Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
A map of Cambridgeshire , showing the Districts, clockwise from the top left: Peterborough ; Fenland ; East Cambridgeshire ; South Cambridgeshire ; Cambridge ; and Huntingdonshire . A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England . There are 264 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire , most of the county being parished; Cambridge is completely unparished; Fenland , East Cambridgeshire , South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire are entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 497,820 people living in the parishes, accounting for 70.2 per cent of the county's population.
History
Parishes arose from Church of England divisions, and were originally purely ecclesiastical divisions. Over time they acquired civil administration powers.[ 1]
The Highways Act 1555 made parishes responsible for the upkeep of roads. Every adult inhabitant of the parish was obliged to work four days a year on the roads, providing their own tools, carts and horses; the work was overseen by an unpaid local appointee, the Surveyor of Highways .[ 2]
The poor were looked after by the monasteries , until their dissolution . In 1572, magistrates were given power to 'survey the poor' and impose taxes for their relief. This system was made more formal by the Poor Law Act 1601 , which made parishes responsible for administering the Poor Law ; overseers were appointed to charge a rate to support the poor of the parish.[ 3] Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions .[ 4] Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for RDs .[ 5]
Parishes were run by vestries , meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes,[ 6] townships in large parishes administered the Poor Law themselves; under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 , all extra-parochial areas and townships that levied a separate rate became independent civil parishes.[ 7]
Civil parishes in their modern sense date from the Local Government Act 1894 , which abolished vestries ; established elected parish councils in all rural parishes with more than 300 electors; grouped rural parishes into Rural Districts; and aligned parish boundaries with county and borough boundaries.[ 7] Urban District , Municipal Borough or County Borough in which they were situated; many large towns contained a number of parishes, and these were usually merged into one. Parish councils were not formed in urban areas, and the only function of the parish was to elect guardians to Poor Law Unions; with the abolition of the Poor Law system in 1930 the parishes had only a nominal existence.[ 8]
The Local Government Act 1972 retained civil parishes in rural areas, and many former Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs that were being abolished, were replaced by new successor parishes; urban areas that were considered too large to be single parishes became unparished areas .[ 9]
The current position
Recent governments have encouraged the formation of town and parish councils in unparished areas, and the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 gave local residents the right to demand the creation of a new civil parish.[ 10]
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution;[ 9] city status , but only if that is granted by the Crown .[ 9] mayor .[ 9] Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 introduced alternative names: a parish council can now choose to be called a community; village; or neighbourhood council.[ 11]
Civil parishes with town or city status
List of civil parishes and unparished areas
Image
Name
Status
Popn.
District
Former local authority
Refs
Cambridge Unparished area
108,863
Cambridge Cambridge MB [ 12] [ 13]
Ashley Civil parish (ancient)
585
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Bottisham Civil parish (ancient)
1,983
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Brinkley Civil parish (ancient)
383
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Burrough Green Civil parish (ancient)
386
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Burwell Civil parish (from c1700)
5,833
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Cheveley Civil parish (ancient)
1,912
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Chippenham Civil parish (ancient)
528
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Coveney Civil parish (ancient)
421
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Downham Civil parish (ancient)
2,409
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Dullingham Civil parish (ancient)
718
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Ely City (parish from 1974)
15,102
East Cambs Ely UD [ 17] [ 15]
Fordham Civil parish (ancient)
2,620
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Haddenham Civil parish (ancient)
3,228
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Isleham Civil parish (ancient)
2,347
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Kennett Civil parish (ancient)
364
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Kirtling Civil parish (ancient)
370
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Littleport Civil parish (ancient)
7,521
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Lode Civil parish (from 1894)
892
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Mepal Civil parish (ancient)
921
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Reach Civil parish (1954, p.cs.)
365
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Snailwell Civil parish (ancient)
224
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Soham Town (ancient parish)
9,102
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Stetchworth Civil parish (ancient)
694
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Stretham Civil parish (ancient)
1,685
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Sutton Civil parish (ancient)
3,363
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Swaffham Bulbeck Civil parish (ancient)
853
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Swaffham Prior Civil parish (from 1667)
765
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Thetford Civil parish (1866, p. ch.)
693
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Wentworth Civil parish (ancient)
159
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Westley Waterless Civil parish (ancient)
155
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Wicken Civil parish (ancient)
835
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Wilburton Civil parish (ancient)
1,231
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Witcham Civil parish (ancient)
434
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Witchford Civil parish (ancient)
2,344
East Cambs Ely [ 16] [ 15]
Woodditton Civil parish (ancient)
1,789
East Cambs Newmarket [ 14] [ 15]
Benwick Civil parish (1866, p.ch.)
