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 subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England . There are 263 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 263 parishes, accounting for 70.2 per cent of the county's population.
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] The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions .[ 4] The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for Rural Districts .[ 5]
Parishes were run by vestries , meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes,[ 6] although some 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 civil parishes continued to exist, and were generally coterminous with the 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 [ edit ]
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] and a civil parish can also gain city status , but only if that is granted by the Crown .[ 9] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor .[ 9] The 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 [ edit ]
Image
Name
Status
Population
District
Former local authority
Refs
Cambridge
Unparished area
108,863
Cambridge
Cambridge Municipal Borough
[ 12] [ 13]
Ashley
Civil parish
585
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Bottisham
Civil parish
1,983
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Brinkley
Civil parish
383
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Burrough Green
Civil parish
386
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Burwell
Civil parish
5,833
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Cheveley
Civil parish
1,912
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Chippenham
Civil parish
528
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Coveney
Civil parish
421
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Downham
Civil parish
2,409
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Dullingham
Civil parish
718
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Ely
City
15,102
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Urban District
[ 17] [ 15]
Fordham
Civil parish
2,620
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Haddenham
Civil parish
3,228
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Isleham
Civil parish
2,347
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Kennett
Civil parish
364
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Kirtling
Civil parish
370
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Littleport
Civil parish
7,521
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Lode
Civil parish
892
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Mepal
Civil parish
921
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Reach
Civil parish
365
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Snailwell
Civil parish
224
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Soham
Town
9,102
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Stetchworth
Civil parish
694
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Stretham
Civil parish
1,685
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Sutton
Civil parish
3,363
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Swaffham Bulbeck
Civil parish
853
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Swaffham Prior
Civil parish
765
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Thetford
Civil parish
693
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Wentworth
Civil parish
159
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Westley Waterless
Civil parish
155
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Wicken
Civil parish
835
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Wilburton
Civil parish
1,231
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Witcham
Civil parish
434
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Witchford
Civil parish
2,344
East Cambridgeshire
Ely Rural District
[ 16] [ 15]
Woodditton
Civil parish
1,789
East Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Rural District
[ 14] [ 15]
Benwick
Civil parish
860
Fenland
North Witchford Rural District
[ 18] [ 19]
Chatteris
Town
8,820
Fenland
Chatteris Urban District
[ 20] [ 19]
Christchurch
Civil parish
719
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Doddington
Civil parish
2,088
Fenland
North Witchford Rural District
[ 18] [ 19]
Elm
Civil parish
3,295
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Gorefield
Civil parish
1,064
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Leverington
Civil parish
2,914
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Manea
Civil parish
1,579
Fenland
North Witchford Rural District
[ 18] [ 19]
March
Town
19,042
Fenland
March Urban District
[ 22] [ 19]
Newton
Civil parish
657
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Parson Drove
Civil parish
1,030
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Tydd St Giles
Civil parish
995
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Whittlesey
Town
15,581
Fenland
Whittlesey Urban District
[ 23] [ 19]
Wimblington
Civil parish
1,656
Fenland
North Witchford Rural District
[ 18] [ 19]
Wisbech
Town
20,200
Fenland
Wisbech Municipal Borough
[ 24] [ 19]
Wisbech St Mary
Civil parish
3,019
Fenland
Wisbech Rural District
[ 21] [ 19]
Abbots Ripton
Civil parish
309
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Abbotsley
Civil parish
632
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Alconbury
Civil parish
1,670
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Alconbury Weston
Civil parish
793
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Alwalton
Civil parish
336
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Barham and Woolley
Civil parish
55
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Bluntisham
Civil parish
1,976
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Brampton
Civil parish
5,030
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Brington and Molesworth
Civil parish
412
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Broughton
Civil parish
241
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Buckden
Civil parish
2,515
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Buckworth
Civil parish
118
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Bury
Civil parish
1,713
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Bythorn and Keyston
Civil parish
271
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Catworth
Civil parish
366
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Chesterton
Civil parish
140
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Colne
Civil parish
784
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Conington
Civil parish
216
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Covington
Civil parish
85
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Denton and Caldecote
Civil parish
55
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Diddington
Civil parish
83
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Earith
Civil parish
1,677
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Easton
Civil parish
162
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Ellington
Civil parish
624
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Elton
Civil parish
726
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Farcet
Civil parish
1,647
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Fenstanton
Civil parish
2,868
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Folksworth and Washingley
Civil parish
905
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Glatton
Civil parish
304
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Godmanchester
Town
5,996
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon and Godmanchester Municipal Borough
[ 32] [ 26]
