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Description: | Built between 1118 and 1238 as a Benedictine abbey, Peterborough cathedral was known for its distinctive three-arch portico front. Daniel Defoe noted that "the glory of Peterborough is the cathedral, which is truly fine and beautiful; the building appears to be more modern, than the story of raising this pile implies, and it only wants a fine tower steeple, and a spire on top of it". There were a number of royal burials on this site, including those of Catharine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Reeve & Jones | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Reeve | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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