found their way to the neighbourhood of Peterborough, and one night succeeded in taking the body of a young man, recently buried, from the church-yard of Stanground. A man was taken into custody at Peterborough on suspicion: two others, supposed to be his companions escaped. A horse and cart belonging to the party, and left at Norman Cross, was detained by the Peterborough constables. Various instruments used in the horrid traffic where found in a ditch near the bridge. Notable people Raymond Smythies (1824–1861), cricketer See also Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 Stanground Newt Ponds Stanground Wash References External links Stanground College now Stanground Academy Stanground St. Johns School Oakdale School Southfields School Believe in Stanground! Park Farm Neighbourhood News Architecture in Peterborough Vice Consulate of Italy in Bedford Suburbs of Peterborough Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire