# Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire

A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 264 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 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.
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.
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. The 19th century saw an increase in the responsibility of parishes, although the Poor Law powers were transferred to Poor Law Unions. The Public Health Act 1872 grouped parishes into Rural Sanitary Districts, based on the Poor Law Unions; these subsequently formed the basis for RDs.
Parishes were run by vestries, meeting annually to appoint officials, and were generally identical to ecclesiastical parishes, 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.
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. 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.
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.

## 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.
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. 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.

## List of civil parishes and unparished areas

| Name | Status | Popn. | District | Former local authority | Refs |
| Cambridge | Unparished area | 108,863 | Cambridge | Cambridge MB | [12] [13] |
| Ashley | Civil parish (ancient) | 585 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Bottisham | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,983 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Brinkley | Civil parish (ancient) | 383 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Burrough Green | Civil parish (ancient) | 386 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Burwell | Civil parish (from c1700) | 5,833 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Cheveley | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,912 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Chippenham | Civil parish (ancient) | 528 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Coveney | Civil parish (ancient) | 421 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Downham | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,409 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Dullingham | Civil parish (ancient) | 718 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Ely | City (parish from 1974) | 15,102 | East Cambs | Ely UD | [17] [15] |
| Fordham | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,620 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Haddenham | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,228 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Isleham | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,347 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Kennett | Civil parish (ancient) | 364 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Kirtling | Civil parish (ancient) | 370 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Littleport | Civil parish (ancient) | 7,521 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Lode | Civil parish (from 1894) | 892 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Mepal | Civil parish (ancient) | 921 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Reach | Civil parish (1954, p.cs.) | 365 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Snailwell | Civil parish (ancient) | 224 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Soham | Town (ancient parish) | 9,102 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Stetchworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 694 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Stretham | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,685 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Sutton | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,363 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Swaffham Bulbeck | Civil parish (ancient) | 853 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Swaffham Prior | Civil parish (from 1667) | 765 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Thetford | Civil parish (1866, p. ch.) | 693 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Wentworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 159 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Westley Waterless | Civil parish (ancient) | 155 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Wicken | Civil parish (ancient) | 835 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Wilburton | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,231 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Witcham | Civil parish (ancient) | 434 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Witchford | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,344 | East Cambs | Ely RD | [16] [15] |
| Woodditton | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,789 | East Cambs | Newmarket RD | [14] [15] |
| Benwick | Civil parish (1866, p.ch.) | 860 | Fenland | North Witchford RD | [18] [19] |
| Chatteris | Town (ancient parish) | 8,820 | Fenland | Chatteris UD | [20] [19] |
| Christchurch | Civil parish | 719 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Doddington | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,088 | Fenland | North Witchford RD | [18] [19] |
| Elm | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,295 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Gorefield | Civil parish | 1,064 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Leverington | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,914 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Manea | Civil parish (1866, p.ch.) | 1,579 | Fenland | North Witchford RD | [18] [19] |
| March | Town (1866, prev. chap.) | 19,042 | Fenland | March UD | [22] [19] |
| Newton-in-the-Isle | Civil parish (ancient) | 657 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Parson Drove | Civil parish (1866, p.ch.) | 1,030 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Tydd St Giles | Civil parish (ancient) | 995 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Whittlesey | Town (parish 1926-74, 81-) | 15,581 | Fenland | Whittlesey UD | [23] [19] |
| Wimblington | Civil parish (1866) | 1,656 | Fenland | North Witchford RD | [18] [19] |
| Wisbech | Town (ancient parish) | 20,200 | Fenland | Wisbech MB | [24] [19] |
| Wisbech St Mary | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 3,019 | Fenland | Wisbech RD | [21] [19] |
| Abbots Ripton | Civil parish (ancient) | 309 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Abbotsley | Civil parish (ancient) | 632 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [28] [29] |
