Huntingdon was a rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974, lying to the north and west of urban Huntingdon. It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from the earlier Huntingdon rural sanitary district.
It was expanded in 1935 by taking in most of the disbanded Thrapston Rural District and part of the Huntingdonshire segment of Oundle Rural District.
In 1965 Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough merged to form Huntingdon and Peterborough.
In 1974 the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the non-metropolitan district of Huntingdon, subsequently renamed Huntingdonshire.
Parishes Parish From To Notes Abbots Ripton Alconbury Alconbury Weston Barham and Woolley 1935 Merger of Barham & Woolley Barham 1935 Brampton Brington and Molesworth 1935 Formerly 2 parishes in Thrapston RD Buckworth Bythorn and Keyston 1935 Formerly 2 parishes in Thrapston RD Conington Coppingford 1935 See Upton and Coppingford Easton Ellington Great Gidding 1935 Formerly Oundle RD Great Raveley 1935 See The Stukeleys Great Stukeley 1935 See Upwood and the Raveleys Hamerton Hartford 1935 Divided between Huntingdon MB,Houghton & Wyton (St Ives RD)and Kings Ripton Kings Ripton Leighton Little Gidding 1935 Formerly Oundle RD Little Raveley 1935 See The Stukeleys Little Stukeley 1935 See Upwood and the Raveleys Old Weston Formerly Thrapston RD Sawtry 1935 Merger of the following 2 parishes: Sawtry All Saints & St Andrew 1935 Sawtry St Judith 1935 Spaldwick Steeple Gidding The Stukeleys 1935 Merger of Great Stukeley & Little Stukeley Upton and Coppingford 1935 Merger of Upton & Coppingford Upton 1935 Upwood and the Raveleys 1935 Merger of Great Raveley, Little Raveley & Upwood Upwood 1935 Winwick 1935 Formerly Oundle RD Wood Walton
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