860
Fenland North Witchford [ 18] [ 19]
Chatteris Town (ancient parish)
8,820
Fenland Chatteris UD [ 20] [ 19]
Christchurch Civil parish
719
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Doddington Civil parish (ancient)
2,088
Fenland North Witchford [ 18] [ 19]
Elm Civil parish (ancient)
3,295
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Gorefield Civil parish
1,064
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Leverington Civil parish (ancient)
2,914
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Manea Civil parish (1866, p.ch.)
1,579
Fenland North Witchford [ 18] [ 19]
March Town (1866, prev. chap.)
19,042
Fenland March UD [ 22] [ 19]
Newton-in-the-Isle Civil parish (ancient)
657
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Parson Drove Civil parish (1866, p.ch.)
1,030
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Tydd St Giles Civil parish (ancient)
995
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Whittlesey Town (parish 1926-74, 81-)
15,581
Fenland Whittlesey UD [ 23] [ 19]
Wimblington Civil parish (1866)
1,656
Fenland North Witchford [ 18] [ 19]
Wisbech Town (ancient parish)
20,200
Fenland Wisbech MB [ 24] [ 19]
Wisbech St Mary Civil parish (prev. chap.)
3,019
Fenland Wisbech [ 21] [ 19]
Abbots Ripton Civil parish (ancient)
309
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Abbotsley Civil parish (ancient)
632
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Alconbury Civil parish (ancient)
1,670
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Alconbury Weston Civil parish (ancient)
793
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Alwalton Civil parish (ancient)
336
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Barham and Woolley Civil parish (from 1935)
55
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Bluntisham Civil parish (from 1948)
1,976
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Brampton Civil parish (ancient)
5,030
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Brington and Molesworth Civil parish (from 1935)
412
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Broughton Civil parish (ancient)
241
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Buckden Civil parish (ancient)
2,515
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Buckworth Civil parish (ancient)
118
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Bury Civil parish (ancient)
1,713
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Bythorn and Keyston Civil parish (from 1935)
271
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Catworth Civil parish (from 1885)
366
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Chesterton Civil parish (ancient)
140
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Colne Civil parish (prev. chap.)
784
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Conington Civil parish (ancient)
216
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Covington Civil parish (ancient)
85
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Denton and Caldecote Civil parish (from 1935)
55
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Diddington Civil parish (ancient)
83
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Earith Civil parish (from 1948)
1,677
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Easton Civil parish (ancient)
162
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Ellington Civil parish (ancient)
624
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Elton Civil parish (ancient)
726
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Farcet Civil parish (1866, p.c.)
1,647
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Fenstanton Civil parish (ancient)
2,868
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Folksworth and Washingley Civil parish (from 1935)
905
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Glatton Civil parish (ancient)
304
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Godmanchester Town (ancient parish)
5,996
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon and Godmanchester [ 32] [ 26]
Grafham Civil parish (ancient)
585
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Great Gidding Civil parish (ancient)
289
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Great Gransden Civil parish (ancient)
969
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Great Paxton Civil parish (ancient)
1,019
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Great Staughton Civil parish (ancient)
836
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Haddon Civil parish (ancient)
56
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Hail Weston Civil parish (prev. chap.)
591
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Hamerton and Civil parish (from 2010)
143
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 33] [ 29]
Hemingford Abbots Civil parish (ancient)
583
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Hemingford Grey Civil parish (ancient)
2,524
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Hilton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
982
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Holme Civil parish (1866, p.c.)
610
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Holywell-cum-Needingworth Civil parish (ancient)
2,539
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Houghton and Wyton Civil parish (from 1935)
1,595
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 33] [ 29]
Huntingdon Town (ancient)
20,099
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon and Godmanchester [ 32] [ 26]
Kimbolton Civil parish (ancient)
1,432
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26] [ 34]
Kings Ripton Civil parish (ancient)
168
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Leighton Civil parish (ancient)
224
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Little Gidding Civil parish (ancient)
35
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Little Paxton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
3,006
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Morborne Civil parish (ancient)
37
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Offord Cluny and Civil parish (from 2010)
1,249
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Old Hurst Civil parish (prev. chap.)
