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You can use our online ordering facility (below) to make a donation or to purchase the following items (except for the final two which can only be ordered by email or post). A delivery charge of £3.00 per order is payable for all orders.

Orders by email or post can be made by printing off and using our order form, or purchase items at our open meetings which are listed on our visits and talks page.

Peterborough in Detail Greetings Cards - only £5.00 per pack of six

These superb cards have been created by the Peterborough Civic Society, using photographs taken in the preparation of our acclaimed book, 'Peterborough and its Villages in Detail', sadly no longer in print.

All the proceeds are donated to the Cathedral to assist with the maintenance of its fabric.

Each card comes together with an envelope, all enclosed in a cellophane wrapper. The inside pages have been left blank, so the cards are suitable for use for all types of occasion.

Each pack has six cards as shown below, each containing twenty five images of Peterborough.

The cards are for sale at £5.00 per pack of six cards. In each pack of six, you will receive one card of each design. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

If you wish to purchase multiples of individual designs, rather than the full set, please contact our treasurer, Roger Davis (contact details on order form) to discuss.

Click on image for a larger view.


Carvings	Chimneys	Doors	Steeples, towers, turrets	Weathervanes	Windows

The collages have been prepared by our vice-chairman, Toby Wood. We would like to acknowledge the support given by the Peterborough Photographic Society and Fisherprint Ltd. in their realisation.

Central Park, Peterborough - an appreciation

Written by Toby Wood who describes the booklet as an appreciation of, and introduction to, Central Park Peterborough, a place that Toby and his family have used and enjoyed over five generations. There are many documents about the Park that have been written over the years, particularly by local historians such as Stephen Perry.

If you have not visited before, we hope this book will encourage you to visit and enjoy Central Park and see it change through the seasons, or if you are a regular visitor, encourage you to find more about the park.

This is a must read and very comprehensive booklet to help get the most, and fully appreciate all that can be found in Central Park.

The book is priced at £5.00. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

Photographs of my city

The book has been produced by Toby Wood, vice chair of the Society. It is a fascinating collection of all his own photographs covering a wide diversity of subjects, samples below to whet your appetite. Profits from it go to the charity "Helping Our Ukrainian Friends". Toby describes his book as follows:-

"This book not about Peterborough, it is about my Peterborough, from the magnificence of the Cathedral’s west front to a butterfly in our garden on the edge of Dogsthorpe. This book is a personal celebration of my home city, Peterborough, the place where I was born, brought up, in which I worked and retired. It is a collection of favourite snaps, the majority of which have been taken with various versions of iPhones as I have walked round the city over the past ten years or so. In the book I am trying to demonstrate that most people can take pictures of everyday things in their locality.

Think of these photos as cheese and onion crisps, all from the same packet but with each one a different shape yet with a similar taste.

I want to show you my Peterborough – the good, the memorable, the mundane, the quirky and the random. Consequently this is not a guide book or a glossy publication designed to show off every aspect of the city at its best. It is a book intended to encourage those people living in or visiting Peterborough to look around and take just a little more notice."

The book is priced at £10.00. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

Peterborough Blue Plaques booklet

Our 28 page booklet is a handy version of the material available on our Blue Plaques pages. It contains illustrations and details of all of the plaque locations, designed to assist you in finding your way around. Sadly space does not permit all the available material to be included in the booklet, so do please use it in combination with our Blue Plaques pages to see all available information and illustrations.

The booklet can be ordered now from the Society at £2.00 each (to cover postage and packing) by clicking on the image right to be taken to our online sales section below.

Alternatively download, complete and return our order form.

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The Romans in the Nene Valley

What did the Romans ever do for Peterborough? Well, they didn’t found our city, but they have left us an impressive range of features and artefacts which have been uncovered and studied over the past two hundred years.

The Nene Valley Archaeological Trust have kindly agreed that we can sell on their behalf copies of their recently published book, The Romans in the Nene Valley”, by Dr. Stephen Upex. With many illustrations, this book provides an overview of the development of the lower Nene valley from the late Iron Age to the very end of Roman rule. The Roman military presence is covered along with details of forts, villas, farmsteads, religions, and burials, and also the important Roman town of Durobrivae (near Water Newton) with its sprawling suburbs.

Dr. Upex has excavated, written about and researched the area for over forty years and brings together an insightful account of the Nene Valley and its Roman past.

The book is priced at £15.00. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

Edmund Tyrell Artis & the Durobrivae of Antoninus

This is a facsimile of the famous set of plates published in 1823 by pioneer archaeologist Edmund Artis to illustrate his extensive excavations in and around Castor, together with an introduction by Dr Stephen Upex covering both Artis and the plates.

The illustrations are reproduced in colour on high quality paper, with many pages opening out to twice A4 size.

Originally issued to subscribers in instalments over a period of 5 years, the surviving copies are often incomplete, of variable quality, and hard to find. This complete compilation marking their 200th anniversary makes them accessible to all.

