New England, Peterborough 2226463 218010009 2008-06-08T19:15:31Z Edward 4261 link 'marshalling yard' to [[classification yard]] '''New England''' is residential area of the city of [[Peterborough]], [[Cambridgeshire]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough North ward. The area is bounded by [[Millfield, Peterborough|Millfield]] to the south, [[Dogsthorpe]] to the east, by the [[A47 road|A47]] (Soke Parkway) to the north and the [[A15 road|A15]] (Bourges Boulevard) to the west. The [[Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque]] opened here in 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2675759.stm Mosque due to open in Peterborough] BBC News, [[20 January]] [[2003]] 09:37 [[GMT]]</ref> Railway lines began operating locally during the 1840s, but it was the 1850 opening of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway's]] main line from [[London]] to [[York]], that transformed Peterborough from a market town to an industrial centre. Relatively little urban development took place to the west of the railway, but the [[classification yard|marshalling yard]]s and other installations were labour intensive and housing for railway workers and their families spread from the vicinity of the [[Peterborough railway station|North station]] almost to [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]]. The Great Northern built an entire community here, which provided much of the labour for the enormous marshalling yard and associated engine sheds close by.<ref>Brandon, David and Knight, John ''Peterborough Past: The City and The Soke'' (p.43) Phillimore & Co., Chichester, 2001</ref> Fulbridge County [[Primary School]] is located in the area; following the closure of nearby Walton Comprehensive School in July 2007, secondary pupils attend [[The Voyager School]] which opened in September 2007. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.fulbridgeschool.com/ Fulbridge School] {{Peterborough}} {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub}} [[Category:Peterborough]]