249
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Old Weston Civil parish (ancient)
190
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Perry Civil parish (from 1980s)
1,146
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Pidley cum Fenton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
367
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Ramsey Town (ancient parish)
8,047
Huntingdonshire Ramsey UD [ 35] [ 26]
Sawtry Civil parish (from 1935)
5,568
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Sibson-cum-Stibbington Civil parish (ancient)
438
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Somersham Civil parish (ancient)
3,802
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Southoe and Midloe Civil parish (from 1935)
411
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Spaldwick Civil parish (ancient)
613
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
St Ives Town (ancient)
16,001
Huntingdonshire St Ives MB [ 36] [ 26]
St Neots Town (anc.-1895 & 1974- )
27,372
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 37] [ 38] [ 29]
Stilton Civil parish (ancient)
2,445
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Stow Longa Civil parish (ancient)
135
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
The Stukeleys Civil parish (from 1935)
2,052
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Tilbrook Civil parish (ancient)
258
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Toseland Civil parish (prev. chap.)
79
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Upton and Coppingford Civil parish (from 1935)
207
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Upwood and the Raveleys Civil parish (from 1935)
1,218
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Warboys Civil parish (ancient)
3,866
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Waresley-cum-Tetworth Civil parish (from 2010)
284
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Water Newton Civil parish (ancient)
75
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Winwick Civil parish (ancient)
81
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Wistow Civil parish (ancient)
527
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Wood Walton Civil parish (ancient)
237
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon [ 25] [ 26]
Woodhurst Civil parish (prev. chap.)
327
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 26]
Wyton on the Hill Civil parish (from 2010)
964
Huntingdonshire St Ives [ 31] [ 39] [ 29]
Yaxley Civil parish (ancient)
7,413
Huntingdonshire Norman Cross [ 30] [ 26]
Yelling Civil parish (ancient)
302
Huntingdonshire St Neots [ 27] [ 26]
Ailsworth Civil parish (from 1866)
413
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Bainton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
305
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Barnack Civil parish (ancient)
851
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Borough Fen Civil parish (from 1858)
130
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Bretton Civil parish (from 1994)
12,689
Peterborough Peterborough MB [ 43] [ 41]
Castor Civil parish (ancient)
817
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Deeping Gate Civil parish (from 1866)
465
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Etton Civil parish (ancient)
158
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Eye Civil parish (ancient)
3,779
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Glinton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
1,752
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Hampton Hargate and Vale Civil parish (from 2010)
1,007
Peterborough Old Fletton [ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
Helpston Civil parish (ancient)
825
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Marholm Civil parish (ancient)
148
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Maxey Civil parish (ancient)
690
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Newborough Civil parish (c. 1830)
1,377
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Northborough Civil parish (ancient)
1,332
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Old Fletton Unparished area
16,240
Peterborough Old Fletton [ 44] [ 47]
Orton Longueville Civil parish (ancient)
11,070
Peterborough Norman Cross [ 30] [ 41]
Orton Waterville Civil parish (ancient)
9,976
Peterborough Norman Cross [ 30] [ 41]
Peakirk Civil parish (ancient)
321
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Peterborough Unparished area
85,796
Peterborough Peterborough MB [ 43] [ 48]
Southorpe Civil parish (from 1866)
134
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
St Martin's Without Civil parish (from 1894)
46
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Stanground North Unparished area
0
Peterborough Thorney [ 49] [ 50] [ 51]
Sutton Civil parish (1866, p.c.)
120
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Thorney Civil parish (ancient)
2,166
Peterborough Thorney [ 49] [ 41]
Thornhaugh Civil parish (ancient)
187
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Ufford Civil parish (ancient)
226
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Upton Civil parish (1866, p.c.)
72
Peterborough Peterborough [ 40] [ 41]
Wansford Civil parish (prev. chap.)
