Place:Peterborough District, Cambridgeshire, England

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Peterborough District became part of the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire in a major revision that took place in 1974.

From 1889, the ancient Soke of Peterborough had formed an administrative county in its own right with boundaries similar, although not identical, to those drawn up in 1974. However the area remained geographically part of Northamptonshire until 1965, when the Soke was merged with Huntingdonshire to form the county of Huntingdon and Peterborough.

Following a review of local government in 1974, Huntingdon and Peterborough was abolished and the current district was created by the merger of

• the Municipal Borough of Peterborough with
• Peterborough Rural District,
• Barnack Rural District,
• Thorney Rural District,
• Old Fletton Urban District, Huntingdonshire and
• a northern section of the Norman Cross Rural District, Huntingdonshire, which had each existed since 1894.

Letters patent were granted continuing the status of city over the greater area. In 1998, the city became autonomous of Cambridgeshire county council as a unitary authority and was renamed "The City of Peterborough". It continues to form part of Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes. The leader and cabinet model of decision-making, first adopted by the city council in 2001, is similar to national government.

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