The Soke of Peterborough was a historic area of England associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough. It was part of Northamptonshire, but was...

in the administration of the Soke of Peterborough, where 80% of the population of the county lay within the City of Peterborough, which was itself seeking...

Between 1889 and 1965, the Soke was governed by the Soke of Peterborough County Council, making the Soke of Peterborough a completely autonomous, self-governing...

system. The City of Peterborough formed a parliamentary borough returning two members in 1541. The rest of the Soke of Peterborough was part of the Northamptonshire...

pre-1965 Soke of Peterborough, which had just comprised the borough of Peterborough and the two rural districts of Barnack and Peterborough. Prior to...

included the Soke of Peterborough. The county is characterised by low, undulating hills, particularly to the west. They are the source of several rivers...

historically include Huntingdonshire or the Soke of Peterborough, which was part of Northamptonshire. The north and east of the county are dominated by the Fens...

centuries, the city and its surroundings, as the Soke of Peterborough, were part of the historic county of Northamptonshire, but had an independent county...

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...

Soke of Peterborough County Council was the county council of Soke of Peterborough in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and...