Place:South Cambridgeshire Rural, Cambridgeshire, England

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NameSouth Cambridgeshire Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates52.096°N 0.087°E
Located inCambridgeshire, England     (1934 - 1965)
Also located inCambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, England     (1965 - 1974)
Cambridgeshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoLinton Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district absorbed in 1934
Melbourn Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district absorbed in 1934
Caxton and Arrington Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district absorbed in 1934
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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South Cambridgeshire Rural District was located in Cambridgeshire, England from 1934 to 1974. It was formed in 1934 under a County Review Order and was a merger of Linton Rural District and Melbourn Rural District and part of Caxton and Arrington Rural District.

In 1965 it became part of the new administrative county of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with the Chesterton Rural District to form the non-metropolitan South Cambridgeshire District. At the same time Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was renamed Cambridgeshire.

List of Parishes

Parish NameTypeDuration Notes
Abington Pigotts parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Arrington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Babraham parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Balsham parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Barrington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Bartlow parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Bassingbourn parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1966 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth in 1966
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth civil parish 1966 - 1974 merger of parishes of Bassingbourn and Kneesworth
Carlton parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Castle Camps parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Croydon parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Duxford civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
East Hatley parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1957 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934, to Hatley in 1957
Fowlmere parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Foxton parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Gamlingay parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Great Abington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Great and Little Chishill civil parish 1968 - 1974 merger of parishes of Great Chishill and Little Chishill in 1968
Great Chishill parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1968 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Great and Little Chishill in 1968
Great Eversden parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Guilden Morden parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Hatley civil parish 1957 - 1974 merger of East Hatley, Hatley St. George in 1957

and other parts

Hatley St. George parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1957 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934, to Hatley in 1957
Heydon parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Hildersham parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Hinxton parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Horseheath parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Ickleton parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Kingston parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Kneesworth hamlet, civil parish 1934 - 1966 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth in 1966
Linton parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Litlington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Little Abington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Little Chishill parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1968 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Great and Little Chishill in 1968
Little Eversden parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Little Gransden parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Melbourn parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Meldreth parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Orwell parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Pampisford parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Sawston parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Shepreth parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Shingay parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1957 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Shingay cum Wendy in 1957
Shingay cum Wendy civil parish 1934 - 1965 merger of parishes of Shingay and Wendy
Shudy Camps parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Steeple Morden parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Stow Longa parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural in 1934
Tadlow parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
Thriplow parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Wendy parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1957 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934, to Shingay cum Wendy in 1957
West Wickham parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
West Wratting parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Weston Colville parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Whaddon parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Melbourn Rural District in 1934
Whittlesford parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Linton Rural District in 1934
Wimpole parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 from Caxton and Arrington Rural District in 1934
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