Huntingdon and Peterborough

Administration
Status:	Administrative county
HQ:	Huntingdon
History
Created:	1965
Abolished:	1974
Succeeded by:	Cambridgeshire
Population
1971:	202,622

Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 511 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (546 × 641 pixel, file size: 180 KB, MIME type: image/png)Coat of arms of Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) 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. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ...

It was formed in 1965 by the merger of the administrations of the Soke of Peterborough (nominally in Northamptonshire) and Huntingdonshire, both very small counties, in an attempt to make a more viable administrative unit. To these were attached the Thorney Rural District from the Isle of Ely. As a consequence, the Soke of Peterborough was absorbed by the custos rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, who became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough.^[1] The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City of Peterborough and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... Thorney was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974, situated to the east of Peterborough. ... The Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, is a traditional region around the city of Ely. ... The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City of Peterborough and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire. ... Custos rotulorum, (keeper of the rolls) the keeper of the English county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. ... This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. ... This is a list of those people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough during that countys short existence between 1965 and 1974. ...

The county's population, as recorded at the ten-yearly census, was 202,622 in 1971.^[2]

The attempt was deemed a failure, so under the Local Government Act 1972 — which replaced the administrative counties and county boroughs of the Local Government Act 1888 with metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties — Huntingdon and Peterborough merged with neighbouring Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (itself formed in 1965, following the traditional division of the county into the area around Cambridge and the liberty of the Isle of Ely), to form the new enlarged non-metropolitan county (and lieutenancy) of Cambridgeshire. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Categories: Stub | Cambridgeshire ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... The Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, is a traditional region around the city of Ely. ... A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is a county level entity which is not a metropolitan county. ... Flag of a Lord Lieutenant The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarchs personal representatives around the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) 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. ...

Peterborough and Huntingdon became two of the county's six districts and in 1984, following a resolution of the council, the latter district was renamed Huntingdonshire.^[3] Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. ...

Cambridgeshire Constabulary was also formed with its present boundaries, under the Police Act 1964, from the merger of the Cambridge City Police, the previous Cambridgeshire County Constabulary, Isle of Ely Constabulary, Huntingdonshire Constabulary, and the Peterborough Combined Police Force (created in 1947 from the Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary and the City of Peterborough Constabulary). The new force was named the Mid-Anglia Constabulary until 1974, when non-metropolitan Cambridgeshire was created with identical boundaries. Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force in England responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire. ... The Police Act 1964 (1964 c. ...

References

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See also

• City of Peterborough
• Soke of Peterborough
• Huntingdonshire
• Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
• Cambridgeshire