The original parish church, dating from the 11th century, was some distance to the east of the current location, on the site now occupied by Bishop Creighton Academy.

[1] Two royal funerals took place at the nearby Cathedral during the 16th century, Katherine of Aragon (1536) and Mary, Queen of Scots (1587).

[1] Following the English Civil War, in 1651 permission was granted by Parliament to demolish the church and use it as building materials, though the plan did not go ahead.

[3] The church was refurnished in High Anglican manner in 1938 and incorporated a new rood and elaborately painted and gilded timber reredos with carved figures under heavily traceried canopies.

It depicts notable people connected to Peterborough: Symon Gunton, vicar of the parish during the plague, between 1665 and 1667 (d.1676), Nurse Edith Cavell (d. 1915), Captain Thomas Mellows (d. 1944, fighting in the French Resistance), and William Law (d. 1761).