| Alconbury | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,670 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Alconbury Weston | Civil parish (ancient) | 793 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Alwalton | Civil parish (ancient) | 336 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Barham and Woolley | Civil parish (from 1935) | 55 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Bluntisham | Civil parish (from 1948) | 1,976 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Brampton | Civil parish (ancient) | 5,030 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Brington and Molesworth | Civil parish (from 1935) | 412 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Broughton | Civil parish (ancient) | 241 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Buckden | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,515 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Buckworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 118 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Bury | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,713 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Bythorn and Keyston | Civil parish (from 1935) | 271 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Catworth | Civil parish (from 1885) | 366 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Chesterton | Civil parish (ancient) | 140 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Colne | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 784 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Conington | Civil parish (ancient) | 216 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Covington | Civil parish (ancient) | 85 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Denton and Caldecote | Civil parish (from 1935) | 55 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Diddington | Civil parish (ancient) | 83 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Earith | Civil parish (from 1948) | 1,677 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Easton | Civil parish (ancient) | 162 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Ellington | Civil parish (ancient) | 624 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Elton | Civil parish (ancient) | 726 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Farcet | Civil parish (1866, p.c.) | 1,647 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Fenstanton | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,868 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Folksworth and Washingley | Civil parish (from 1935) | 905 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Glatton | Civil parish (ancient) | 304 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Godmanchester | Town (ancient parish) | 5,996 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB | [32] [26] |
| Grafham | Civil parish (ancient) | 585 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Great Gidding | Civil parish (ancient) | 289 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Great Gransden | Civil parish (ancient) | 969 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Great Paxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,019 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Great Staughton | Civil parish (ancient) | 836 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Haddon | Civil parish (ancient) | 56 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Hail Weston | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 591 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Hamerton and Steeple Gidding | Civil parish (from 2010) | 143 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [33] [29] |
| Hemingford Abbots | Civil parish (ancient) | 583 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Hemingford Grey | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,524 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Hilton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 982 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Holme | Civil parish (1866, p.c.) | 610 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Holywell-cum-Needingworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,539 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Houghton and Wyton | Civil parish (from 1935) | 1,595 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [33] [29] |
| Huntingdon | Town (ancient) | 20,099 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon and Godmanchester MB | [32] [26] |
| Kimbolton | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,432 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] [34] |
| Kings Ripton | Civil parish (ancient) | 168 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Leighton | Civil parish (ancient) | 224 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Little Gidding | Civil parish (ancient) | 35 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Little Paxton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 3,006 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Morborne | Civil parish (ancient) | 37 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy | Civil parish (from 2010) | 1,249 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [28] [29] |
| Old Hurst | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 249 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Old Weston | Civil parish (ancient) | 190 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Perry | Civil parish (from 1980s) | 1,146 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Pidley cum Fenton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 367 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Ramsey | Town (ancient parish) | 8,047 | Huntingdonshire | Ramsey UD | [35] [26] |
| Sawtry | Civil parish (from 1935) | 5,568 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Sibson-cum-Stibbington | Civil parish (ancient) | 438 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Somersham | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,802 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Southoe and Midloe | Civil parish (from 1935) | 411 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Spaldwick | Civil parish (ancient) | 613 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| St Ives | Town (ancient) | 16,001 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives MB | [36] [26] |
| St Neots | Town (anc.-1895 & 1974-) | 27,372 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots UD | [37] [38] [29] |
