Huntingdonshire
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Huntingdonshire is a local government district
of Cambridgeshire
, covering the area around Huntingdon
. Traditionally
it is a county
in its own right. It includes St Ives, Godmanchester
, St Neots
, and Ramsey.
In 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888
Huntingdonshire became an administrative county
, with the new County Council taking over administrative functions from the Quarter Sessions
. The area in the north of the county forming part of the municipal borough
of Peterborough
became instead part of the Soke of Peterborough
administrative county, in Northamptonshire
.
In 1965, under a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England
, it was merged with the Soke of Peterborough to form Huntingdon and Peterborough
- the Lieutenancy county was also merged. Also at this time St Neots
expanded westward over the river into Eaton Ford
and Eaton Socon
in Bedfordshire.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
, Huntingdon and Peterborough merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
to form the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire
. A Huntingdon district was created based closely on the former administrative county borders, with the exclusion of the Old Fletton
urban district became part of the Peterborough district, as did that part of Norman Cross Rural District
in Peterborough New Town.
The district was renamed Huntingdonshire on 1 October 1984, by resolution of the district council.
Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
at the County Record Office in Huntingdon
.
considered in the 1990s the case for making a Huntingdonshire unitary authority
as part of a general structural review of English local government, that led to unitary authorities in two other English counties that had been wiped from the map: Rutland
and Herefordshire
.
The Draft Recommendations envisaged three possible scenarios for structural change in Cambridgeshire: the preferred option and the third option had a unitary Huntingdonshire, whilst the second option would have seen Huntingdonshire combine with Peterborough
and Fenland
to form a "Peterborough and Huntingdonshire" unitary authority. The Final Recommendations of the Commission for Cambridgeshire recommended no change in the status quo in Cambridgeshire. The districts of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire were referred back to the commission for a reconsideration in 1995. The commission recommended the creation of a Peterborough unitary authority, but proposed that Huntingdonshire remain part of the shire county of Cambridgeshire, noting that "there was no exceptional county allegiance to Huntingdonshire, as had been perceived in Rutland and Herefordshire".
David McKie
writing in the Guardian noted that "Writers-in demanded an independent Huntingdon; but MORI's more broadly-based poll showed that most Huntingdonians - that is, most of John Major's electors - were content to stay part of Cambridgeshire."
After the failure of Huntingdonshire to become a unitary authority, a Huntingdonshire Society was set up to promote awareness of Huntingdonshire as a historic county, and to campaign for its reinstatement as an administrative and ceremonial entity. In 2002 it established an annual "Huntingdonshire Day" on 25 April, the birthday of Oliver Cromwell
.
, now an IOC accepted sport. According to documents from 1813, Bury Fen Bandy Club was undefeated for 100 years. A member of the club, Charles Tebbutt, wrote down the 1st official rules in 1882 and helped spread the popularity of the sport to many countries. Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
is considered one of the 20 Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, even though it has never played within the Minor Counties Championship it has its own individual Cricket Board and played in the English domestic one-day competition, between the years 1999 and 2003.
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, covering the area around Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
. Traditionally
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
it is a county
Counties of England
Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. For administrative purposes, England outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly is divided into 83 counties. The counties may consist of a single district or be divided into several...
in its own right. It includes St Ives, Godmanchester
Godmanchester
Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the larger town of Huntingdon, and on the A14 road....
, St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
, and Ramsey.
History
The area corresponding to modern Huntingdonshire was first delimited in Saxon times, and the modern boundaries have remained largely unchanged since the 10th century.Status
Local Government Act 1888
The Local Government Act 1888 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales...
Huntingdonshire became an administrative county
Administrative county
An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
, with the new County Council taking over administrative functions from the Quarter Sessions
Quarter Sessions
The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the United Kingdom and other countries in the former British Empire...
. The area in the north of the county forming part of the municipal borough
Municipal borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...
of Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
became instead part of the Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough
The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire...
administrative county, in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
.
In 1965, under a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England
Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967)
The Local Government Commission for England was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government, and make "such proposals as are hereinafter authorised for effecting changes appearing to the Commissions desirable in the interests of effective and...
