Peakirk is a civil parish in the city of Peterborough

Peterborough

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, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

 in the United Kingdom

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. For local government purposes it forms part of Newborough

Newborough, Cambridgeshire

Newborough is a ward and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom.The village lies within the Peterborough constituency represented by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Stewart "Tito" Jackson....

 ward; for parliamentary purposes it falls within North West Cambridgeshire constituency. In 2001, the parish had a population of 321 persons and 139 households.

Saint Pega

Pega

Pega , was an anchoress of Mercia, and the sister of Saint Guthlac. She was born in Mercia. She lived as an anchoress at Peakirk in the modern county of Cambridgeshire, not far from Guthlac's hermitage at Crowland. When he realized that his end was near in 714, he invited her to his funeral...

 (died c. 719) the sister of Saint Guthlac of Crowland

Crowland

Crowland or Croyland is a small town in south Lincolnshire, England, positioned between Peterborough and Spalding, with two sites of historical interest.-Geography:...

, had a hermitage here. The parish church is dedicated to St Pega and the name of the village is derived from "Pega's church".

The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

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, founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946 to preserve and maintain Britain's many species of waterfowl, had a reserve here until 2001.

Glinton cum Peakirk Church of England

Church of England

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 (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is situated in neighbouring Glinton

Glinton, Cambridgeshire

Glinton is a village to the north of the City of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom.It has a population of 3130 and consists of about 1200 dwellings....

; secondary pupils attend Arthur Mellows Village College

Arthur Mellows Village College

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also in Glinton.

Peakirk also has an unusual war memorial. An oak-panelled frame with 48 photographs and details of the service of all who served from the village during world war one, and not just those who died.