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Re: What's in a name?
by Olly on Wednesday 26/Nov/2003, @02:30
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No, it's not: geographically, Peterborough is in the county of Northamptonshire (with the exception of those suburbs situated south of the Nene, which are in the county of Huntingdonshire); always has been (well, since AD 1011, anyway), always will be.
What is true, though, is that Peterborough has been in a number of different *administrative* areas since formal local government was created in 1888. However, administrative areas (including "administrative counties") are NOT the same as counties. Here is a potted history of Peterborough's top-tier local government:
►1889-1965: Peterborough was in the administrative county of the Soke of Peterborough (described in the Local Government Act 1888 as a division of the geographical county of Northamptonshire).
►1965-1974: Soke of Peterborough CC was merged with Huntingdonshire CC (as both authorities were deemed too small for local government purposes) to create Huntingdon & Peterborough CC.
►1974-1998: Huntingdon & Peterborough CC was merged with Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely CC to form "Cambridgeshire" CC.
►1998- : Peterborough City Council was made a unitary authority, independent of Cambridgeshire CC.
As you can see, residents of Peterborough have been subject to rather confusing local government arrangements over the years, with three major local government changes over the last four decades: isn't it simpler just to use the geographical county, safe in the knowledge that this will never change?!
For everything except local government, Peterborough is in NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
If you'd like more information about the counties of Great Britain (and how they differ from administrative areas), please visit http://www.abcounties.co.uk
Olly =) |
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