Following his visit to Peterborough, Elias Ashmole, antiquarian, Windsor Herald and founder of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, writes: "Alfricus founded ye Chappell in ye middle of the Front of Peterborough Church and dedicated it to St. Thomas a Becket. It is 120 steps up to ye high leades and thence to the lanthorne 69 more. The monument that was made for the Monks that were martyred by the Danes, stands still in ye Church yar, over against the high altar on ye South side, where they were buried. Doctor Pothington lyes buried eastward of it." The 'Chappell' is the front porch, which has a secondary job of helping keep the glorious West Front standing. (Russell, John, Fair Spot and Goodly - Visitors' impressions of Peterborough, Peterborough Arts Council, 1984) Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014,