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• Infant Mortality Rate 1965 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 17.63 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1970, and the lowest was 11.62 in 1973.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
HUNTINGDONSHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 628.
HUNTINGDON AND PETERBOROUGH	Alternate	English			1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 628.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to create	BEDFORDSHIRE	part of St. Neots RD Area: 313 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Counties of Bedford and Buckingham (Leighton-Linslade) Order, 1965; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964; The East Midland Counties Order, 1965; The Huntington and Peterborough Order, 1964
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to enlarge	BEDFORDSHIRE	part of St. Neots RD Area: 314 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Counties of Bedford and Buckingham (Leighton-Linslade) Order, 1965; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964; The East Midland Counties Order, 1965; The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order, 1964
01 Apr 1965	was created from part of	BEDFORDSHIRE	part of Bedford RD Area: 539 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964, and The Huntingdon and Peterborough order, 1964.
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	part of South Cambridgeshire RD Area: 7 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	HUNTINGDONSHIRE	the whole except part of Ramsey UD and parts of Huntingdon, Norman Cross, St. Ives, St. Neots RDs Area: 94295 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	ISLE OF ELY	Thorney RD Area: 9265 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964, and The Huntingdon and Peterborough order, 1964.
01 Apr 1965	was created from part of	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	part of Oundle and Thrapston RD Area: 68 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964
01 Apr 1965	was created through the abolition of	SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH	the whole except part of Barnack RD Area: 21627 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order, 1964, and The Huntingdon and Peterborough order, 1964.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BARNACK RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
HUNTINGDON RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
HUNTINGDON AND GODMANCHESTER MB	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 629.
NORMAN CROSS RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
OLD FLETTON UD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
PETERBOROUGH MB	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 712.
PETERBOROUGH RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
RAMSEY UD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
ST IVES MB	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 629.
ST IVES RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
ST NEOTS UD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
ST NEOTS RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 630.
THORNEY RD	Local Government District	1965	1974	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.
PETERBOROUGH	New Town			London Gazette, No. 44377, p. 8515, 1 August 1967; Peterborough New Town (Designation) Order, 1967.