# South Cambridgeshire Rural District

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 established in 1934 under a County Review Order as a merger of Linton Rural District and Melbourn Rural District and part of Caxton and Arrington Rural District. 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.

## Parishes

| Parish | From | To | Notes |
| 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 |