With the late Geoff Dannell, Stephen Upex has spent decades piecing together the life and works of ET Artis. His research interests spanned many topics and he left his mark on both palaeontology and archaeology. The Durobrivae provides an illustrated account of his excavations and finds in the Nene Valley in and around Castor, near Peterborough.

The book is priced at £30.00. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

Here are a few samples of the pages, click to enlarge:-

DVD RAF Peterborough (Westwood Airfield)

The DVD tells the story of RAF Peterborough, operational from 1932 to 1964 at Westwood Airfield from its origins through to the 1970s through archive film and interviews local historians and with people who have first hand memories of life on the airfield.

Aircrew were recruited from around the world and many received some of their training at RAF Peterborough as a flying training base. Some buildings remain, notable the fine exterior of the Officer's Mess, but the former airfield now lies under the housing estates of Westwood, Ravensthorpe and Netherton, and the Westwood industrial estate.

It was produced by Blue Slate Media

We have now sold out of our original stock of DVDs and sadly Blue Slate Media are unable to supply us with any more. However we can offer copies at the bargain price of £8.50.

Order online (below) or print off and use our order form. To see front and rear of the DVD sleeve click on the image.

Crowland

Compiled by local historian and Crowland resident, Stephen Perry. Lying just over the Lincolnshire border, our neighbouring town of Crowland is well known for its medieval Abbey and fourteenth century three-sided Trinity Bridge. Stephen has compiled this 124 page hard back book to illustrate other aspects of its rich heritage, including people, buildings, events, and celebrations.

The book is priced at £10.00. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

Here are a few samples of the pages, click to enlarge:-

Thirsty Work

In the 1970s and ‘80s Victorian rubbish dumps were dug by avid collectors in search of soft drinks bottles and flagons. One such local collector was the late Greg Prior. This 236-page hardback book is the work of Greg and his wife historian Avril Lumley Prior. Together they have drawn on his collection to produce a fascinating and thoroughly researched history of the 39 soft drinks manufacturers that quenched the Peterborian thirst between 1846 and recent times. Book signed by the author.

The book is priced at £19.95. Order online (below) or print off and use our order form.

The Stamford Canal

One of England’s earliest canals, the Stamford Canal was first authorised under Elizabeth I in 1571 yet wasn’t completed until 1670. The purpose of the Canal was to facilitate the transport of goods such as barley and coal from the limit of navigation on the River Welland at Deeping St James up to the important town of Stamford. For its time, it was a remarkable and ambitious project, requiring the construction of twelve locks. The Canal proved successful for close to two hundred years but was dealt a fatal blow by the arrival of the Midland Railway in Stamford in 1848, succumbing to this new competition after only fifteen years.

This book, edited by the late Keith Simpson, is published by Deepings Heritage who have kindly made copies available to us. As well as describing the story of the canal, it includes details of the features that survive in the present day landscape, together with a detailed map.

The book is priced at £9.00. Order by printing off our order form. Ordering online is not available for this item.

Peterborough Alphabet Greetings Cards
only £1.00 each or six for £5.00

These cards were created by Toby Wood of the Peterborough Civic Society in 2020. The pictures cover all the letters of the alphabet and highlight some of Peterborough's most striking assets. Try and identify the photos on the front then check the reverse for the answers, and see if you are right!

Each card comes together with an envelope, all enclosed in a cellophane wrapper. The inside pages have been left blank, so the cards are suitable for use for all types of occasion. Click on an image to see a larger view of the card.

Order by printing off our order form. Ordering online is not available for this item.

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Peterborough and its Villages in Detail out of print

Published by the Society, is a hardback book covering the fascinating architectural detail of our distinctive local buildings. It included over 850 superb photographs taken by members of the Peterborough Photographic Society. Sadly all our stock is now sold, the book may still be available in bookshops, or found second hand by searching the internet.

Here are some of the reviews we received:

Griff Rhys-Jones, President of the Victorian Society .... a ravishing document, a visual cornucopia, a fascinating sourcebook of architectural detail

Ancient Monuments Society ..... a quite outstanding book .... a scholarly informed text revelling in the variety of architectural detail and craftsmanship

Living Villages .... Peterborough Civic Society deserves unreserved credit for this sumptuously produced celebration of the many, sometimes gloriously idiosyncratic, architectural details that adorn the buildings of Peterborough and the many villages within its rural environs

and some comments from purchasers:

A masterpiece of selection ... the text genuinely illuminating and the production quality first rate

A most appealing record of a host of beautiful local architectural features .... the text is informative and informed ... I shall treasure my copy

Beautifully photographed, thoughtfully laid out .... the text is just right .... a superb book

Some sample pages - click to enlarge.

Peterborough Civic Society Tea Towel sold out

Our own tea towel which measures 800mm x 485mm (19in x 31.5in) but is now sold out. To see a larger image please click on the towel.

Designed around our first phase plaques trail leaflet, before we introduced our Blue Plaques scheme and replaced the leaflet with our Blue Plaques booklet.

page last changed 24 June 2024