![Old Fletton UD 1935](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Old_Fletton_UD_1935.png)
Old Fletton was an
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
in the county of
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
and then (from 1965)
Huntingdon and Peterborough. The urban district was abolished in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972, and now forms part of the city of
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
in
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the ...
.
The urban district was created in 1905, incorporating the parishes of:
*
Fletton
Fletton is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England, south of the River Nene.
Notable for its large brickworks, the area has given its name to "Fletton bricks",
Admin ...
(otherwise Fletton Rural or Old Fletton; Fletton Urban or New Fletton was placed in the Municipal Borough of Peterborough in 1894)
*
Stanground South (
Stanground North being transferred to
Thorney Rural District
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Thorney was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974, situated to the east of Peterborough.
It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, covering the parishes of Thorney ...
)
*
Woodston (otherwise Woodston Rural; Woodston Urban was placed in the Municipal Borough of Peterborough in 1894)
References
History of Huntingdonshire
History of Peterborough
Politics of Peterborough
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Urban districts of England
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