| Stilton | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,445 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Stow Longa | Civil parish (ancient) | 135 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| The Stukeleys | Civil parish (from 1935) | 2,052 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Tilbrook | Civil parish (ancient) | 258 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Toseland | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 79 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Upton and Coppingford | Civil parish (from 1935) | 207 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Upwood and the Raveleys | Civil parish (from 1935) | 1,218 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Warboys | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,866 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Waresley-cum-Tetworth | Civil parish (from 2010) | 284 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [28] [29] |
| Water Newton | Civil parish (ancient) | 75 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Winwick | Civil parish (ancient) | 81 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Wistow | Civil parish (ancient) | 527 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Wood Walton | Civil parish (ancient) | 237 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon RD | [25] [26] |
| Woodhurst | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 327 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [26] |
| Wyton on the Hill | Civil parish (from 2010) | 964 | Huntingdonshire | St Ives RD | [31] [39] [29] |
| Yaxley | Civil parish (ancient) | 7,413 | Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross RD | [30] [26] |
| Yelling | Civil parish (ancient) | 302 | Huntingdonshire | St Neots RD | [27] [26] |
| Ailsworth | Civil parish (from 1866) | 413 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Bainton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 305 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Barnack | Civil parish (ancient) | 851 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Borough Fen | Civil parish (from 1858) | 130 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Bretton | Civil parish (from 1994) | 12,689 | Peterborough | Peterborough MB | [43] [41] |
| Castor | Civil parish (ancient) | 817 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Deeping Gate | Civil parish (from 1866) | 465 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Etton | Civil parish (ancient) | 158 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Eye | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,779 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Glinton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 1,752 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Hampton Hargate and Vale | Civil parish (from 2010) | 1,007 | Peterborough | Old Fletton UD | [44] [45] [46] |
| Helpston | Civil parish (ancient) | 825 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Marholm | Civil parish (ancient) | 148 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Maxey | Civil parish (ancient) | 690 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Newborough | Civil parish (c. 1830) | 1,377 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Northborough | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,332 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Old Fletton | Unparished area | 16,240 | Peterborough | Old Fletton UD | [44] [47] |
| Orton Longueville | Civil parish (ancient) | 11,070 | Peterborough | Norman Cross RD | [30] [41] |
| Orton Waterville | Civil parish (ancient) | 9,976 | Peterborough | Norman Cross RD | [30] [41] |
| Peakirk | Civil parish (ancient) | 321 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Peterborough | Unparished area | 85,796 | Peterborough | Peterborough MB | [43] [48] |
| Southorpe | Civil parish (from 1866) | 134 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| St Martin's Without | Civil parish (from 1894) | 46 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Stanground North | Unparished area | 0 | Peterborough | Thorney RD | [49] [50] [51] |
| Sutton | Civil parish (1866, p.c.) | 120 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Thorney | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,166 | Peterborough | Thorney RD | [49] [41] |
| Thornhaugh | Civil parish (ancient) | 187 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Ufford | Civil parish (ancient) | 226 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Upton | Civil parish (1866, p.c.) | 72 | Peterborough | Peterborough RD | [40] [41] |
| Wansford | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 446 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Wittering | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,297 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Wothorpe | Civil parish (from 1866) | 226 | Peterborough | Barnack RD | [42] [41] |
| Abington Pigotts | Civil parish (ancient) | 143 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Arrington | Civil parish (ancient) | 389 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Babraham | Civil parish (ancient) | 269 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Balsham | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,641 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Bar Hill | Civil parish (from 1966) | 4,233 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Barrington | Civil parish (ancient) | 904 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Bartlow | Civil parish (ancient) | 102 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Barton | Civil parish (ancient) | 799 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | Civil parish (from 1966) | 4,005 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Bourn | Civil parish (ancient) | 929 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [55] |
| Boxworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 226 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Caldecote | Civil parish (ancient) | 793 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Cambourne | Civil parish (from 2004) | 1,044 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [55] [56] |
| Carlton | Civil parish (ancient) | 166 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Castle Camps | Civil parish (ancient) | 600 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Caxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 271 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [55] |
