Place:Huntingdon and Peterborough, England

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Name	Huntingdon and Peterborough
Alt names	Huntingdonshire and Peterborough	source: Wikipedia
Type	Administrative county
Located in	England (1965 - 1974)
See also	Huntingdonshire, England	county which merged into Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965
	Soke of Peterborough, England	county which merged into Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965
	Cambridgeshire, England	county into which Huntingdon and Peterborough merged in 1974

Contained Places

Administrative county: Soke of Peterborough ( 1965 - 1974 )
Ancient parish: Abbots Ripton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Abbotsley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Alconbury ( 1965 - 1974 ); Alwalton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Barnack ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bluntisham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Brampton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Brington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Broughton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Buckden ( 1965 - 1974 ); Buckworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bury ( 1965 - 1974 ); Caldecote ( 1965 - 1974 ); Castor ( 1965 - 1974 ); Chesterton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Conington All Saints ( 1965 - 1974 ); Coppingford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Covington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Denton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Diddington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Easton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eaton Socon ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ellington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Elton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Etton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eye ( 1965 - 1974 ); Fenstanton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Fletton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Folksworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Glatton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Grafham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Graveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Gidding ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Gransden ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Paxton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Raveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Staughton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Stukeley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Haddon ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hamerton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hartford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Helpston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hemingford Abbots ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hemingford Grey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hilton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Holywell cum Needingworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Houghton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Keyston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Kimbolton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Kings Ripton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Stukeley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Longthorpe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Maxey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Molesworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Morborne ( 1965 - 1974 ); Newborough ( 1965 - 1974 ); Norman Cross ( 1965 - 1974 ); Northborough ( 1965 - 1974 ); Offord Darcy ( 1965 - 1974 ); Old Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Orton Longueville ( 1965 - 1974 ); Orton Waterville ( 1965 - 1974 ); Paston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peakirk ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ramsey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Sibson cum Stibbington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Somersham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Southoe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Spaldwick ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Ives ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Neots ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stilton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stow Longa ( 1965 - 1974 ); Tetworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Thorney ( 1965 - 1974 ); Thornhaugh ( 1965 - 1974 ); Tilbrook ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ufford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wansford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Warboys ( 1965 - 1974 ); Waresley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Washingley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Water Newton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Winwick ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wistow ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wittering ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodwalton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wyton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Yaxley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Yelling ( 1965 - 1974 )
Borough: Alconbury Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Godmanchester ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hartford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Huntingdon ( 1965 - 1974 ); Kings Ripton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Offord Cluny ( 1965 - 1974 )
Borough (county): Peterborough ( 1965 - 1974 )
Borough (municipal): Godmanchester ( 1965 - 1974 ); Huntingdon and Godmanchester ( 1965 - 1974 ); Huntingdon ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Ives ( 1965 - 1974 )
Cathedral city: Peterborough ( 1965 - 1974 )
Chapelry: Bainton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Barham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bury ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bythorn ( 1965 - 1974 ); Colne ( 1965 - 1974 ); Farcet ( 1965 - 1974 ); Glinton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hail Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Holme ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Paxton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Raveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Old Hurst ( 1965 - 1974 ); Pidley cum Fenton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Sutton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Toseland ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upton (near Castor) ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upwood ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wistow ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodhurst ( 1965 - 1974 )
Civil parish: Abbots Ripton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Abbotsley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ailsworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Alconbury Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Alconbury ( 1965 - 1974 ); Alwalton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ashton by Bainton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bainton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Barham and Woolley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Barham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Barnack ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bluntisham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Borough Fen ( 1965 - 1974 ); Brampton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Brington and Molesworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Brington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Broughton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Buckden ( 1965 - 1974 ); Buckworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bury ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bythorn and Keyston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Bythorn ( 1965 - 1974 ); Caldecote ( 1965 - 1974 ); Castor ( 1965 - 1974 ); Catworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Chesterton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Colne ( 1965 - 1974 ); Conington All Saints ( 1965 - 1974 ); Coppingford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Covington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Deeping Gate ( 1965 - 1974 ); Denton and Caldecote ( 1965 - 1974 ); Denton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Diddington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Earith ( 1965 - 1974 ); Easton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eaton Socon ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ellington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Elton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Etton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eye ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eynesbury Hardwicke ( 1965 - 1974 ); Farcet ( 1965 - 1974 ); Fenstanton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Fletton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Folksworth and Washingley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Folksworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Glatton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Glinton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Grafham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Graveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Gidding ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Gransden ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Paxton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Raveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Staughton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Great Stukeley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Haddon ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hail Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hamerton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hartford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Helpston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hemingford Abbots ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hemingford Grey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Hilton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Holme ( 1965 - 1974 ); Holywell cum Needingworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Houghton and Wyton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Houghton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Keyston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Kimbolton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Kings Ripton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Leighton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Gidding ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Paxton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Raveley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Little Stukeley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Longthorpe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Marholm ( 1965 - 1974 ); Maxey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Molesworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Morborne ( 1965 - 1974 ); Newborough ( 1965 - 1974 ); Norman Cross ( 1965 - 1974 ); Northborough ( 1965 - 1974 ); Offord Cluny ( 1965 - 1974 ); Offord Darcy ( 1965 - 1974 ); Old Hurst ( 1965 - 1974 ); Old Weston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Orton Waterville ( 1965 - 1974 ); Paston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peakirk ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peterborough Without ( 1965 - 1974 ); Pidley cum Fenton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ramsey ( 1965 - 1974 ); Sawtry ( 1965 - 1974 ); Sibson cum Stibbington ( 1965 - 1974 ); Somersham ( 1965 - 1974 ); Southoe and Midloe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Southoe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Spaldwick ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stamford Baron St. Martin's Without ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stanground North ( 1965 - 1974 ); Steeple Gidding ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stilton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Stow Longa ( 1965 - 1974 ); Sutton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Tetworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); The Offords ( 1965 - 1974 ); The Stukeleys ( 1965 - 1974 ); Thorney ( 1965 - 1974 ); Thornhaugh ( 1965 - 1974 ); Tilbrook ( 1965 - 1974 ); Toseland ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ufford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upton (near Castor) ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upton and Coppingford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upwood and The Raveleys ( 1965 - 1974 ); Upwood ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wansford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Warboys ( 1965 - 1974 ); Waresley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Washingley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Water Newton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Winwick ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wistow ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wittering ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodhurst ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woodwalton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woolley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wothorpe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wyton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Yaxley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Yelling ( 1965 - 1974 )
District municipality: Huntingdonshire District ( 1965 - 1974 )
Extra parochial area: Borough Fen ( 1965 - 1974 )
Hamlet: Ailsworth ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ashton by Bainton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Deeping Gate ( 1965 - 1974 ); Earith ( 1965 - 1974 ); Eaton Ford ( 1965 - 1974 ); Holme ( 1965 - 1974 ); Marholm ( 1965 - 1974 ); Steeple Gidding ( 1965 - 1974 ); Woolley ( 1965 - 1974 ); Wothorpe ( 1965 - 1974 )
Locality: The Offords ( 1965 - 1974 )
Rural district: Barnack Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); Huntingdon Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); Norman Cross Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peterborough Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Ives Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Neots Rural ( 1965 - 1974 ); Thorney Rural ( 1965 - 1974 )
Suburb: Glinton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Longthorpe ( 1965 - 1974 ); Paston ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peterborough Without ( 1965 - 1974 )
Unitary authority: Peterborough District ( 1965 - 1974 ); Peterborough ( 1965 - 1974 )
Urban district: Old Fletton ( 1965 - 1974 ); Ramsey ( 1965 - 1974 ); St. Neots ( 1965 - 1974 )