, it was merged with the Soke of Peterborough to form Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
- the Lieutenancy county was also merged. Also at this time St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
expanded westward over the river into Eaton Ford
Eaton Ford
Eaton Ford is a district of St Neots and is in Cambridgeshire, England. Until 1965 it was a separate village in the county of Bedfordshire, when it was absorbed through boundary changes. Eaton Ford lies on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, on the western side of St Neots...
and Eaton Socon
Eaton Socon
Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It was originally a village in Bedfordshire, along with the neighbouring village of Eaton Ford, but officially became part of the town in 1965...
in Bedfordshire.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, Huntingdon and Peterborough merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative county of England. In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
to form the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. A Huntingdon district was created based closely on the former administrative county borders, with the exclusion of the Old Fletton
Old Fletton
Old Fletton was an urban district in the county of Huntingdonshire and then Huntingdon and Peterborough. The urban district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and now forms part of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire....
urban district became part of the Peterborough district, as did that part of Norman Cross Rural District
Norman Cross Rural District
Norman Cross was a rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974.It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Peterborough rural sanitary district which was in Huntingdonshire...
in Peterborough New Town.
The district was renamed Huntingdonshire on 1 October 1984, by resolution of the district council.
Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service is a UK local government institution which collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the modern county of Cambridgeshire, which includes the former counties of Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely...
at the County Record Office in Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
.
Revival of county
The Local Government CommissionLocal Government Commission for England (1992)
The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002. It was established under the Local Government Act 1992, replacing the Local Government Boundary Commission for England...
considered in the 1990s the case for making a Huntingdonshire unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
as part of a general structural review of English local government, that led to unitary authorities in two other English counties that had been wiped from the map: Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
and Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
.
The Draft Recommendations envisaged three possible scenarios for structural change in Cambridgeshire: the preferred option and the third option had a unitary Huntingdonshire, whilst the second option would have seen Huntingdonshire combine with Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
and Fenland
Fenland
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens"...
to form a "Peterborough and Huntingdonshire" unitary authority. The Final Recommendations of the Commission for Cambridgeshire recommended no change in the status quo in Cambridgeshire. The districts of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire were referred back to the commission for a reconsideration in 1995. The commission recommended the creation of a Peterborough unitary authority, but proposed that Huntingdonshire remain part of the shire county of Cambridgeshire, noting that "there was no exceptional county allegiance to Huntingdonshire, as had been perceived in Rutland and Herefordshire".
David McKie
David McKie
David McKie is a British journalist and historian. He was deputy editor of The Guardian and continued to write a weekly column for that paper until 4 October 2007, with the byline "Elsewhere". Until 10 September 2005, he also wrote a second weekly column, under the pseudonym "Smallweed"...
writing in the Guardian noted that "Writers-in demanded an independent Huntingdon; but MORI's more broadly-based poll showed that most Huntingdonians - that is, most of John Major's electors - were content to stay part of Cambridgeshire."
After the failure of Huntingdonshire to become a unitary authority, a Huntingdonshire Society was set up to promote awareness of Huntingdonshire as a historic county, and to campaign for its reinstatement as an administrative and ceremonial entity. In 2002 it established an annual "Huntingdonshire Day" on 25 April, the birthday of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
.
Sports
Huntingdonshire is the birthplace of bandyBandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
, now an IOC accepted sport. According to documents from 1813, Bury Fen Bandy Club was undefeated for 100 years. A member of the club, Charles Tebbutt, wrote down the 1st official rules in 1882 and helped spread the popularity of the sport to many countries. Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
is considered one of the 20 Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, even though it has never played within the Minor Counties Championship it has its own individual Cricket Board and played in the English domestic one-day competition, between the years 1999 and 2003.
Major towns
- HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
- RamseyRamsey, CambridgeshireRamsey is a small Cambridgeshire market town and parish, north of Huntingdon and St Ives. For local government purposes it lies in the district of Huntingdonshire within the local government county of Cambridgeshire....
- St Ives
- St NeotsSt NeotsSt Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
Smaller towns and villages
- Abbots RiptonAbbots RiptonAbbots Ripton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated five miles north of Huntingdon, on the B1090...