| Childerley | Civil parish (ancient) | 27 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Comberton | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,189 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Conington | Civil parish (ancient) | 120 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Coton | Civil parish (ancient) | 773 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Cottenham | Civil parish (ancient) | 5,652 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Croxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 163 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Croydon | Civil parish (ancient) | 221 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Dry Drayton | Civil parish (ancient) | 582 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Duxford | Civil parish (from 1874) | 1,836 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Elsworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 657 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Eltisley | Civil parish (ancient) | 421 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Fen Ditton | Civil parish (ancient) | 747 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Fen Drayton | Civil parish (ancient) | 825 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Fowlmere | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,190 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Foxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,161 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Fulbourn | Civil parish (from 1765) | 4,704 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Gamlingay | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,535 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Girton | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,752 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Grantchester | Civil parish (ancient) | 552 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Graveley | Civil parish (ancient) | 223 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Great Abington | Civil parish (ancient) | 854 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Great and Little Chishill | Civil parish (from 1968) | 608 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Great Eversden | Civil parish (ancient) | 227 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Great Shelford | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,949 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Great Wilbraham | Civil parish (ancient) | 639 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Guilden Morden | Civil parish (ancient) | 929 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Hardwick | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,630 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Harlton | Civil parish (ancient) | 303 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Harston | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,692 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Haslingfield | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,550$^1$ | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Hatley | Civil parish (from 1957) | 205 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Hauxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 687 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Heydon | Civil parish (ancient) | 206 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Hildersham | Civil parish (ancient) | 202 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Hinxton | Civil parish (ancient) | 315 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Histon | Civil parish (from c1800) | 4,362 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Horningsea | Civil parish (ancient) | 331 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Horseheath | Civil parish (ancient) | 465 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Ickleton | Civil parish (ancient) | 655 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Impington | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,676 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [57] |
| Kingston | Civil parish (ancient) | 214 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Knapwell | Civil parish (ancient) | 92 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Landbeach | Civil parish (ancient) | 825 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Linton | Civil parish (ancient) | 4,310 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Litlington | Civil parish (ancient) | 813 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Little Abington | Civil parish (ancient) | 529 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Little Eversden | Civil parish (ancient) | 559 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Little Gransden | Civil parish (ancient) | 262 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Little Shelford | Civil parish (ancient) | 797 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Little Wilbraham | Civil parish (ancient) | 394 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Lolworth | Civil parish (ancient) | 136 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Longstanton | Civil parish (from 1953) | 1,700$^2$ | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Longstowe | Civil parish (ancient) | 193 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Madingley | Civil parish (ancient) | 206 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Melbourn | Civil parish (ancient) | 4,414 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Meldreth | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,641 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Milton | Civil parish (ancient) | 4,275 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Newton | Civil parish (prev. chap.) | 401 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Northstowe | Civil parish (from 2021) | | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53][58] |
| Oakington and Westwick | Civil parish (from 1985) | 1,297$^2$ | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Orchard Park | Civil parish (from 2009) | 349 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [57] [59] |
| Orwell | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,080 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Over | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,743 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Pampisford | Civil parish (ancient) | 343 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Papworth Everard | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,012 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Papworth St Agnes | Civil parish (ancient) | 59 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Rampton | Civil parish (ancient) | 440 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Sawston | Civil parish (ancient) | 7,150 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Shepreth | Civil parish (ancient) | 819 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Shingay cum Wendy | Civil parish (from 1957) | 104 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Shudy Camps | Civil parish (ancient) | 310 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| South Trumpington | Civil parish | | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [60][54] [53] |
