Peterborough

Peterborough is a city in the east of England. Along with surrounding towns it forms the Peterborough unitary authority.

Local government

The old town is entirely within the traditional county of Northamptonshire, being part of a special region known as the Soke of Peterborough, but post-industrial urban growth expanded into Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. In 1889 the Soke was made an administrative county, but was subsequently considered too small for its purpose, and so was merged with administrative Huntingdonshire in 1965 to form Peterborough and Huntingdonshire. From 1974 until it became a unitary authority in 1998 it was part of Cambridgeshire.

Related Topics:
Traditional county - Northamptonshire - Soke of Peterborough - Cambridgeshire - Huntingdonshire - 1889 - Administrative county - 1965 - Peterborough and Huntingdonshire - 1974 - 1998

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