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Suffrage Movement in Peterborough

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04/03/1911

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Speaking with evident gratification following last week's speech by Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Tebbutt, a local militant suffragette, felt that it had 'done the cause no end of good'. However, when asked about the local membership, she was less enthusiastic, saying simply that, 'members are coming in well, but you see, we have only been really started a short time, so you must give us a chance. There are some who are hesitating, but you see, it is rather difficult to get the ladies of either Party to come out.' When asked if Peterborough would offer passive resistance to the census and Coronation fireworks in Peterborough, she felt that, as there were many business members in Peterborough, it would not be advisable for them to do this. Asked if any from Peterborough might go up to London to take part in the protest, she felt she could not say but personally, if she had not had business ties, she would join the demonstration. As to not filling in the census, Miss Tebbutt replied that to be in a position to make that protest one would have to be  the head of the house, so it would be no use refusing as she was not the head. (Peterborough Standard)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

Priestgate , Victorian , Thomas Alderson Cooke , John Image , Magistrate

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1854

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Thomas Alderson Cooke was born in Salford in 1777 to a wealthy family. He moved to Peterborough after marrying his first wife Julia Image, also known as Judith. He was a well-respected gentleman and became a local magistrate, Sherriff of Northamptonshire and later High Sherriff.

He had married Julia Image in London in 1797 and moved to Peterborough to start a family: they had had 10 surviving children. After Julia's tragic death in 1817, he married another three times, most famously to Charlotte Squire in Peterborough Cathedral. Their marriage ended in a very public annulment after only a couple of years of marriage.

He is best known for his family home on Priestgate, which is now home to Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. His initials and the date 1816 can be seen at the corner of the house above the entrance to the cellars, known as The Vaults. The other building connected to him is the Dower House on the corner of Trinity Street, which was built in the 1840s for his fourth wife to live in upon his death. It was a church for some years, when the spire was added, and is currently a nursery.

Mr Cooke was an influential magistrate for many years and continued to preside until the week before he died, despite being incapacitated. He died in December 1854, at the age of 77, after which his house was bought by the Fitzwilliams and gifted to the city as an infirmary.

 

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