Editing Huntingdonshire (section)

{{Short description|Historic county and district of Cambridgeshire, England}}
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'''Huntingdonshire''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ʌ|n|t|ɪ|ŋ|d|ən|ʃ|ər|,_|-|ʃ|ɪər}}; abbreviated '''Hunts''') is a [[Districts of England|local government district]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], England, which was [[Historic counties of England|historically a county]] in its own right. It borders [[Peterborough]] to the north, [[Fenland District|Fenland]] to the north-east, [[East Cambridgeshire]] to the east, [[South Cambridgeshire]] to the south-east, [[Central Bedfordshire]] and [[Borough of Bedford|Bedford]] to the south-west, and [[North Northamptonshire]] to the west. Huntingdonshire, along with Peterborough, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, serves as the area of land between [[Midlands|The Midlands]] and [[East Anglia]] and is often considered to carry a mixed identity for this reason.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntingdonshire - Wikishire |url=https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Huntingdonshire |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=wikishire.co.uk}}</ref> It is also sometimes considered an informal county.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} 

The district had a population of 180,800 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], and has an area of {{Convert|354.3|sqmi|km2|abbr=}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roskams |first1=Michael |title=Population and household estimates, England and Wales: Census 2021 - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwalescensus2021 |website=www.ons.gov.uk |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> After [[St Neots]] (33,410), the largest towns are Huntingdon (25,428), [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] (16,815), and [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]] (9,174 in 2011). The district council is based in [[Huntingdon]].

Huntingdonshire's boundaries were established in the Anglo-Saxon era. It was divided into [[Hundreds of Huntingdonshire|four hundreds]]. The county did not have an independent sheriff, instead being combined with neighbouring Cambridgeshire. Huntingdonshire became an [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] when they were established in 1889. In 1965 it was merged with the [[Soke of Peterborough]] to form [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]], which was in turn merged with [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely]] in 1974 to form Cambridgeshire, of which Huntingdonshire is now a district.