Longthorpe

{{Short description|Area of Peterborough, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

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| static_image_caption= Signpost in Longthorpe

| country = England

| region = East of England

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| post_town = PETERBOROUGH

| postcode_area = PE

| postcode_district = PE3

| dial_code = 01733

| lieutenancy_england = Cambridgeshire

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Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} west from the city centre, the area covers {{convert|1,390|acre|ha|abbr=off}}. For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough West ward.

A 1st century Roman fort was established at Longthorpe, it may have been as early as around AD 44–48 but was certainly present by 61–62. The first phase covered {{convert|27|acre|ha}}, this was later replaced by another fort measuring {{convert|11|acre|ha}}.[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=364099 Monument No. 364099] National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 20 July 2008)

The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1850 from the parish of Saint John the Baptist. The church of Saint Botolph is a plain building of coarse rubble, dating from the 13th century, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a western bell cote, containing one bell. In the chancel is a piscina and aumbry, two other brackets and a piscina are in the south aisle and two brackets in the north aisle.LONGTHORPE 1. 1500 Parish Church of St. Botolph TL 1698 12/3 7.2.52. A 2, see [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331544 Images of England No. 49710] National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007) The church was restored in 1869 and will seat about 200 persons. The register dates from the year 1837; the earlier register is included in that of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough.[http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cgi-bin/cambscoll/history.pl?term=Peterborough&category=village&exact=exact Peterborough with Longthorpe and Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928122351/http://www.cromwellcollection.org.uk/cgi-bin/cambscoll/history.pl?term=Peterborough&category=village&exact=exact |date=28 September 2007 }} [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/pageviewer.asp?pnum=616&zoom=&dn=LUL5008tif&fn Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire] (p.239) Kelly & Co., London, 1903 Objections to controversial works were raised by the Victorian Society, Historic England and the Twentieth Century Society in 2017.[https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opposition-to-church-revamp-plans-lodged-1-7901929 Opposition to church revamp plans lodged] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 5 April 2017

Oliver St John, a Lord Chief Justice who supported Parliament in the English Civil War, bought the lease of the manor of Longthorpe and built Thorpe Hall. In 1654 it was described by the author John Evelyn as "a stately place...built out of the ruins of the Bishop's Palace and cloisters."Davies, Elizabeth et al. [http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-9568 Civil war and a return to peace] Peterborough: A Story of City and Country, People and Places (pp.18-19) Peterborough City Council and Pitkin Unichrome, 2001 It is a Grade I listed building, situated in a Grade II listed garden open to members of the public throughout the year.

Longthorpe Tower, a 14th-century, three-storey tower and fortified manor house in the care of English Heritage, is also situated here. A Grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument protected by law, it contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of the period in northern Europe.Salter, Mike The Castles of East Anglia (p.21) Folly Publications, Malvern, 2001 Exhibitions are held there from time to time by local artists.

Longthorpe contains a number of other listed buildings, including the old Manor HouseLONGTHORPE 1. 1500 (South Side) Old Manor House TL 1690 12/58 7.2.52. II 2, see [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1161994 Images of England No. 49720] National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007) and the Holy (or St. Cloud's) Well to south-east of the Manor House.LONGTHORPE 1. 1500 (South Side) Holy Well to South-East of Manor House TL 1698 12/244 7.5.73. II 2, see [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331507 Images of England No. 49719] National Monuments Record, English Heritage (retrieved 7 February 2007)

Longthorpe Primary School is located in the village on Bradwell Road; secondary pupils attend nearby Jack Hunt School in Netherton.