| Stapleford | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,738 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Steeple Morden | Civil parish (ancient) | 963 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Stow cum Quy | Civil parish (from C13th) | 426 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Swavesey | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,480 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Tadlow | Civil parish (ancient) | 181 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Teversham | Civil parish (ancient) | 2,665 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Thriplow and Heathfield | Civil parish (ancient) | 847 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53][61] |
| Toft | Civil parish (ancient) | 581 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Waterbeach | Civil parish (ancient) | 4,431 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| West Wickham | Civil parish (ancient) | 423 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| West Wratting | Civil parish (ancient) | 436 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Weston Colville | Civil parish (ancient) | 424 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Whaddon | Civil parish (ancient) | 481 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Whittlesford | Civil parish (ancient) | 1,573 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
| Willingham | Civil parish (ancient) | 3,436 | South Cambs | Chesterton RD | [54] [53] |
| Wimpole | Civil parish (ancient) | 227 | South Cambs | South Cambs RD | [52] [53] |
$^1$including South Trumpington
$^2$including part of Northstowe

## Former civil parishes

* Ashton (near Ufford; a parish 1866-1887)
* Barham (once a chapelry to Stow Longa, then a parish) and Woolley (ancient parish); merged 1935
* Bassingbourn (ancient parish) and Kneesworth (formerly a chapelry; civil parish created 1866); merged 1966
* Bluntisham, later Bluntisham-cum-Earith (split into Bluntisham and Earith 1948)
* Botolph Bridge (ancient parish abolished 1702 and merged with Orton Longueville)
* Brington and Molesworth (ancient parishes merged 1935)
* Burwell St Andrew and Burwell St Mary (ancient parishes merged to form Burwell c. 1700)
* Bythorn (formerly a chapelry) and Keyston (ancient parish); merged 1935
* Cambridge St John Zachary (ancient parish abolished 1446)
* Cambridge St Radegund (ancient parish abolished 1857)
* Cambridge All Saints, Cambridge Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge Holy Trinity, Cambridge St Andrew the Great, Cambridge St Andrew the Less, Cambridge St Benedict, Cambridge St Botolph, Cambridge St Clement, Cambridge St Edward, Cambridge St Giles, Cambridge St Mary the Great, Cambridge St Mary the Less, Cambridge St Michael, and Cambridge St Peter (ancient parishes merged 1900 to form Cambridge; area unparished from 1974)
* Cherry Hinton and Trumpington (ancient parishes merged into Cambridge 1934)
* Chesterton (ancient parish merged into Cambridge 1923)
* Clopton (ancient parish merged into Croydon C17th)
* Denton and Caldecote (ancient parishes merged 1935)
* Duxford St John and Duxford St Peter (ancient parishes merged to form Duxford 1874)
* Ely College (formerly extra-parochial, a parish from 1858) and Ely Holy Trinity with St Mary (a 1933 merger of the ancient parishes of Ely Trinity and Ely St Mary), merged 1974 to form Ely
* Eynesbury (ancient parish) and St Neots Urban (created 1895); merged to form current St Neots parish in 1974
* Eynesbury Hardwicke (created from Eynesbury 1895; split between Abbotsley and St Neots 2009)
* Fletton (ancient parish abolished 1894 and split into Fletton Rural and Fletton Urban)
* Fletton Rural (created 1894, renamed Fletton from 1938), Stanground South (created 1905) and Woodston Rural (created 1894); abolished 1974 and merged into Peterborough
* Folksworth and Washingley (ancient parishes merged 1935)
* Fulbourn All Saints and Fulbourn St Vigor (ancient parishes merged to form Fulbourn 1765)
* Great Catworth (ancient parish) and Little Catworth (possibly a civil parish at some point before 1885); merged to form Catworth 1885
* Great Chishill and Little Chishill (merged 1968)
* Great Raveley, Little Raveley and Upwood (merged to form Upwood and the Raveleys 1935)
* Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley (merged to form The Stukeleys 1935)
* Grunty Fen (formerly extra-parochial, created 1858, merged into Wilburton 1933)
* Gunthorpe, Walton and Werrington (all created 1866; Werrington was previously a chapelry); Paston (an ancient parish); Fletton Urban, Peterborough Within, Peterborough Without and Woodston Urban (all created 1894); and Peterborough Minster Close Precincts (formerly extra-parochial; created 1858); all abolished and merged into Peterborough in 1929
* Hamerton and Steeple Gidding (ancient parishes merged 2010)
* Hartford (ancient parish merged into Huntingdon 1935)
* Hatley St George and East Hatley (ancient parishes merged to form Hatley 1957)
* Histon St Andrew and Histon St Etheldreda (ancient parishes merged to form Histon c. 1800)
* Houghton and Wyton (merged to form Houghton and Wyton 1935 and now split between that and Wyton-on-the-Hill)
* Huntingdon All Saints, Huntingdon St Benedict, Huntingdon St John, and Huntingdon St Mary (merged to form Huntingdon 1921)
* Huntingdon and Godmanchester (existed 1961-1982; now split into the original two parishes)
* Huntingdon Holy Trinity, Huntingdon St Andrew, Huntingdon St Botolph, Huntingdon St Clement, Huntingdon St Edmund, Huntingdon St George, Huntingdon St Germain, Huntingdon St Lawrence, Huntingdon St Martin, Huntingdon St Michael, Huntingdon St Nicholas and Huntingdon St Peter (all abolished during the period C13th-C16th)
* Landwade (a medieval chapelry to Exning (in Suffolk) but located in Cambridgeshire; later a civil parish; parish abolished 1953 and merged into Fordham; area transferred to Exning parish in Suffolk, 1994)
* Longstanton All Saints and Longstanton St Michael (merged to form Longstanton 1953 and now split between Longstanton and Northstowe)
* Longthorpe (a medieval chapel to Peterborough; parish formed 1908 out of Peterborough Without, abolished 1929 and merged into Peterborough)
* Oakington (ancient parish) and Westwick (created 1866); merged 1985
* Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy (ancient parishes merged 2009)
* Outwell and Upwell (ancient parishes partly in the Isle of Ely until 1889 when they were transferred entirely to Norfolk); so was the parish of Welney from its creation in 1866 until 1889.