446
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Wittering Civil parish (ancient)
2,297
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Wothorpe Civil parish (from 1866)
226
Peterborough Barnack [ 42] [ 41]
Abington Pigotts Civil parish (ancient)
143
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Arrington Civil parish (ancient)
389
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Babraham Civil parish (ancient)
269
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Balsham Civil parish (ancient)
1,641
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Bar Hill Civil parish (from 1966)
4,233
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Barrington Civil parish (ancient)
904
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Bartlow Civil parish (ancient)
102
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Barton Civil parish (ancient)
799
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth Civil parish (from 1966)
4,005
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Bourn Civil parish (ancient)
929
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 55]
Boxworth Civil parish (ancient)
226
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Caldecote Civil parish (ancient)
793
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Cambourne Civil parish (from 2004)
1,044
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
Carlton Civil parish (ancient)
166
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Castle Camps Civil parish (ancient)
600
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Caxton Civil parish (ancient)
271
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 55]
Childerley Civil parish (ancient)
27
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Comberton Civil parish (ancient)
2,189
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Conington Civil parish (ancient)
120
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Coton Civil parish (ancient)
773
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Cottenham Civil parish (ancient)
5,652
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Croxton Civil parish (ancient)
163
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Croydon Civil parish (ancient)
221
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Dry Drayton Civil parish (ancient)
582
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Duxford Civil parish (from 1874)
1,836
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Elsworth Civil parish (ancient)
657
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Eltisley Civil parish (ancient)
421
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Fen Ditton Civil parish (ancient)
747
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Fen Drayton Civil parish (ancient)
825
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Fowlmere Civil parish (ancient)
1,190
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Foxton Civil parish (ancient)
1,161
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Fulbourn Civil parish (from 1765)
4,704
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Gamlingay Civil parish (ancient)
3,535
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Girton Civil parish (ancient)
3,752
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Grantchester Civil parish (ancient)
552
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Graveley Civil parish (ancient)
223
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Great Abington Civil parish (ancient)
854
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Great and Little Chishill Civil parish (from 1968)
608
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Great Eversden Civil parish (ancient)
227
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Great Shelford Civil parish (ancient)
3,949
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Great Wilbraham Civil parish (ancient)
639
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Guilden Morden Civil parish (ancient)
929
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Hardwick Civil parish (ancient)
2,630
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Harlton Civil parish (ancient)
303
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Harston Civil parish (ancient)
1,692
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Haslingfield Civil parish (ancient)
1,5501
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Hatley Civil parish (from 1957)
205
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Hauxton Civil parish (ancient)
687
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Heydon Civil parish (ancient)
206
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Hildersham Civil parish (ancient)
202
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Hinxton Civil parish (ancient)
315
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Histon Civil parish (from c1800)
4,362
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Horningsea Civil parish (ancient)
331
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Horseheath Civil parish (ancient)
465
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Ickleton Civil parish (ancient)
655
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Impington Civil parish (ancient)
3,676
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 57]
Kingston Civil parish (ancient)
214
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Knapwell Civil parish (ancient)
92
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Landbeach Civil parish (ancient)
825
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Linton Civil parish (ancient)
4,310
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Litlington Civil parish (ancient)
813
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Little Abington Civil parish (ancient)
529
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Little Eversden Civil parish (ancient)
559
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Little Gransden Civil parish (ancient)
262
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Little Shelford Civil parish (ancient)
797
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Little Wilbraham Civil parish (ancient)
394
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Lolworth Civil parish (ancient)
136
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Longstanton Civil parish (from 1953)
1,7002
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Longstowe Civil parish (ancient)
193
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Madingley Civil parish (ancient)
206
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Melbourn Civil parish (ancient)
4,414
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Meldreth Civil parish (ancient)
1,641
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Milton Civil parish (ancient)
4,275
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Newton Civil parish (prev. chap.)
