Peterborough Heritage Festival 2016: the Vikings are coming!
For two days in July, the Heritage Festival – organised by Vivacity and Peterborough Cathedral, with support from Perkins...
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Peterborough’s unique digital WWI project
January 2016 saw the launch of www.peterboroughww1.com – a heritage website offering a unique insight into the lives of...
Exploring the lost world of Must Farm…
In 1982, routine drainage works on the outskirts of Peterborough revealed a unique ancient monument: a kilometre-long Bronze Age...
Alison Weir: “Social mores change, but human nature doesn’t…”
On 6 May, best-selling historian and novelist Alison Weir will be launching her latest novel, Katherine of Aragon: The...
A new year, a new face at Sacrewell!
A little known fact about Sacrewell, is that it’s part of a charitable trust, the William Scott Abbott Trust,...
Walter Cornelius: The Bird Man of Peterborough
Walter Cornelius is a true local legend. He came to England as a teenager from his native Latvia in...
Have a browse through Peterborough Archives
Ever wondered what stories you might unearth if you spent a day browsing through Peterborough’s archives? Vivacity’s Archives Manager,...
Peterborough’s Big Jurassic Fish…
When Victorian fossil hunter Alfred Nicholson Leeds found some tantalising bones in a Peterborough clay pit, it was initially...
Heritage workshops and lectures | Spring 2016
In Spring 2016, Vivacity’s heritage sites (Peterborough Museum, Longthorpe Tower and Flag Fen Archaeology Park) will once again host...
NEW Bronze Age find at Must Farm!
The ongoing ‘timber frame’ project at Must Farm has revealed a brand new treasure – a Bronze Age round...
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Celebrations for 900 years of St Kyneburgha
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Introducing Must Farm: A Bronze Age Settlement
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Peterborough’s very own Deep-Sea Monster
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Perkins Engines – Built in Peterborough
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Rolls-Royce: Part of Peterborough’s...
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From Karachi, with love…
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Steam along the Nene
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St Kyneburgha – 900 years young!
