Between 1888 and 1965, the village also fell within a smaller administrative county of Cambridgeshire, covering only the southern part of the modern county.

From its recreation in 1974 until 1998 the county council administered the entire county of Cambridgeshire.

It lies east of the town of Whittlesey in the county of Cambridgeshire.

A larger non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, covering all four administrative counties, would be formed in 1974.

From its creation until 1998, the county council administered the entire area of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire.

Since 1974 it has been administered as a non-metropolitan district within the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

The constituency combined territory from three pre-1974 local authorities, which had been included in the expanded non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire from 1974.

For ceremonial purposes it belongs to the county of Cambridgeshire.

This became part of the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

This ecclesiastical connection allowed the street to remain part of the county of Cambridgeshire until the mid-1930s.