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.

1 Formation
2 Divisions
3 Abolition
4 Research Tips

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Formation

The Local Government Act 1888 created four small neighbouring administrative counties in the east of England: Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough.

Between the end of World War 2 and 1964, two commissions on local government in England considered various possibilities for merging the counties, since their individual populations were not viable for the economic provision of services. There was opposition to combining all four counities into one. The final decision was to create two counties: Huntingdon and Peterborough, and Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.

The new county was formed on 1 April 1965 from the areas of the administrative counties of Huntingdonshire and Soke of Peterborough (with minor boundary changes) plus Thorney Rural District from the Isle of Ely. As well as becoming an administrative county, Huntingdon and Peterborough also became a county for other statutory purposes. Accordingly the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Peterborough ceased to be part of the geographical county of Northamptonshire. A single commission of peace and court of quarter sessions were established for the new county.

At the next census in 1971, the county's population was 202,622.

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Divisions

The county was divided into thirteen local government districts: three municipal boroughs, three urban districts and seven rural districts. Each of these existed as subdivisions of the predecessor counties.

Huntingdon and Godmanchester Municipal Borough from Huntingdonshire
City of Peterborough Municipal Borough from the Soke of Peterborough
St. Ives Municipal Borough from Huntingdonshire
Old Fletton Urban District from Huntingdonshire
Ramsey Urban District from Huntingdonshire
St Neots Urban District from Huntingdonshire
Barnack Rural District from Soke of Peterborough
Huntingdon Rural District from Huntingdonshire
Peterborough Rural District from Soke of Peterborough
Norman Cross Rural District from Huntingdonshire
St. Ives Rural District from Huntingdonshire
St. Neots Rural District from Huntingdonshire
Thorney Rural District from the Isle of Ely

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Abolition

The county only had a nine-year existence. In 1974 the Local Government Act 1972 completely reformed administrative structures throughout England and Wales excluding Greater London. A system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, each divided into districts was introduced. Huntingdon and Peterborough was merged with neighbouring Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely to form the new enlarged non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire. Peterborough and Huntingdon became two of the county's six administrative districts and in 1984, following a resolution of the council, Huntingdon District was renamed Huntingdonshire.

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Research Tips

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