* Peterborough (ancient parish split 1894 into Peterborough Within and Peterborough Without; recreated 1929 covering a wider area; abolished 1974)
* Pilsgate (a parish 1866-1887)
* Redmere (formerly extra-parochial; created 1858; transferred from Norfolk to Isle of Ely 1895; merged into Littleport 1933)
* Royston was partially in Cambridgeshire from its formation in 1540 until it was transferred wholly to Hertfordshire in 1896. The church was in Hertfordshire.
* St Neots Rural (created 1895; split between Abbotsley and St Neots 2009)
* Sawtry (St) Judith (a medieval parish; extra-parochial from 1537; a parish from 1858) and Sawtry All Saints & St Andrew (itself an 1886 merger of the ancient parishes of Sawtry All Saints and Sawtry St Andrew) (merged to form Sawtry 1935)
* Shingay and Wendy (ancient parishes merged 1957)
* Silverley (ancient parish merged into Ashley before 1535)
* Southoe (ancient parish) and Midloe (formerly extra-parochial, a parish from 1858); merged 1935
* Stamford Baron St Martin (an ancient parish in the Soke of Peterborough, split in 1894 into St Martin's Within (moved to Lincolnshire) and St Martin's Without (see above))
* Stanground (ancient parish split into Stanground North and Stanground South 1905)
* Stanground North (existed 1905-2004; area now unparished and without inhabitants)
* Stow and Quy (ancient parishes merged to form Stow cum Quy by the 13th century)
* Swaffham Prior SS Cyriac & Julitta and Swaffham Prior St Mary (ancient parishes merged to form Swaffham Prior 1667)
* Swineshead (ancient parish transferred to Bedfordshire 1896)
* Thurning (ancient parish fully transferred to Northamptonshire 1895)
* Upton and Coppingford (ancient parishes merged 1935)
* Waresley (ancient parish) and Tetworth (created 1810; partly in Bedfordshire until 1844); merged 2010 to form Waresley-cum-Tetworth
* Welches Dam (formerly extra-parochial, created 1858, split between Chatteris and Manea 1960)
* Whittlesey St Andrew and Whittlesey St Mary were ancient parishes merged to form Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew by 1801. This was itself split into Whittlesey Urban and Whittlesey Rural in 1894, which were merged to form Whittlesey 1926. Whittlesey was left unparished upon local government reforms in 1974 but the parish was recreated in 1981.
