Editing Northamptonshire (section)

===Peterborough===
The [[Peterborough|city]] and [[Soke of Peterborough]] were part of the historic county of Northamptonshire; from the time that formal county boundaries were established by the Normans in the 11th century, to 1965. The [[Church of England]] [[Anglican Diocese of Peterborough|Diocese of Peterborough]] that covers Northamptonshire is still centred at [[Peterborough Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughdiocesanregistry.co.uk/ |title=Peterborough Diocesan Registry |website=Peterboroughdiocesanregistry.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206053234/http://www.peterboroughdiocesanregistry.co.uk/ |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city of Peterborough had its own [[Quarter Sessions|courts of quarter sessions]] and, later, the Soke had its own [[county council]], making it an autonomous district of Northamptonshire.

In 1965, the ancient Soke of Peterborough was abolished by the [[Local Government Boundary Commission (1945–1949)|Local Government Boundary Commission]]; the city of Peterborough and the surrounding villages that were previously part of the Soke, were transferred to the newly created county of [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]].<ref>The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see [[Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967)]], ''Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area (Report No.3)'', 31 July 1961 and ''Report and Proposals for the Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area (Report No.9)'', 7 May 1965</ref>

The new county of Huntingdon and Peterborough was short lived; it was abolished in 1974. Upon its abolishment, the city of Peterborough and the other settlements that were once part of the former Soke, were transferred to the county of Cambridgeshire, instead of being transferred back to Northamptonshire. Additionally, the former historical county of [[Huntingdonshire]], which had been abolished along with the Soke of Peterborough in 1965 to create the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, was not reinstated as a Shire county in its own right in 1974. Instead, Huntingdonshire was transferred to and became a district of Cambridgeshire.

Since 1965, Northamptonshire has been one of the small number of English counties that does not contain a city.