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"PEAKIRK, a parish in the liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 3 miles S.E. of Market-Deeping, its post town, and 74 N.W. of Peterborough. It is a station on the Great Northern railway. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the navigable river Welland, and is wholly agricultural. The surface is level, and is chiefly used for grazing. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £600. The living is a rectory with the curacy of Glinton annexed, in the diocese of Peterborough, value £625, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Pegs, is an ancient structure with a spired tower containing two bells. There are remains of a cell, said to have been founded by St. Pega in 714, and now called the Hermitage, also traces of a monastery founded by Edmund Atheling, and twice destroyed by the Danes. At Boro Fen, about 3 miles distant, are traces of a Danish encampment." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"PEAKIRK, a parish in the liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 3 miles S.E. of Market-Deeping, its post town, and 74 N.W. of Peterborough. It is a station on the Great Northern railway. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the navigable river Welland, and is wholly agricultural. The surface is level, and is chiefly used for grazing. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £600. The living is a rectory* with the curacy of Glinton annexed, in the diocese of Peterborough, value £625, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Pegs, is an ancient structure with a spired tower containing two bells. There are remains of a cell, said to have been founded by St. Pega in 714, and now called the Hermitage, also traces of a monastery founded by Edmund Atheling, and twice destroyed by the Danes. At Boro Fen, about 3 miles distant, are traces of a Danish encampment."

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