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Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road which runs east–west. In 2011, the parish had a population of 4,655. [1] Histon forms part of the Cambridge built-up area. [3]
Cambridgeshire County Council was first formed in 1889 as a result of the Local Government Act 1888 as one of two county councils covering Cambridgeshire; the other was the Isle of Ely County Council. In 1965, the two councils were merged to form Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council.
By the late 1920s the county council had also found the Hobson Street building too small and chose to move to the shire hall at Castle Hill in 1933. [2] The building in Hobson Street continued to be used by the county council, inter alia, as the County Planning Office [ 2 ] and as the County Record Office, [ 10 ] until it was acquired by Christ ...
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire in the East of England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
In the 're-warding' by Cambridge City Council in 2021, Arbury Ward 'Lost the Chesterton triangle, gained Garden Walk, Warwick Road area and Arbury Court'. [ 9 ] In 1980, local primary schools took part in a project called 'Arbury 1980' - which traced the history of the district back to the iron age and resulted in the 1981 book 'Arbury Is Where ...
Longstanton is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by two councillors and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for the Longstanton, Northstowe and Over electoral division. Longstanton is in the parliamentary constituency of St Neots & Mid Cambridgeshire, represented in the House of Commons since 2024 by Ian Sollom.
Hilton is situated within Huntingdonshire, which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The parish adjoins those of Elsworth , Fenstanton , Hemingford Abbots , Hemingford Grey , Papworth Everard and Papworth St Agnes .
In 2018, Cambridgeshire County Council decided to vacate its former headquarters at Shire Hall, Cambridge and move to a new building at Alconbury Weald. [9] The new building was named "New Shire Hall", with the council's first committee meeting there being held in September 2021. [10] In the 2021 Census, Alconbury Weald had a population of ...