Grafham
Civil parish
585
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Great Gidding
Civil parish
289
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Great Gransden
Civil parish
969
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Great Paxton
Civil parish
1,019
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Great Staughton
Civil parish
836
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Haddon
Civil parish
56
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Hail Weston
Civil parish
591
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Hamerton and Steeple Gidding
Civil parish
143
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 33] [ 29]
Hemingford Abbots
Civil parish
583
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Hemingford Grey
Civil parish
2,524
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Hilton
Civil parish
982
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Holme
Civil parish
610
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Holywell cum Needingworth
Civil parish
2,539
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Houghton and Wyton
Civil parish
1,595
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 33] [ 29]
Huntingdon
Town
20,099
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon and Godmanchester Municipal Borough
[ 32] [ 26]
Kimbolton and Stonely
Civil parish
1,432
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26] [ 34]
Kings Ripton
Civil parish
168
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Leighton
Civil parish
224
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Little Gidding
Civil parish
35
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Little Paxton
Civil parish
3,006
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Morborne
Civil parish
37
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy
Civil parish
1,249
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Old Hurst
Civil parish
249
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Old Weston
Civil parish
190
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Perry
Civil parish
1,146
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Pidley cum Fenton
Civil parish
367
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Ramsey
Town
8,047
Huntingdonshire
Ramsey Urban District
[ 35] [ 26]
Sawtry
Civil parish
5,568
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Sibson cum Stibbington
Civil parish
438
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Somersham
Civil parish
3,802
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Southoe and Midloe
Civil parish
411
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Spaldwick
Civil parish
613
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
St Ives
Town
16,001
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Municipal Borough
[ 36] [ 26]
St Neots
Town
27,372
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Urban District
[ 37] [ 38] [ 29]
Stilton
Civil parish
2,445
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Stow Longa
Civil parish
135
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
The Stukeleys
Civil parish
2,052
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Tilbrook
Civil parish
258
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Toseland
Civil parish
79
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Upton and Coppingford
Civil parish
207
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Upwood and the Raveleys
Civil parish
1,218
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Warboys
Civil parish
3,866
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Waresley cum Tetworth
Civil parish
284
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
Water Newton
Civil parish
75
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Winwick
Civil parish
81
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Wistow
Civil parish
527
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Wood Walton
Civil parish
237
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon Rural District
[ 25] [ 26]
Woodhurst
Civil parish
327
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 26]
Wyton on the Hill
Civil parish
964
Huntingdonshire
St Ives Rural District
[ 31] [ 39] [ 29]
Yaxley
Civil parish
7,413
Huntingdonshire
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 26]
Yelling
Civil parish
302
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Rural District
[ 27] [ 26]
Ailsworth
Civil parish
413
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Bainton
Civil parish
305
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Barnack
Civil parish
851
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Borough Fen
Civil parish
130
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Bretton
Civil parish
12,689
Peterborough
Peterborough Municipal Borough
[ 43] [ 41]
Castor
Civil parish
817
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Deeping Gate
Civil parish
465
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Etton
Civil parish
158
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Eye
Civil parish
3,779
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Glinton
Civil parish
1,752
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Hampton Hargate and Vale
Civil parish
1,007
Peterborough
Old Fletton Urban District
[ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
Helpston
Civil parish
825
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Marholm
Civil parish
148
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Maxey
Civil parish
690
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Newborough
Civil parish
1,377
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Northborough
Civil parish
1,332
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Old Fletton
Unparished area
16,240
Peterborough
Old Fletton Urban District
[ 44] [ 47]
Orton Longueville
Civil parish
11,070
Peterborough
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 41]
Orton Waterville
Civil parish
9,976
Peterborough
Norman Cross Rural District
[ 30] [ 41]
Peakirk
Civil parish
321
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Peterborough
Unparished area
85,796
Peterborough
Peterborough Municipal Borough
[ 43] [ 48]
Southorpe
Civil parish
134
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
St Martin's Without
Civil parish
46
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Stanground North
Unparished area
0
Peterborough
Thorney Rural District
[ 49] [ 50] [ 51]
Sutton
Civil parish
120
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Thorney
Civil parish
2,166
Peterborough
Thorney Rural District
[ 49] [ 41]
Thornhaugh
Civil parish
187
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Ufford
Civil parish
226
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Upton
Civil parish
72
Peterborough
Peterborough Rural District
[ 40] [ 41]
Wansford
Civil parish
446
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Wittering
Civil parish
2,297
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Wothorpe
Civil parish
226
Peterborough
Barnack Rural District
[ 42] [ 41]
Abington Pigotts
Civil parish
143
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Arrington
Civil parish
389
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Babraham
Civil parish
269
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Balsham
Civil parish
1,641
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Bar Hill
Civil parish
4,233
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Barrington
Civil parish
904
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Bartlow
Civil parish
102
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Barton
Civil parish
799
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth
