Institution

Peterborough Abbey

Also known as Medeshamstede

Peterborough Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in eastern England, founded around 655 as Medeshamstede in the time of Peada of the Middle Angles. Destroyed by Danes in the 9th century and refounded in the 10th, it continued the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle until 1154. Its church became Peterborough Cathedral in 1541, where Catherine of Aragon is buried.

Peterborough Abbey
Image: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 profile

Kingdom of WessexSummary

Mentioned in 1 state history

Kingdom of the Middle Angles

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Peterborough Abbey. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/peterborough-abbey
MLA
“Peterborough Abbey.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/peterborough-abbey. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Peterborough Abbey.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/peterborough-abbey.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Peterborough Abbey’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/peterborough-abbey (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