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’A married couple wanted about the end of April, experienced as Cook and House-Parlourman, or an experienced Cook-General and House Parlourmaid; 2 in family; every convenience, very comfortable quarters including private sitting room; centre of East Midland city. apply A J Paten, Mounds, Westwood Park, Peterborough.’ (Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligence)

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

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Ferry Meadows Pun

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On a map of Horrell’s Farm Tenancies from the 1950s, it shows the names of all the fields and land to the west of Peterborough. One of the features is Ferry Meadows, so named by the original ferry that ran across the river Nene to the north of the meadows. It was replaced by a large stone bridge many years ago, which is currently known as Milton Ferry Bridge, but for many years was known simply as Ferry Bridge and formed a group with Ferry Meadows and Ferry Hill.

The area now known as Ferry Meadows Country Park, part of Nene Park, was divided up into separate fields separated by ditches still in place today. The fields to the east of the site and now partly submerged under Overton Lake were known as 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Ferry Meadow. Another field close to the bridge was known as Bridge Ferry, but the award for the best field pun goes to the large field to the west of the site, largely under Gunwade Lake now, which was known as Ferry Big Meadow!

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Horrell's Farm Tenancies, Peterborough Archive NOS/02/6/4

Maps of Peterborough accessed on old-maps.co.uk from 1886-19

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