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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 Hargrave were then assessed under Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire was formerly in the Diocese of Lincoln, but in 1837 was transferred to Ely.
Huntingdonshire (/ ˈ h ʌ n t ɪ ŋ d ən ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England, which was historically a county in its own right.
Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 [2] and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628.
Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies Service (CALS) is a UK local government institution which collects and preserves archives, other historical documents and printed material relating to the modern county of Cambridgeshire, which includes the former counties of Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely. CALS is part of Cambridgeshire County Council
On the creation of the county, an order under the Police Act 1964 came into force creating the Mid-Anglia Constabulary by merging the Cambridge City Police, 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 Peterborough City Police).
Plan of Norman Cross barracks and prison in 1813. Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp [1] or "depot". ". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleoni
Military history of Huntingdonshire (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "History of Huntingdonshire" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Initially managed by Huntingdonshire County Council, from 1974 the Museum became the responsibility of the Cambridgeshire County Council library service. [6] The Museum was completely re-displayed in 1988 and refurbished between November 2003 and late May 2004 when major building work was undertaken and temperature control systems installed. [6]