, AbbotsleyAbbotsleyAbbotsley is a village and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is three miles from St Neots and 14 miles from the county town of Cambridge...
, AlconburyAlconburyAlconbury is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire.-Geography:It is in the district of Huntingdonshire and gives its name to RAF Alconbury. It is near to the point where a major north/south road, the A1, crosses the only major east/west road: the A14...
, Alconbury WestonAlconbury WestonAlconbury Weston - in Huntingdonshire , England - is a village near Alconbury north-west of Huntingdon, lying just outside the Fens, has just a few hills, but a significant change to the flat of the Fens....
, AlwaltonAlwaltonAlwalton is a village in Huntingdonshire in the United Kingdom, five miles to the west of the city of Peterborough.... - BarhamBarham, HuntingdonshireBarham – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Alconbury east of Huntingdon....
, BuryBury, CambridgeshireBury is a village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located near Ramsey north from Huntingdon and St Ives.-History:...
, BluntishamBluntishamBluntisham is a village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire), England. It is near Earith east of St Ives.The Prime Meridian passes through the western edge of Bluntisham.Also known as Bluntisham-cum-Earith...
, BramptonBrampton, CambridgeshireBrampton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Godmanchester south west of Huntingdon. It has a population over 5000...
, Brington, BroughtonBroughton, CambridgeshireBroughton is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about six miles north of Huntingdon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 241. The small village has a lot of history, and once famous Eric Broadley founder of Lola Cars currently...
, BuckdenBuckden, CambridgeshireBuckden in Cambridgeshire , England is a village near Godmanchester, around south of Huntingdon and north of London.-Geography:...
, BuckworthBuckworthBuckworth – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Alconbury west of Huntingdon....
, BythornBythornBythorn – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.... - CatworthCatworthCatworth – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.Catworth village has two parts, Catworth, at the top of the hill, and Little Catworth, at the bottom....
, ChestertonChesterton, HuntingdonshireChesterton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Alwalton west of Yaxley....
, ColneColne, CambridgeshireColne , fomerly in Huntingdonshire but now part of Cambridgeshire, England, is a village near Earith north-east of St Ives.It is around north of Cambridge where there are railway connections to London and East Anglia, it is around from Huntingdon where there are also railway connections to London...
, Connington, CoppingfordCoppingfordCoppingford – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Upton north west of Huntingdon. The main manor house, still in existence, dates from about 1200....
, CovingtonCovington, HuntingdonshireCovington – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Catworth, west of Huntingdon.-External links:*... - Denton & Caldecote, DiddingtonDiddingtonDiddington – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Buckden south west of Huntingdon....
- EarithEarithEarith is a village in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, south of Chatteris and east of Huntingdon. At Earith, two artificial diversion channels of the River Great Ouse, the Old Bedford River and the New Bedford River, leave the river on a course to Denver Sluice near Downham Market, where they...
, EastonEaston, CambridgeshireEaston is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is west of Huntingdon and has a church and a small park. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 162....
, Eaton FordEaton FordEaton Ford is a district of St Neots and is in Cambridgeshire, England. Until 1965 it was a separate village in the county of Bedfordshire, when it was absorbed through boundary changes. Eaton Ford lies on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, on the western side of St Neots...
, Eaton SoconEaton SoconEaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It was originally a village in Bedfordshire, along with the neighbouring village of Eaton Ford, but officially became part of the town in 1965...
, EllingtonEllington, CambridgeshireEllington – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Easton west of Huntingdon....
, EltonElton, CambridgeshireElton is a small village within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire , England. It lies on the B671 road. Elton Hall and the hamlet of Over End are located on the same road a mile south of the village....
, EynesburyEynesburyEynesbury is a settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. It forms part of present-day St Neots, but before 1876 was a separate village.For details of Eynesbury's history, which began in the Saxon era, see the article History of St Neots. Eynesbury takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon "Ernulf's Burgh"... - FarcetFarcetFarcet – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village north east of Yaxley adjacent to the Peterborough suburb of Old Fletton....
, FenstantonFenstantonFenstanton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Hemingford Grey two miles south of St Ives lying on the south side of the River Ouse....
