Soke of Peterborough County Council

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Soke of Peterborough County Council
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History
Founded1 April 1889
Disbanded1 April 1965
Succeeded by Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council
Meeting place
Peterborough Town Hall.jpg
County Offices, Peterborough

Soke of Peterborough County Council was the county council of the Soke of Peterborough, a self-governing division within the historic county of Northamptonshire.

It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 1965. [1] The county council was based at County Offices, Peterborough. [2] It was amalgamated with Huntingdonshire County Council to form Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council in 1965. [3]

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References

  1. "The Assizes Order 1965". 1965. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "No. 41833". The London Gazette . 2 October 1959. p. 6207.
  3. The Huntingdon and Peterborough Order 1964 (SI 1964/367), see Local Government Commission for England (1958–1967), Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area (Report No.3), 31 July 1961 and Report and Proposals for the Lincolnshire and East Anglia General Review Area (Report No.9), 7 May 1965