Barnack was a rural district in the

Soke of Peterborough The Soke of Peterborough is a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire. The Soke was also described as the Liberty of Peterborough, or Nassaburgh hundred, and comp ...

and later Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

, from that part of the Stamford

rural sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

which was in the Soke (the rest formed either Ketton Rural District in Rutland,

Easton on the Hill Rural District Easton on the Hill was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Stamford rural sanitary district which was in Northamptonshire proper (other success ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

proper, or Uffington Rural District in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven). It included the parishes of Bainton,

Barnack Barnack is a village and civil parish, now in the Peterborough unitary authority of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England and the historic county of Northamptonshire. Barnack is in the north-west of the unitary authority, south-east ...

, Southorpe, Stamford Baron, St Martins Without,

Thornhaugh Thornhaugh is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in the city of City of Peterborough, Peterborough unitary authority, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes it forms part of Glinton, Cambridgeshire, Glinto ...

, Ufford,

Wansford Wansford may refer to the following places in England: * Wansford, Cambridgeshire ** Wansford railway station, headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway * Wansford, East Riding of Yorkshire {{Geodis ...

, Wittering and Wothorpe in the Soke. It also had administrative responsibility for the parish of Sibson cum Stibbington, which was over the border in

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 ...

. This was made part of the Norman Cross Rural District in 1935.The County of Huntingdon Review Order 1934, Ministry of Health Order No. 79915 It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the larger

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 ...

district in the new non-metropolitan county of

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 ...

References

External links

A vision of Britain through time
{{Peterborough Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Peterborough Politics of Peterborough Rural districts of England

See also

References

External links