Place:St. Neots Rural, Huntingdonshire, England

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NameSt. Neots Rural
TypeRural district
Located inHuntingdonshire, England     (1894 - 1965)
Also located inHuntingdon and Peterborough, England     (1965 - 1974)
See alsoHuntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality which covers the area since 1974

St Neots Rural District existed in Huntingdonshire, England, from 1894 until 1965 and in the administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 until 1974. Since 1974 the area has been located in the administrative area named the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire, England.

The rural district covered the south or southwest corner of Huntingdonshire with Huntingdon Rural District to the north and bordered with the counties of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire on the east, south and west.

The rural district was of such a shape that it was found necessary to split the district into two maps. The northwest section of the district follows the southeast in the table that follows. They use slightly different scales.

List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationImage:St Neots RD recut SE.png
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Abbotsley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Buckden ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Catworth civil parish 1885 - 1965
Covington ancient parish, civil parish 1935 - 1974
Diddington ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Eynesbury ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1895
Eynesbury Hardwicke civil parish 1894 - 1965
Grafham ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Graveley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Great Gransdenancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Great Paxton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Great Staughtonancient parish, civil parish1894 - 1965
Hail Weston chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Kimbolton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Little Paxton chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Midloe extra parochial area, civil parish 1894 - 1935
Offord Cluny ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Offord Darcy ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Southoe ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1935
Southoe and Midloe civil parish 1935 - 1965
St. Neots ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1895
St. Neots Rural (parish)civil parish1895 - 1965
Stow Longa (formerly named Stow) ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Tetworth hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Tilbrook ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Toseland chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Waresley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965
Yelling ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1965


Research Tips

  • Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
  • The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
  • A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
  • GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time