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Facts and Information about Cambridgeshire
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Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England,
bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast,
Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and
Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is
Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local
government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where
introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division
of Cambridgeshire into the area in the south around Cambridge,
and the liberty of the Isle of Ely. In 1965, these two
administrative counties were merged to form Cambridgeshire and
the Isle of Ely. In 1974, this then merged with the county to the
west, Huntingdon and Peterborough (which had been created in 1965
by the merger of Huntingdonshire with the Soke of Peterborough -
a part of Northamptonshire which had its own county council). The
resulting county was called simply 'Cambridgeshire'.
Since 1998 the City of Peterborough is now administratively
separate again, as a unitary authority, but is associated with
Cambridgeshire for various purposes, such as police, fire, and
the Lieutenancy.
Famous people from Cambridgeshire include Oliver Cromwell,
John Major (Former MP of Huntingdonshire and Prime Minister) and
Henry Royce, all from Huntingdonshire.
Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.
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