401
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Northstowe Civil parish (from 2021)
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53] [ 58]
Oakington and Westwick Civil parish (from 1985)
1,2972
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Orchard Park Civil parish (from 2009)
349
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 57] [ 59]
Orwell Civil parish (ancient)
1,080
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Over Civil parish (ancient)
2,743
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Pampisford Civil parish (ancient)
343
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Papworth Everard Civil parish (ancient)
2,012
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Papworth St Agnes Civil parish (ancient)
59
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Rampton Civil parish (ancient)
440
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Sawston Civil parish (ancient)
7,150
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Shepreth Civil parish (ancient)
819
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Shingay cum Wendy Civil parish (from 1957)
104
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Shudy Camps Civil parish (ancient)
310
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
South Trumpington Civil parish
South Cambs Chesterton [ 60] [ 54] [ 53]
Stapleford Civil parish (ancient)
1,738
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Steeple Morden Civil parish (ancient)
963
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Stow cum Quy Civil parish (from C13th)
426
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Swavesey Civil parish (ancient)
2,480
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Tadlow Civil parish (ancient)
181
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Teversham Civil parish (ancient)
2,665
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Thriplow and Heathfield Civil parish (ancient)
847
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53] [ 61]
Toft Civil parish (ancient)
581
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Waterbeach Civil parish (ancient)
4,431
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
West Wickham Civil parish (ancient)
423
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
West Wratting Civil parish (ancient)
436
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Weston Colville Civil parish (ancient)
424
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Whaddon Civil parish (ancient)
481
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Whittlesford Civil parish (ancient)
1,573
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
Willingham Civil parish (ancient)
3,436
South Cambs Chesterton [ 54] [ 53]
Wimpole Civil parish (ancient)
227
South Cambs South Cambs [ 52] [ 53]
1 including South Trumpington
2 including part of Northstowe
Ashton (near Ufford; a parish 1866-1887)Barham (once a chapelry to Stow Longa, then a parish) and Woolley (ancient parish); merged 1935Bassingbourn (ancient parish) and Kneesworth (formerly a chapelry; civil parish created 1866); merged 1966Bluntisham, later Bluntisham-cum-Earith (split into Bluntisham and Earith 1948)
Botolph Bridge (ancient parish abolished 1702 and merged with Orton Longueville)
Brington and Molesworth (ancient parishes merged 1935)Burwell St Andrew and Burwell St Mary (ancient parishes merged to form Burwell c. 1700)
Bythorn (formerly a chapelry) and Keyston (ancient parish); merged 1935Cambridge St John Zachary (ancient parish abolished 1446)
Cambridge St Radegund (ancient parish abolished 1857)[ 62]
Cambridge All Saints, Cambridge Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge Holy Trinity, Cambridge St Andrew the Great, Cambridge St Andrew the Less, Cambridge St Benedict, Cambridge St Botolph, Cambridge St Clement, Cambridge St Edward, Cambridge St Giles, Cambridge St Mary the Great, Cambridge St Mary the Less, Cambridge St Michael, and Cambridge St Peter (ancient parishes merged 1900 to form Cambridge; area unparished from 1974)
Cherry Hinton and Trumpington (ancient parishes merged into Cambridge 1934)Chesterton (ancient parish merged into Cambridge 1923)Clopton (ancient parish merged into Croydon C17th)Denton and Caldecote (ancient parishes merged 1935)Duxford St John and Duxford St Peter (ancient parishes merged to form Duxford 1874)
Ely College (formerly extra-parochial, a parish from 1858) and Ely Holy Trinity with St Mary (a 1933 merger of the ancient parishes of Ely Trinity and Ely St Mary), merged 1974 to form ElyEynesbury (ancient parish) and St Neots Urban (created 1895); merged to form current St Neots parish in 1974Eynesbury Hardwicke (created from Eynesbury 1895; split between Abbotsley and St Neots 2009)Fletton (ancient parish abolished 1894 and split into Fletton Rural and Fletton Urban)Fletton Rural (created 1894, renamed Fletton from 1938), Stanground South (created 1905) and Woodston Rural (created 1894); abolished 1974 and merged into Peterborough
Folksworth and Washingley (ancient parishes merged 1935)Fulbourn All Saints and Fulbourn St Vigor (ancient parishes merged to form Fulbourn 1765)
Great Catworth (ancient parish) and Little Catworth (possibly a civil parish at some point before 1885); merged to form Catworth 1885