* Willingham (near Carlton) (ancient parish merged into Carlton before 1535)
* Witcham Gravel (existed 1894-1933)
* Woodston (ancient parish split into Woodston Urban and Woodston Rural 1905)

## Renamed civil parishes

* Ashley (formerly Ashley-cum-Silverley from 1535)
* Carlton (formerly Carlton-cum-Willingham from 1535 until 1974)
* Croydon (formerly Croydon-cum-Clapton or Clopton, from C16th)
* Great Chishill (formerly Great Chishall)
* Newton-in-the-Isle (formerly Newton)
* Thriplow and Heathfield (formerly Thriplow)
* Wisbech (formerly Wisbech St Peter)

## Ancient parishes and chapelries

This table covers the whole area now covered by the present county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough, plus any areas of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely that now lie in other counties. Chapelries are listed in italics. Parishes are listed by hundred.
| Ancient county | Hundred | Parishes |
| Northamptonshire | Nassaborough or Soke of Peterborough | Barnack • Castor (Sutton • Upton) • Etton • Eye • Helpston • Marholm • Maxey • Northborough • Paston (Werrington) • Peakirk (Glinton) • Peterborough (Longthorpe) • Stamford Baron St Martin$^1$ • Thornhaugh (Wansford) • Ufford (Bainton) • Wittering |
| Northamptonshire | Polebrook | Winwick |
| Bedfordshire | Barford | Eaton Socon |
| Bedfordshire | Stodden | Tilbrook |
| Huntingdonshire | Hurstingstone | Abbots Ripton • Bluntisham (Earith • Earith Bridge) • Broughton • Bury • Great Raveley$^6$ • Great Stukeley • Hartford • Holywell cum Needingworth • Houghton • Kings Ripton • Little Stukeley • Ramsey • Somersham (Colne • Pidley cum Fenton) • St Ives (Old Hurst • Woodhurst) • Warboys • Wistow (Little Raveley • Upwood) • Wyton |
| Huntingdonshire | Leightonstone | Alconbury • Alconbury Weston$^6$ • Brampton • Brington • Buckworth • Bythorn$^4$ • Coppingford • Covington • Easton • Ellington • Grafham • Great Catworth • Great Gidding • Hamerton • Keyston • Kimbolton • Leighton Bromswold • Little Gidding • Molesworth • Old Weston • Spaldwick • Steeple Gidding • Stow Longa (Barham) • Upton • Woolley |
| Huntingdonshire | Norman Cross | Alwalton • Botolph Bridge • Caldecote • Chesterton • Conington • Denton • Elton • Fletton • Folksworth • Glatton (Holme) • Haddon • Morborne • Orton Longueville • Orton Waterville • Sawtry All Saints • Sawtry Judith • Sawtry St Andrew • Sibson-cum-Stibbington • Stanground (Farcet) • Stilton • Washingley • Water Newton • Woodston • Woodwalton • Yaxley |
| Huntingdonshire | Toseland | Abbotsley • Buckden • Diddington • Eynesbury • Fenstanton (Hilton) • Godmanchester • Great Gransden • Great Paxton (Little Paxton • Toseland) • Great Staughton • Hemingford Abbots • Hemingford Grey • Offord Cluny • Offord D'Arcy • Southoe (Hail Weston) • St Neots • Waresley • Yelling |
| Huntingdonshire | not in a hundred | Huntingdon All Saints • Huntingdon Holy Trinity • Huntingdon St Andrew • Huntingdon St Benedict • Huntingdon St Botolph • Huntingdon St Clement • Huntingdon St Edmund • Huntingdon St George • Huntingdon St Germain • Huntingdon St John the Baptist • Huntingdon St Lawrence • Huntingdon St Martin • Huntingdon St Mary • Huntingdon St Michael • Huntingdon St Nicholas • Huntingdon St Peter |
| Isle of Ely | Ely | Downham • Ely St Mary (Chettisham) • Ely Trinity (Stuntney) • Littleport |
| Isle of Ely | North Witchford | Chatteris • Doddington (Benwick • March) • Whittlesey St Andrew • Whittlesey St Mary (Eastrea • Eldernell) |
