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Medeshamstede (/miːdsˈhæmstɛd/) was the name of
Peterborough in the Anglo-Saxon period. It was the site of a
monastery founded around the
middle of the...
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River Trent.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
Peada helped found Medeshamstede, the
monastery at Peterborough: In his time they came together, [Peada]...
- of the
abbey of Peterborough,
known until the late 10th
century as "
Medeshamstede". 'Houses of
Benedictine monks: The
abbey of Peterborough', A History...
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privileges to a
monastery at Vermundesei, then in the
hands of the
abbot of
Medeshamstede, as
Peterborough was
known at the time.
Bermondsey appears in the Domesday...
- to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
Wulfhere endowed a
major monastery at
Medeshamstede, in
modern Peterborough. The
monastery had
initially been
endowed by...
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foundation in the
territory of the Gyrwas,
under the name of
Medeshamstede.
Medeshamstede was
clearly in the
territory of the
North Gyrwas. Hugh Candidus...
- (before 676 – c. 692) was the
founding abbot of the
Mercian monastery of
Medeshamstede, and an
early medieval bishop of Mercia. Very
little is
known of him...
- occupation. The Anglo-Saxon
period saw the
establishment of a monastery,
Medeshamstede,
which later became Peterborough Cathedral. As of the 2021
census the...
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granted by the 7th
century King Cædwalla of Wes**** to the
monastery at
Medeshamstede, now
known as Peterborough,
presumably together with Hoo St Werburgh...
- this is only
visible from a distance. The
original church,
known as "
Medeshamstede", was
founded in the
reign of the Anglo-Saxon King
Peada of the Middle...
