Huntingdonshire District
Shown within Cambridgeshire
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district
Region:	East of England
Admin. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East of England is one of the nine official Regions of England. County:	Cambridgeshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 34th 912.47 km²
Admin. Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ:	Huntingdon
ONS code:	12UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est. Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ) - Density	Ranked 92nd 166,600 183 / km²
Ethnicity[1]:	95. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 1% White 1. 6%S. Asian 1. 1% Black 1. 3% Mixed
Politics
Huntingdonshire District Council http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Jonathan Djanogly, Shailesh Vara

Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons Jonathan Simon Djanogly (born June 3, 1965) is a British Politician and Solicitor, Conservative Member of Parliament Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born 4 September 1960 is a British Conservative Party politician Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. Historically it was a county in its own right. The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative political and geographical demarcation It includes St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots, and Ramsey. St Ives is a Market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around 24 km north-west of the city of Cambridge and 110 km Godmanchester is a small town in England, immediately south of the larger town of Huntingdon on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse. St Neots is a town of about 29000 people on the River Great Ouse. Ramsey is a small Cambridgeshire market Town, north of Huntingdon and St Ives.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Status 1.2 Revival of county 2 Towns and villages 3 Famous people associated with Huntingdonshire 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links

History

The earliest English settlers in the district were the Gyrwas, an East Anglian tribe, who early in the 6th century worked their way up the Ouse and the Cam as far as Huntingdon. Gyrwe can mean Gyruum, representing Anglo-Saxon Gyrwum = " the Marsh dwellers" from Anglo-Saxon gyr = "mud" After their conquest of East Anglia in the latter half of the 9th century, Huntingdon became an important seat of the Danes, and the Danish origin of the shire is borne out by an entry in the Saxon Chronicle referring to Huntingdon as a military centre to which the surrounding district owed allegiance, while the shire itself is mentioned in the Historia Eliensis in connection with events which took place before or shortly after the death of Edgar. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe

About 915 Edward the Elder wrested the fen-country from the Danes, repairing and fortifying Huntingdon, and a few years later the district was included in the earldom of East Anglia. Edward the Elder ( Old English: Ēadweard se Ieldra) (c 870 &ndash 17 July 924) was King of England (899 &ndash Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains Religious foundations were established at Ramsey, Huntingdon and St Neots in the 10th century, and that of Ramsey accumulated vast wealth and influence, owning twenty-six manors in this county alone at the time of the Domesday Survey. Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine Abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, south east of Peterborough and north In 1011 Huntingdonshire was again overrun by the Danes and in 1016 was attacked by Canute. Knut or Kanute is a Scandinavian first name of which the anglicized form is Canute. A few years later the shire was included in the earldom of Thored (of the Middle Angles), but in 1051 it was detached from Mercia and formed part of the East Anglian earldom of Harold. Shortly before the Conquest, however, it was bestowed on Siward, as a reward for his part in Godwins overthrow, and became an outlying portion of the earldom of Northumberland, passing through Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and Simon de St Liz, Earl of Northampton to David I of Scotland. Simon I of St Liz 1st Earl of Northampton (d 1109 was a Norman nobleman David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim ( Modern: Daibhidh I mac Chaluim; b After the separation of the earldom from the crown of Scotland during the Bruce and Balliol disputes, it was conferred in 1336 on William Clinton; in 1377 on Guichard d'Angle; in 1387 on John Floland; in 1471 on Thomas Grey, afterwards marquess of Dorset; and in 1529 on George, Baron Hastings, whose descendants hold it at the present day. A marquess (ˈmɑrkwɪs or marquis (/mɑrˈkiː/ is a Nobleman of hereditary rank in various European monarchies and some of their colonies Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast

The Norman Conquest was followed by a general confiscation of estates, and only four or five thanes retained lands that they or their fathers had held in the time of Edward the Confessor. Large estates were held by the church, and the rest of the County for the most part formed outlying portions of the fiefs of William's Norman favourites, that of Count Eustace of Boulogne, the sheriff, of whose tyrannous exactions bitter complaints are recorded, being by far the most considerable. Kimbolton was fortified by Geoffrey de Mandeville and afterwards passed to the families of Bohun and Stafford. Kimbolton could be Kimbolton Herefordshire Kimbolton Cambridgeshire Kimbolton School Kimbolton Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons

The hundreds of Huntingdon were probably of very early origin, and that of Norman Cross is referred to in 963. Events By Place Asia Turkish Khan Sebük Tigin establishes his empire in modern day Afghanistan. The Domesday Survey, besides the four existing divisions of Norman Cross, Toseland, Hurstingstone and Leightonstone, which from their assessment appear to have been double hundreds, mentions an additional hundred of Kimbolton, since absorbed in Leightonstone, while Huntingdon was assessed separately at 50 hides. The boundaries of the county have scarcely changed since the time of the Domesday Survey, except that parts of the Bedfordshire parishes of Everton, Pertenhall and Keysoe and the Northamptonshire parish of Flargrave were then assessed under this county.

