railway.
• The local topography is flat and low-lying, and in some places lies below sea level.
• The area known as the Fens falls to the east of Peterborough.
• It includes the outlying settlement at RAF Wittering.
• Peterborough as a unitary authority it borders Northamptonshire and Rutland to the west, Lincolnshire to the north, and Cambridgeshire to the south and east.
• Human settlement in the area dates back to before the Bronze Age.
• Peterborough is shown by its original name Medeshamstede to have possibly been an Anglian settlement before AD 655.
• Its population grew by 45.4% between 1971 and 1991.
• Peterborough is a major stop on the East Coast Main Line, 45–50 minutes' journey time from central London.
• It is home to one of the largest concentrations of Italian immigrants in the UK.
• This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company.