Huntingdonshire County Council was the

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...

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 popul ...

in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 1965. It was amalgamated with Soke of Peterborough County Council to form

Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council was the county council of Huntingdon and Peterborough in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1965 and was abolished on 1 April 1974. The county council was based at Walden House, Hunt ...

in 1965.

Premises

Council meetings were held at

Huntingdon Town Hall Huntingdon Town Hall is a municipal structure on Market Hill in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Huntingdon Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building. History The first municipal building ...

, which was also known as the Shire Hall. The council's staff were based at a variety of premises, including several converted old houses on the west side of Market Hill in

Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

, including

Walden House Walden House is a former municipal structure in Market Hill, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The structure, which has formerly the headquarters of Huntingdonshire County Council and has since been converted into private apartments, is a Gr ...

, Wycombe (or Wykenham) House, and Gazeley House. In 1945 the council also converted the old Huntingdon Grammar School buildings on Grammar School Walk to be additional offices, renaming it the County Buildings. Planning permission was granted for a purpose-built county hall on the old grammar school playing fields in 1957, but the scheme was not pursued.

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