Editing Huntingdonshire (section)

===Status===
[[File:Gray1824.hunts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Map of Huntingdonshire, 1824]]
In 1889, under the [[Local Government Act 1888]] Huntingdonshire became an [[administrative county]], with the newly-formed [[Huntingdonshire County Council]] taking over administrative functions from the [[Quarter Sessions]]. The area in the north of the county forming part of the [[municipal borough]] of [[Peterborough]] became instead part of the [[Soke of Peterborough]], an administrative county in [[Northamptonshire]].
In 1965, under a recommendation of the [[Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)|Local Government Commission for England]], Huntingdonshire was merged with the Soke of Peterborough to form [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]]. The Lieutenancy county was also merged. At the same time, [[St Neots]] was expanded westwards over the river into [[Eaton Ford]] and [[Eaton Socon]] in [[Bedfordshire]].

In 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], Huntingdon and Peterborough merged with [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely]] to form the new non-metropolitan county of [[Cambridgeshire]]. A Huntingdon district was created based closely on the former administrative county borders, with the exclusion of the [[Old Fletton]] urban district, which became part of the Peterborough district, as did the part of [[Norman Cross Rural District]] in Peterborough New Town. The district was renamed Huntingdonshire on 1 October 1984 by a resolution of the district council.<ref>Name change. ''The Times'', 27 April 1984.</ref>

Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are held by [[Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies]] at the County Record Office in [[Huntingdon]].