Werrington Local History Group
Werrington is a residential area and historic village to the north of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The area is broadly divided into two distinct sections: the historic village and ‘New’ Werrington. Sited approximately four miles from the city centre, it was originally recorded as a small hamlet in the Domesday book of 1086 with a population of 75 within the parish of Walton. It features early settlement evidence from Roman times, including tools and materials discovered near the fen edge close to the Carr Dyke.Werrington has grown and evolved from a small agricultural settlement into a sprawling ‘township’, with the old village at the heart of the community.
Werrington Local History Group celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2025. An extract from the group’s first newsletter in May 1986 explains how it all began.
Things have moved on from the original meetings and we have now moved our meetings to the Village Centre to more comfortably accommodate our members which now number over 100.Our fees have of course increased (see our About Us page for details), but still represent good value for money.
You may not think of yourself as a local historian but if you are the sort of person to be found working, individually or in a group, on the history of your house, your family, your village or your town, or searching in the archives at a local record office or attending evening classes on local history or the local environment, or visiting buildings and sites of historic interest, then membership of the Werrington Local History Group can certainly benefit you and your friends.