| Isle of Ely | South Witchford | Coveney (Manea) • Haddenham • Mepal • Stretham (Thetford) • Sutton • Wentworth • Wilburton • Witcham • Witchford |
| Isle of Ely | Wisbech | Elm • Leverington (Parson Drove) • Newton (Newton St Mary) • Thorney • Tydd St Giles • Wisbech St Peter (Guyhirn • Murrow • Wisbech St Mary) |
| Cambridgeshire | Armingford | Abington Pigotts • Bassingbourn (Kneesworth) • Clopton • Croydon • East Hatley • Guilden Morden (Redreth) • Litlington • Melbourn • Meldreth • Shingay • Steeple Morden (Abington St Swithin) • Tadlow • Wendy • Whaddon |
| Cambridgeshire | Chesterton | Chesterton • Childerley • Cottenham • Dry Drayton • Histon St Andrew • Histon St Etheldreda • Oakington |
| Cambridgeshire | Cheveley | Ashley • Cheveley • Kirtling • Silverley • Woodditton (Newmarket All Saints$^7$) |
| Cambridgeshire | Chilford | Babraham • Bartlow • Castle Camps • Great Abington • Hildersham • Horseheath • Linton • Little Abington • Pampisford • Shudy Camps • West Wickham |
| Cambridgeshire | Flendish | Cherry Hinton • Fen Ditton • Fulbourn All Saints • Fulbourn St Vigor • Horningsea • Teversham |
| Cambridgeshire | Longstow | Bourn • Caldecote • Caxton • Croxton • Eltisley • Gamlingay • Great Eversden • Hardwick • Hatley St George • Kingston • Little Eversden • Little Gransden • Longstowe • Toft |
| Cambridgeshire | Northstow | Girton (Howes) • Impington • Landbeach • Lolworth • Longstanton All Saints • Longstanton St Michael • Madingley • Milton • Rampton • Waterbeach |
| Cambridgeshire | Papworth | Boxworth • Conington • Elsworth • Fen Drayton • Graveley • Knapwell • Over • Papworth Everard • Papworth St Agnes • Swavesey • Willingham |
| Cambridgeshire | Radfield | Balsham • Brinkley • Burrough Green • Carlton • Dullingham • Stetchworth • Westley Waterless • Weston Colville • West Wratting • Willingham |
| Cambridgeshire | Staine | Bottisham • Great Wilbraham • Little Wilbraham • Quy • Stow • Swaffham Bulbeck • Swaffham Prior SS Cyriac & Julitta • Swaffham Prior St Mary (Reach St Etheldreda) |
| Cambridgeshire | Staploe | Burwell St Andrew • Burwell St Mary (Reach St John) • Chippenham • Fordham • Isleham • Kennett • Landwade$^5$ • Snailwell • Soham (Barway) • Wicken |
| Cambridgeshire | Thriplow | Fowlmere • Foxton • Great Shelford • Harston • Hauxton (Newton) • Little Shelford • Stapleford • Thriplow • Trumpington |
| Cambridgeshire | Wetherley | Arrington • Barrington • Barton • Comberton • Grantchester (Coton) • Harlton • Haslingfield (Haslingfield St Mary) • Orwell • Shepreth • Wimpole |
| Cambridgeshire | Whittlesford | Duxford St John • Duxford St Peter • Hinxton • Ickleton • Sawston • Whittlesford |
| Cambridgeshire | not in a hundred | Cambridge All Saints by the Castle • Cambridge All Saints in the Jewry • Cambridge Holy Sepulchre • Cambridge Holy Trinity • Cambridge St Andrew the Great • Cambridge St Andrew the Less (Stourbridge) • Cambridge St Benedict (Cambridge St Anne) • Cambridge St Botolph • Cambridge St Clement • Cambridge St Edward • Cambridge St Giles • Cambridge St John Zachary • Cambridge St Mary the Great • Cambridge St Michael • Cambridge St Peter by the Castle • Cambridge St Peter outside Trumpington Gates • Cambridge St Radegund |
| Essex | Uttlesford | Great Chishall • Heydon • Little Chishill |
$^1$now in Lincolnshire $^2$now in Bedfordshire $^3$now in Northamptonshire $^4$a chapelry to Broughton in Hurstingstone hundred $^5$a chapelry to Exning in Suffolk; now in Suffolk $^6$no record of a church having ever existed $^7$now in Suffolk