South Cambridgeshire Rural District

Former local government area in the UK

Position within Cambridgeshire

52°05′46″N 0°05′13″E﻿ / ﻿52.096°N 0.087°E﻿ / 52.096; 0.087 South Cambridgeshire was a rural district in Cambridgeshire, England[1] established in 1934 under a County Review Order as a merger of Linton Rural District and Melbourn Rural District[2] and part of Caxton and Arrington Rural District.[3] In 1965 it became part of the new administrative county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. The council offices were at County Hall, Hobson Street, Cambridge and the Council held its meetings at Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, although both were outside the district. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with the Chesterton Rural District to form a new South Cambridgeshire district.[4]

## Parishes[5]

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Parish | From | To | Notes

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Abington Pigotts |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Arrington |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Babraham |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Balsham |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Barrington |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Bartlow |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | 1966 |  | Merger of Bassingbourn & Kneesworth
Bassingbourn |  | 1966 | Previously Melbourn RD
Carlton |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Castle Camps |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Croydon |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Duxford |  |  | Previously Linton RD
East Hatley |  | 1957 | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD.
See Hatley
Fowlmere |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Foxton |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Gamlingay |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Great Abington |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Great and Little Chishill | 1968 |  | Merger of Great Chishill & Little Chishill
Great Chishill |  | 1968 | Previously Melbourn RD
Great Eversden |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Guilden Morden |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Hatley | 1957 |  | Merger of East Hatley, Hatley St George
and other parts
Hatley St George |  | 1957 | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Heydon |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Hildersham |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Hinxton |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Horseheath |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Ickleton |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Kingston |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Kneesworth |  | 1966 | Previously Melbourn RD.
See Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth
Linton |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Litlington |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Little Abington |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Little Chishill |  | 1968 | Previously Melbourn RD
Little Eversden |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Little Gransden |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Longstowe |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Melbourn |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Meldreth |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Orwell |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Pampisford |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Sawston |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Shepreth |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Shingay cum Wendy | 1957 |  | Merger of Shingay & Wendy
Shingay |  | 1957 | Previously Melbourn RD
Shudy Camps |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Steeple Morden |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Tadlow |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD
Thriplow |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Wendy |  | 1957 | Previously Melbourn RD.
See Shingay cum Wendy
West Wickham |  |  | Previously Linton RD
West Wratting |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Weston Colville |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Whaddon |  |  | Previously Melbourn RD
Whittlesford |  |  | Previously Linton RD
Wimpole |  |  | Previously Caxton and Arrington RD

## References

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1. ^ "Home". South Cambs District Council. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
2. ^ "Local Plan Village Classification Report" (PDF).
3. ^ "Caxton through time". visionofbritain.
4. ^ "Cambridgeshire Registration District". www.ukbmd.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
5. ^ "South Cambridgeshire RD through time; Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 June 2017.