Civil parish
4,005
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Bourn
Civil parish
929
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 55]
Boxworth
Civil parish
226
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Caldecote
Civil parish
793
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Cambourne
Civil parish
1,044
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
Carlton
Civil parish
166
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Castle Camps
Civil parish
600
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Caxton
Civil parish
271
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 55]
Childerley
Civil parish
27
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Comberton
Civil parish
2,189
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Conington
Civil parish
120
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Coton
Civil parish
773
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Cottenham
Civil parish
5,652
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Croxton
Civil parish
163
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Croydon
Civil parish
221
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Dry Drayton
Civil parish
582
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Duxford
Civil parish
1,836
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Elsworth
Civil parish
657
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Eltisley
Civil parish
421
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Fen Ditton
Civil parish
747
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Fen Drayton
Civil parish
825
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Fowlmere
Civil parish
1,190
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Foxton
Civil parish
1,161
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Fulbourn
Civil parish
4,704
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Gamlingay
Civil parish
3,535
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Girton
Civil parish
3,752
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Grantchester
Civil parish
552
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Graveley
Civil parish
223
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Great Abington
Civil parish
854
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Great and Little Chishill
Civil parish
608
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Great Eversden
Civil parish
227
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Great Shelford
Civil parish
3,949
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Great Wilbraham
Civil parish
639
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Guilden Morden
Civil parish
929
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Hardwick
Civil parish
2,630
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Harlton
Civil parish
303
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Harston
Civil parish
1,692
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Haslingfield
Civil parish
1,550
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Hatley
Civil parish
205
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Hauxton
Civil parish
687
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Heydon
Civil parish
206
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Hildersham
Civil parish
202
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Hinxton
Civil parish
315
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Histon
Civil parish
4,362
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Horningsea
Civil parish
331
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Horseheath
Civil parish
465
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Ickleton
Civil parish
655
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Impington
Civil parish
3,676
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 57]
Kingston
Civil parish
214
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Knapwell
Civil parish
92
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Landbeach
Civil parish
825
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Linton
Civil parish
4,310
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Litlington
Civil parish
813
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Little Abington
Civil parish
529
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Little Eversden
Civil parish
559
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Little Gransden
Civil parish
262
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Little Shelford
Civil parish
797
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Little Wilbraham
Civil parish
394
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Lolworth
Civil parish
136
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Longstanton
Civil parish
1,700
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Longstowe
Civil parish
193
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Madingley
Civil parish
206
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Melbourn
Civil parish
4,414
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Meldreth
Civil parish
1,641
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Milton
Civil parish
4,275
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Newton
Civil parish
401
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Oakington and Westwick
Civil parish
1,297
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Orchard Park
Community
349
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 57] [ 58]
Orwell
Civil parish
1,080
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Over
Civil parish
2,743
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Pampisford
Civil parish
343
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Papworth Everard
Civil parish
2,012
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Papworth St Agnes
Civil parish
59
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Rampton
Civil parish
440
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Sawston
Civil parish
7,150
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Shepreth
Civil parish
819
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Shingay cum Wendy
Civil parish
104
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Shudy Camps
Civil parish
310
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Stapleford
Civil parish
1,738
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Steeple Morden
Civil parish
963
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Stow cum Quy
Civil parish
426
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Swavesey
Civil parish
2,480
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Tadlow
Civil parish
181
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Teversham
Civil parish
2,665
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Thriplow
Civil parish
847
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Toft
Civil parish
581
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Waterbeach
Civil parish
4,431
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
West Wickham
Civil parish
423
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
West Wratting
Civil parish
436
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Weston Colville
Civil parish
424
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Whaddon
Civil parish
481
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Whittlesford
Civil parish
1,573
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
Willingham
Civil parish
3,436
South Cambridgeshire
Chesterton Rural District
[ 54] [ 53]
Wimpole
Civil parish
227
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire Rural District
[ 52] [ 53]
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