Huntingdonshire was formerly in the diocese of Lincoln, but in 1837 was transferred to Ely. The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. In 1291 it constituted an archdeaconry, comprising the deaneries of Huntingdon, St Ives, Yaxley and Leightonstone, and the divisions remained unchanged until the creation of the deanery of Kimbolton in 1879. A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations above that of most

At the time of the Domesday Survey Huntingdonshire had an independent shrievalty, but from 1154 it was united with Cambridgeshire under one sheriff, until in 1637 the two Counties were separated for six years, after which they were reunited and have remained so to the present day. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate The shire-court was held at Huntingdon.

In 1174 Henry II captured and destroyed Huntingdon Castle. After signing the Great Charter John sent an army to ravage this county under William, earl of Salisbury, and Falkes de Breauté. Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms John (24 December 1167 &ndash 19 October 1216 reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death William de Longespée jure uxoris 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c 1176 &ndash March 7, 1226) was an English noble primarily remembered for his command Sir Falkes de Breauté (died 1226 was a British soldier and royal favorite

Status

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 Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 41 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1888 and established County councils and County borough An administrative county was an Administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of Local government. The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each County and County borough in England and Wales until 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. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered Northamptonshire (or archaically the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants

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. 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 Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived Administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Also at this time St Neots expanded westward over the river into Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire. St Neots is a town of about 29000 people on the River Great Ouse. Eaton Ford is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England.

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. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was from 1965 to 1974 an Administrative county of England. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate 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. Old Fletton was an Urban district in the county of Huntingdonshire and then (from 1965 Huntingdon and Peterborough. Norman Cross was a Rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974

The district was renamed Huntingdonshire on 1 October 1984, by resolution of the district council. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) ^[2]

Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office in Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service (CALS is a UK local government institution which collects and preserves Archives, other historical documents and printed material Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England.

Revival of county

Huntingdonshire
Ancient and 1889 extent of Huntingdonshire
Geography
Status	Administrative county (1889-1965) Ceremonial county (until 1965)
1831 area	241,690 acres[3]
1961 area	233,985 acres[4]
HQ	Huntingdon
Chapman code	HUN
History
Origin	Historic
Created	In antiquity
Succeeded by	Huntingdon and Peterborough
Demography
1911 population - 1911 density	55,577[4] 0. An administrative county was an Administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of Local government. The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived Administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. 24/acre
1961 population - 1961 density	79,924[4] 0. 34/acre
Politics
Governance	Huntingdonshire County Council (1889-1965)
Arms of Huntingdonshire County Council

The Local Government Commission 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 Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002 The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions Rutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of 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 and Fenland to form a "Peterborough and Huntingdonshire" unitary authority. History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene Economy The Fenland economy has for years been built upon farming and food related industry The Final Recommendations of the Commission for Cambridgeshire recommended no change in the status quo in Cambridgeshire. ^[5] 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". ^[6]

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. David McKie (born 1935 is a British Journalist and Historian. "^[7]

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. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known ^{[8] [9]}

Towns and villages

Major Towns

• Huntingdon
• Ramsey
• St Ives
• St Neots

Smaller towns and villages

• Abbots Ripton, Abbotsley, Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Alwalton
• Barham, Bury, Bluntisham, Brampton, Brington, Broughton, Buckden, Buckworth, Bythorn
• Catworth, Chesterton, Colne, Connington, Coppingford, Covington
• Denton & Caldecote, Diddington
• Earith, Easton, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Ellington, Elton, Eynesbury
• Farcet, Fenstanton, Folksworth & Washingley
• Glatton, Godmanchester, Grafham, Great Gransden, Great, Little and Steeple Gidding, Great Paxton, Great Staughton
• Haddon, Hail Weston, Hamerton, Hartford, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey Hilton, Holme, Holywell, Houghton
• Keyston, Kimbolton, Kings Ripton
• Leighton Bromswold, Little Paxton
• Molesworth, Morborne
• Needingworth
• Oldhurst, Old Weston
• Perry, Pidley
• Sawtry, Spaldwick, Somersham, Southhoe & Midloe, Stibbington, Stilton, Stow Longa
• Tetworth, Tilbrook, Toseland, The Offords, The Raveleys, The Stukeleys
• Upton, Upwood
• Wansford, Warboys, Waresley, Water Newton, Winwick, Wistow, Woodhurst, Woodwalton, Wooley
• Yaxley, Yelling

Famous people associated with Huntingdonshire

• Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653-58
• John Major (1943- ), politician and former Prime Minister (1990- 97)
• Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), seventeenth-century MP and diarist
• Henry Royce (1863-1933), pioneering car manufacturer and founder of Rolls-Royce
• Peter Foxhall (1941- ), Australian clergyman, evangelist and author, was born at St Neots

See also

• Flag of Huntingdonshire

Notes

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.

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