, Folksworth & Washingley - GlattonGlattonGlatton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Connington south of Yaxley and Stilton....
, GodmanchesterGodmanchesterGodmanchester is a small town and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the larger town of Huntingdon, and on the A14 road....
, Grafham, Great GransdenGreat GransdenGreat Gransden parish is west of the county town of Cambridge, south-east of Huntingdon and north of London. It covers an area of . The village stands on the B1046 road between Abbotsley, to the west, and Longstowe, to the east...
, Great, Little and Steeple GiddingGreat GiddingGreat Gidding in Huntingdonshire , England is a village and parish near Sawtry north west of Huntingdon. With a C of E primary school, playing field, corner shop, village hall and several local businesses. There is one pub in the village; the Fox and Hounds. Surrounding towns and cities are...
, Great PaxtonGreat PaxtonGreat Paxton is a village near Little Paxton in Huntingdonshire , England, north of St Neots. The cruciform Saxon church dates from the 11th century. The village shares the Great Ouse valley with the river and the East Coast Railway Line.Curiously, Great Paxton is much smaller than Little Paxton...
, Great StaughtonGreat StaughtonGreat Staughton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Perry west of St Neots.The village has two pubs The White Hart and The Snooty Tavern, a post office and a butcher. The village is also home to the current holder of the newly founded annual Griffin Award.Great Staughton... - HaddonHaddon, CambridgeshireHaddon – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Chesterton west of Yaxley....
, Hail WestonHail WestonHail Weston is a Cambridgeshire village a few miles west of St Neots. The B645 road passes through the centre of the village, linking it with Great Paxton and Kimbolton to the east. Other nearby settlements include the villages of Little Paxton, Perry, and Southoe...
, HamertonHamertonHamerton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Winwick west of Huntingdon.Hamerton Zoo is on the north side of the village....
, HartfordHartford, CambridgeshireHartford in Huntingdonshire , England, is a village near the town of Huntingdon, and not far west of Wyton. It lies on the A141 road and on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, upon which it has a significant marina...
, Hemingford AbbotsHemingford AbbotsHemingford Abbots is a village in Huntingdonshire , England. The village, almost continuous with neighbouring Hemingford Grey, is situated two miles south west of St Ives.-History:...
, Hemingford GreyHemingford Grey- Location:It is situated on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse in the county of Cambridgeshire, with the northern bank occupied by the flood meadow. Until 1965 it was in Huntingdonshire and between 1965 and 1974 it was in the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough...
Hilton, HolmeHolme, CambridgeshireHolme is a village in Huntingdonshire , England, near Conington and Yaxley, and south of Peterborough.- The village :...
, HolywellHolywell, CambridgeshireHolywell is a village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire), England. It is half a mile south of Needingworth, and east of St Ives.-The holy well:...
, HoughtonHoughton, CambridgeshireHoughton is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Prior to 1974, it was part of the former county of Huntingdonshire. The village is in the civil parish of Houghton and Wyton and is situated between Huntingdon and St Ives on the A1123 road, and not far south of RAF Wyton... - KeystonKeystonKeyston – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.The village lies at the western end of Huntingdonshire and the parish's western border coincides with the county boundary with Northamptonshire...
, KimboltonKimboltonKimbolton could be:*Kimbolton, Herefordshire*Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire**Kimbolton School**Kimbolton Castle**Kimbolton Airfield*Kimbolton Fireworks, the UK's only fireworks manufacturer*Kimbolton, Ohio*Kimbolton, New Zealand...
, Kings RiptonKings RiptonKings Ripton is a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire , England, and is located NNE of Huntingdon. The village is within the Upwood and The Raveleys ward of Huntingdonshire District Council... - Leighton BromswoldLeighton BromswoldLeighton Bromswold is a small village in west Cambridgeshire in the historical county of Huntingdonshire around west of Huntingdon and north of Kimbolton. The civil parish of which it is part is called Leighton and in 2001 had a population of 224...
