Dogsthorpe was apparently in the hands of a Saxon called Dodde and took its name Doddesthorpe from him.
AncientIy also called Dodsthorpe, formerly a hamlet of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough, 2 miles north-east therefrom. |
| 1578 |
The Manor house which had been a grange of the Abbey was bought by William Fitzwilliam as his home. |
| 1598 |
Earliest parts of Bluebell then a Farmhouse built |
| 1633 |
The 1st Baron Fitzwilliam, sold Dogsthorpe Manor and farm. |
| 1665 |
Stone built farmhouse now the Bluebell built |
| 1665 |
In September 1665 the Plague made a final visitation upon Peterborough, killing a third of its population in a matter of months. |
| 1673 |
House of Walter Slye licenced for use by Presberterian Minister |
| 1698 |
The death of William Sly |
| 1806 |
Farmhouse (the Bluebell) owner John Bull died left property to John Cave |
| 1810 |
John Cave took out 6 day licence |
| 1817 |
The Hull Advertiser reported: "On Wednesday se'pnight, at Peterborough, Mr Geo. Shelstone of Dogsthorpe, led to the altar his fourth wife, Mrs S Dolby, who, for the space of three tedious weeks, had been the disconsolate widow of her second husband." |
| 1819 |
Stamford Mercury 1819 On Tuesday the 9th Feb 1819 Mr D.TURNER,farmer,was married to Miss ROBINSON, both of Dogsthorpe near Peterborough. |
| 1821 |
Also reported in the Stamford Mercury: Nov 1821, Summary Justice.
One day last week a highwayman stopped a farmer on the Lincoln Rd, near Dogsthorpe, Full article. |
| 1832 |
Arthur GARRATT of Dogsthorpe, mar widower Martha BARNES otp, spinster 1832 15-Oct Thorney Abbey CAMBS |
| 1833 |
The first Methodist Chapel at St Pauls Rd Dogsthorpe was established |
| 1841 |
The first Census collecting peoples names was taken. Dogsthorpe is district 10 of St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire. |
| 1845 |
Thomas MADDISON Sarah MADDISON b.Dogsthorpe, Peterborough 1845 16-Mar Shoreditch, Middlesex |
| 1850 |
John MADDISON Ann MADDISON b.Dogsthorpe, Peterborough 1850 03-Feb Shoreditch, Middlesex
Thomas MADDISON b.1821 Dogsthorpe, Peterborough mar Mary GIBSON 1850 09-Sep St. Marylebone, Middlesex |
| 1848 |
A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis
"Dogsthorpe a chapelry, in the parish of St John the Baptist, soke and union of Peterborough, N division of Northamptonshire, 1 ¾ mile N. from Peterborough: containing 514 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St Botolph." |
| 1852 |
The National Society opened a school in Dogsthorpe. |
| 1867 |
An application was made to Parliament for James Sawyer of Peterborough to extend the existing gasworks and supply Dogsthorpe. Reported in the Daily News, London, 21 Nov 1867. |
| 1869 |
See the Post Office Directory. |
| 1870 -72 |
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dogsthorpe like this:
DOGSTHORPE, a hamlet in St. John-Baptist parish, Northampton; 1¾ mile N of Peterborough. Acres, 2,130. Real property, £6,837. Pop., 425. Houses, 96. There are a chapel of ease and a dissenting chapel. |
| 1871 |
John Walmsly BELL of Dogsthorpe, age 24, bachelor, miller, father Walmsley, labourer Mary Ann COOKE otp, age 24, spinster, father Joseph, labourer 1871 23-Oct Langtoft LINCS . |
| 1872 |
The Pall Mall Gazette, London, 11 Oct 1872, announced the marriage of Payne - Stourton - at St Jude's Hene-hill, Mr FF Payne Solicitor, to Agnes, daughter of Mr J Stourton, of Dogsthorpe, Peterborough on Oct 9.
The Daily News, London, managed to spell Sturton correctly and had the additional information that Mr Payne was the son of Mr FA Payne of Tiverton, and that J Sturton Esq lived at the Grange. |
| 1881 |
Kelly's Directory (1890): The area (of Dogsthorpe) is 2,130 acres and the population in 1881 was 520. |
| 1886 |
The Daily News, London, on 6 Nov 1886, reported the death of Elizabeth, widow of J Sturton, Esq., late of Dogsthorpe, aged 80. |
| 1888 |
The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 31 Jan 1888.
Application for a Wife |
| 1889 |
Peterborough Election reported in the Leeds Mercury 2 Oct 1889
Mr S C Buxton MP addressed a meeting at Dogsthorpe yesterday, his audience being chiefly agricultural labourers, with a smal sprinkling of railway men. Full article. |
| 1893 |
There is a Mission Hall at Garton End, erected in 1893, |
| 1894 |
Shocking Death of a Farmer, 16 April 1894
The body of Mr Robert Vergette, of Dogsthorpe, near Peterborough, a well-known farmer in the district, was found yesterday doubled up in a ditch. It is supposed that in climbing over the fence of a field the top rail broke, and that deceased dropped into the ditch, when , owing to the position in which he fell, he was suffocated. Birmingham Daily Post. |
| 1898 |
Methodist Chapel at St Pauls Rd Dogsthorpe was extended. |
| 1900 |
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| 1901 |
285 people listed in Dogsthorpe in the 1901 census, and 126 in Garton End. |
| 1903 |
Tram service to Dogsthorpe starts.
Mission hall in Garton End used as Sunday school
See People for Information from Kellys Directory of 1903. |
| 1905 |
Newspaper Cutting Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 23 Sep 1905
A staircase taken from a sixteenth century house at Dogsthorpe in process of demolition, was sold at firewood price to a Peterborough dealer, who has renovated it and resold it at a handsome profit to an American for erection in his mansion. |
| 1930 |
Trams are replaced by Bus service |
| 1935 |
Comet Inn obtained it’s spirit licence |
| 1937 |
Northfield Inn built by John Lucas Ltd |
| 1940s |
The firestation moved to Dogsthorpe from Queen Street. |
| 1945 |
Dogsthorpe Estate started, the first major project undertaken by the council. |
| 1947 |
The Crab and Winkle Line The line headed out across the flat fenland past Dogsthorpe Brickworks and on through Thorney and Wisbech.The great floods of March 1947 were preceded by heavy falls of snow on Thursday, 6th March the City of Peterborough found itself almost cut off by both road and rail. The 6.15am goods train was stuck in drifts at Dogsthorpe. |
| 1950 |
Church with Novel Altar
A temporary church was yesterday dedicated to Christ the Capenter by the Bishop of Peterborough at the Peterborough Corporation housing estate at Dogsthorpe. It has an altar in the shape of a carpenters bench.
Reported on 24 July 1950 in the Aberdeen Journal |
| 1956 |
Methodist Church in Birchtree Avenue opened |
| 1959 |
The Crab and Winkle line closed to passengers. |
| 1967 |
New Methodist Church opened |