Great Chishill and Little Chishill (merged 1968)Great Raveley , Little Raveley and Upwood (merged to form Upwood and the Raveleys 1935)Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley (merged to form The Stukeleys 1935)Grunty Fen (formerly extra-parochial, created 1858, merged into Wilburton 1933)Gunthorpe , Walton and Werrington (all created 1866; Werrington was previously a chapelry); Paston (an ancient parish); Fletton Urban, Peterborough Within, Peterborough Without and Woodston Urban (all created 1894); and Peterborough Minster Close Precincts (formerly extra-parochial; created 1858); all abolished and merged into Peterborough in 1929Hamerton and Steeple Gidding (ancient parishes merged 2010)Hartford (ancient parish merged into Huntingdon 1935)Hatley St George and East Hatley (ancient parishes merged to form Hatley 1957)Histon St Andrew and Histon St Etheldreda (ancient parishes merged to form Histon c. 1800)
Houghton and Wyton (merged to form Houghton and Wyton 1935 and now split between that and Wyton-on-the-Hill)Huntingdon All Saints, Huntingdon St Benedict, Huntingdon St John, and Huntingdon St Mary (merged to form Huntingdon 1921)
Huntingdon and Godmanchester (existed 1961-1982; now split into the original two parishes)Huntingdon Holy Trinity, Huntingdon St Andrew, Huntingdon St Botolph, Huntingdon St Clement, Huntingdon St Edmund, Huntingdon St George, Huntingdon St Germain, Huntingdon St Lawrence, Huntingdon St Martin, Huntingdon St Michael, Huntingdon St Nicholas and Huntingdon St Peter (all abolished during the period C13th-C16th)[ 63]
Landwade (a medieval chapelry to Exning (in Suffolk) but located in Cambridgeshire; later a civil parish; parish abolished 1953 and merged into Fordham; area transferred to Exning parish in Suffolk, 1994)Longstanton All Saints and Longstanton St Michael (merged to form Longstanton 1953 and now split between Longstanton and Northstowe)
Longthorpe (a medieval chapel to Peterborough; parish formed 1908 out of Peterborough Without, abolished 1929 and merged into Peterborough)Oakington (ancient parish) and Westwick (created 1866); merged 1985Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy (ancient parishes merged 2009)Outwell and Upwell (ancient parishes partly in the Isle of Ely until 1889 when they were transferred entirely to Norfolk); so was the parish of Welney from its creation in 1866 until 1889.Peterborough (ancient parish split 1894 into Peterborough Within and Peterborough Without; recreated 1929 covering a wider area; abolished 1974)Pilsgate (a parish 1866-1887)Redmere (formerly extra-parochial; created 1858; transferred from Norfolk to Isle of Ely 1895; merged into Littleport 1933)Royston was partially in Cambridgeshire from its formation in 1540 until it was transferred wholly to Hertfordshire in 1896. The church was in Hertfordshire.St Neots Rural (created 1895; split between Abbotsley and St Neots 2009)
Sawtry (St) Judith (a medieval parish; extra-parochial from 1537; a parish from 1858) and Sawtry All Saints & St Andrew (itself an 1886 merger of the ancient parishes of Sawtry All Saints and Sawtry St Andrew) (merged to form Sawtry 1935)
Shingay and Wendy (ancient parishes merged 1957)Silverley (ancient parish merged into Ashley before 1535)
Southoe (ancient parish) and Midloe (formerly extra-parochial, a parish from 1858); merged 1935Stamford Baron St Martin (an ancient parish in the Soke of Peterborough, split in 1894 into St Martin's Within (moved to Lincolnshire) and St Martin's Without (see above))Stanground (ancient parish split into Stanground North and Stanground South 1905)Stanground North (existed 1905-2004; area now unparished and without inhabitants)Stow and Quy (ancient parishes merged to form Stow cum Quy by the 13th century)
Swaffham Prior SS Cyriac & Julitta and Swaffham Prior St Mary (ancient parishes merged to form Swaffham Prior 1667)
Swineshead (ancient parish transferred to Bedfordshire 1896)Thurning (ancient parish fully transferred to Northamptonshire 1895)Upton and Coppingford (ancient parishes merged 1935)Waresley (ancient parish) and Tetworth (created 1810; partly in Bedfordshire until 1844); merged 2010 to form Waresley-cum-TetworthWelches Dam (formerly extra-parochial, created 1858, split between Chatteris and Manea 1960)Whittlesey St Andrew and Whittlesey St Mary were ancient parishes merged to form Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew by 1801.[ 64]
Willingham (near Carlton) (ancient parish merged into Carlton before 1535)
Witcham Gravel (existed 1894-1933)Woodston (ancient parish split into Woodston Urban and Woodston Rural 1905)
Renamed civil parishes
Ashley (formerly Ashley-cum-Silverley from 1535)
Carlton (formerly Carlton-cum-Willingham from 1535 until 1974)
Croydon (formerly Croydon-cum-Clapton or Clopton, from C16th)
Great Chishill (formerly Great Chishall)
Newton-in-the-Isle (formerly Newton)
Thriplow and Heathfield (formerly Thriplow)
Wisbech (formerly Wisbech St Peter)
Ancient parishes and chapelries
This table covers the whole area now covered by the present county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough, plus any areas of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely that now lie in other counties. Chapelries are listed in italics. Parishes are listed by hundred .
1 now in Lincolnshire 2 now in Bedfordshire 3 now in Northamptonshire 4 a chapelry to Broughton in Hurstingstone hundred 5 a chapelry to Exning in Suffolk; now in Suffolk 6 no record of a church having ever existed 7 now in Suffolk
See also
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