, Little PaxtonLittle PaxtonShittle Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. It is in the district and historic county of Huntingdonshire. Until the 1970s it was a minor village and the church was under threat of closure... - MolesworthMolesworth, CambridgeshireMolesworth is a village in Cambridgeshire, England about west of Huntingdon. The village has been designated a conservation area by Huntingdon District Council largely due to its typically rural English character that includes several listed buildings....
, MorborneMorborneMorborne – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village west of Yaxley.Morborne is a very small village occupying 1205 acres, of which most is arable farmland. The population in 1991 was 43, down from a peak of 122 people in 1851... - NeedingworthNeedingworthNeedingworth – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village east of St Ives and just west of the Prime Meridian.The village is attached to Holywell by a single road, connecting the two villages....
- OldhurstOldhurstOldhurst – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Woodhurst north of St Ives....
, Old WestonOld WestonOld Weston – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.... - PerryPerry, CambridgeshirePerry is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies on the shore of a reservoir, Grafham Water, just a few miles from the market towns of St Neots and Huntingdon....
, PidleyPidleyPidley – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a small village north of St Ives. Together with Fenton it forms the parish of Pidley cum Fenton.... - Ramsey St Mary'sRamsey St Mary'sRamsey St Mary's is a village in Ramsey civil parish, part of the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.-Church:During the 1850s, the need for a church in Ramsey St Mary's was realised, due to an increase in the population of Ramsey which was outgrowing the capacity of the Parish...
- SawtrySawtrySawtry is a village in the district of Huntingdonshire in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is home to over people.-Location:...
, SpaldwickSpaldwickSpaldwick is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire and the district and former county of Huntingdonshire.Spaldwick is located near Catworth west of Huntingdon. It has a school, playgroup, service station, a village shop called number twelve, a church and a pub called The George...
, Somersham, Southhoe & MidloeSouthhoe & MidloeSouthhoe and Midloe is a civil parish in Huntingdonshire , England comprising the villages of Southoe and Midloe, near Diddington north of St Neots.-External links:...
, StibbingtonStibbingtonStibbington – in the far north-west corner of Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England – is a village which lies in a loop of the River Nene and in the civil parish of Sibson-cum-Stibbington. It is near Wansford on the Great North Road, in Peterborough District.The village is...
, StiltonStiltonStilton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and within the historic county boundary of Huntingdonshire.-Geography:Stilton lies south of the city of Peterborough. It lies on the old Great North Road, from London and was an important coaching stop in the days before motorised transport. It...
, Stow LongaStow Longa' – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Tilbrook west of Huntingdon and two miles north of Kimbolton. Stow Longa's original name was Stow or Long Stow, which comes from the Old English word stōw and the Latin word longa or Old English lang... - TetworthTetworthTetworth – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a small village near Waresley south of St Neots.Tetworth is in the ward of Gransden and the Offords in the District of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
, TilbrookTilbrookTilbrook – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Covington west of Huntingdon.-External links:**...
, ToselandToselandToseland is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It is located quite near to Hemingford Grey, the former home of Lucy M. Boston, who used the name extensively in her Green Knowe books, inventing the imaginary placenames "Fen Toseland", "Toseland St Agnes" and "Toseland Gunning", and...
, The OffordsThe OffordsThe Offords is the name given to the two villages of Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy, situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse between Saint Neots and Huntingdon in west Cambridgeshire. The Offords were both recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Upeforde' under two different landowners, which...
, The RaveleysThe RaveleysGreat Raveley and Little Raveley are villages near Upwood south of Ramsey. Located in Huntingdonshire , England....
, The StukeleysThe StukeleysThe Stukeleys is a civil parish in the district of Huntingdonshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, consisting of the villages of Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley. The two villages are just north-west of Huntingdon.... - UptonUpton, CambridgeshireUpton is a civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Glinton and Wittering ward in North West Cambridgeshire constituency....
, UpwoodUpwoodUpwood, in Huntingdonshire , England, is a village near Bury south-west of Ramsey.In September 1917, the Royal Air Force started work on RAF Upwood, a massive air force base near the village used by both the RAF and the United States Air Force.Two nature reserves, Lady's Wood and Upwood Meadows,... - Wansford, WarboysWarboysWarboys is a village in Huntingdonshire , England, near Ramsey and north east of Huntingdon.-History:Warboys is a large parish and village on what was the eastern side of Huntingdonshire bordering on Cambridgeshire. It was returned in the Domesday survey of 1086 amongst the lands of St...
