For other uses, see Peterborough (disambiguation).
Soke of Peterborough
1889–1965
Coat of arms
Soke of Peterborough shown within England, with 1890 borders
Capital
Peterborough
Area
• 1901
216.37 km2 (83.54 sq mi)
• 1961
216.37 km2 (83.54 sq mi)
Population
• 1901
41,122
• 1961
74,758
Status
Administrative county of the United Kingdom
Government
Soke of Peterborough County Council
• Motto
Cor Unum (One Heart)
History
• Established
1889
• Disestablished
1965
Succeeded by
Huntingdon and Peterborough
The Soke of Peterborough is a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire. The Soke was also described as the Liberty of Peterborough, or Nassaburgh hundred, and comprised, besides Peterborough, about thirty parishes.[1]
The area forms much of the present City of Peterborough unitary authority area in the post-1974 ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire. The Church of England dioceses of Peterborough and Ely still, however, follow the boundary of the Soke, with only the part of the city that is north of the River Nene lying within the Diocese of Peterborough,[2][3] while Thorney and urban areas south of the Nene, including Stanground and Fletton, are in the Diocese of Ely.
The term soke refers to a general legal term in medieval England referring to various concepts, including a jurisdiction of land or rights to hold a court or receive fines.
^Britton, John and Brayley, Edward Wedlake The Beauties of England and Wales J. Harris, London, 1818
^Background information Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Diocese of Peterborough (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
^"Bishop Donald becomes Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely". Diocese of Peterborough. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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