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Norman Cross 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 Huntingdonshire administrative district of Cambridgeshire, England.
Norman Cross Rural District was located in the northern part of Huntingdonshire.
List of Parishes
| Parish | Description | Duration | Notes
| | Alwalton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Caldecote | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1935 | abolished 1935
| | Chesterton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Denton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 | abolished 1935
| | Denton and Caldecote | civil parish | 1935 - 1965 | formed in 1935 from the parishes of Denton and Caldecote
| | Elton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1935 - 1974 |
| | Farcet | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Fletton | civil parish | 1894 - 1905 | transferred to Old Fletton Urban District in 1905
| | Folksworth | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1935 | abolished 1935
| | Folksworth and Washingley | civil parish | 1935 - 1965 | formed in 1935 from the parishes of Folksworth and Washingley
| | Glatton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Haddon | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Holme | hamlet, chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Morborne | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Orton Longueville | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Orton Waterville | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Sibson cum Stibbington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1935 - 1974 | transferred from Barnack Rural District in the Soke of Peterborough in 1935
| | Stanground | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1905 | transferred to Old Fletton Urban District in 1905
| | Stilton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Washingley | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1935 | abolished 1935
| | Water Newton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
| | Woodston | civil parish | 1894 - 1905 | transferred to Old Fletton Urban District in 1905
| | Yaxley | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1965 |
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Research Tips
- Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Huntingdon.
- A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories), published 1911. 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.
- GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical 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
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