, WaresleyWaresleyWaresley is on the B1040 road between Gamlingay and Eltisley, five miles south-east of the town of St Neots and seven miles north-east of Sandy, Bedfordshire, England...
, Water NewtonWater NewtonWater Newton is a village on the northern border of the English county of Cambridgeshire.It is in the district of Huntingdonshire between the River Nene and the A1 trunk road...
, Winwick, WistowWistow, Cambridgeshire' – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Warboys south of Ramsey.-External links:*...
, WoodhurstWoodhurst' – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Oldhurst north of St Ives.Woodhurst is one of the best surviving examples of an Anglo-Saxon ring village in England...
, WoodwaltonWoodwaltonWoodwalton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Abbots Ripton south west of Ramsey. The civil parish of Wood Walton is spread over a wide area, the main village dissected by the East Coast Main Line...
, WoolleyWoolley, CambridgeshireWoolley is a village in Barham and Woolley civil parish, part of the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England....
, WytonWyton, CambridgeshireWyton isa village in Cambridgeshire which is connected to the village of Houghton, so much so that the two settlements are rarely regarded as separate. It is about a mile south of RAF Wyton, which has the village's name. For more information see the article on Houghton, Cambridgeshire.... - YaxleyYaxley, CambridgeshireYaxley is a village in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Historically in Huntingdonshire, it is due south of the city of Peterborough, and is skirted to its west by the A15 road...
, YellingYellingYelling – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a linear village and civil parish located east of St Neots.The noted evangelist Henry Venn was Yelling's vicar from 1771 until his death there in 1797.- External links :*...
Famous people associated with Huntingdonshire
- Oliver CromwellOliver CromwellOliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
(1599–1658), Lord ProtectorLord ProtectorLord Protector is a title used in British constitutional law for certain heads of state at different periods of history. It is also a particular title for the British Heads of State in respect to the established church...
of England, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
1653-58 - John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
(1943- ), politician and former Prime MinisterPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
(1990–97) - Samuel PepysSamuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...
(1633–1703), seventeenth-century MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
and diaristDiaryA diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone... - Henry RoyceHenry RoyceSir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, OBE was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce company.-Early life:...
(1863–1933), pioneering carČarČar is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 296 people.-References:...
manufacturer and founder of Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce LimitedRolls-Royce Limited was a renowned British car and, from 1914 on, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a partnership formed in 1904.... - Peter FoxhallPeter FoxhallPeter Christopher Foxhall is an Australian clergyman, evangelist and author, who was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire , England.- Childhood :...
(1941- ), Australian clergyman, evangelist and author, was born in St Neots - Lucy M. BostonLucy M. BostonLucy M. Boston was an English children's writer. She is best known for the six books in the Green Knowe series .-Biography:Boston was born in Southport in Lancashire in 1892 and died in 1990...
(1892-1990) English children's writer, lived in Huntingdonshire from 1937 until her death, and set the Green KnoweGreen KnoweGreen Knowe is a series of six books written by Lucy M. Boston, published between 1954 and 1976. They feature a very old house, Green Knowe, which is based on Boston's then-residence, The Manor in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. Some books in the series feature a boy called Toseland and his...
series there.
See also
- Flag of HuntingdonshireFlag of HuntingdonshireThe Flag of Huntingdonshire is the county flag for the English county of Huntingdon. It was enrolled on the UK Flags Register by the Flag Institute on 25 June 2009.-Origin:The flag was first proposed by Rupert Barnes of the Huntingdonshire Society which...
- List of Lord Lieutenants of HuntingdonshireLord Lieutenant of HuntingdonshireThis is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire became part of Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965; see Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough...
- List of High Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire
External links
- Huntingdonshire District Council - local government information
- Huntingdonshire - general informative
- The Huntingdonshire Society - dedicated to the traditional county and campaigning for its reinstatement as an administrative entity
- The Huntingdonshire Flag
- The Lost Pubs Project: Lost and closed pubs of Huntingdonshire.