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 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.

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] 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

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]

Soham

Chatteris

March

Whittlesey

Wisbech

Godmanchester

Huntingdon

Ramsey

St Ives

St Neots

ELY

Civil parishes with town or city status

List of civil parishes and unparished areas

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]

See also

• List of civil parishes in England

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External links

• Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings
• East Cambridgeshire District Council : Parish and Town Councils in East Cambridgeshire
• Fenland District Council : Parish and Town Councils and Councillors
• Huntingdonshire District Council : Parish Councils
• Peterborough City Council : Parish Council Contact Details
• South Cambridgeshire District Council : Parish Councils