North Witchford was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the ancient hundred of North Witchford.

It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 based on the North Witchford rural sanitary district. It covered the parishes of Benwick, Doddington

Doddington, Cambridgeshire

Doddington is a village in Cambridgeshire, between Chatteris and March. Historically, Doddington was one of the largest parishes in England. Under the Doddington Rectory Division Act of 1856 it was divided into seven rectories, Benwick, Doddington, Wimblington, March Old Town, March St Peter,...

, Manea

Manea, Cambridgeshire

Manea is a village in the District of Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England. It is an expanding village in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Notable features are Manea railway station and RSPB Welches Dam nature reserve on the Ouse Washes...

, Welches Dam

Welches Dam

Welches Dam is a parish in Cambridgeshire around to the north west of Ely. It covers an area of .The parish of Welches Dam is surrounded by those of Coveney, Manea, Mepal, and Witcham. The civil parish was divided between Chatteris and Manea in 1960....

 and Wimblington

Wimblington

Wimblington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 1700 as of the 2001 census.-History:Formerly a hamlet of the large Doddington parish, in 1874 it became a separate parish and a new church, St...

. From 1894 to 1965 it was part of the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

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 of the Isle of Ely

Isle of Ely

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, and then Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative county of England. In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...

.

It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, and went on to form part of the district of Fenland

Fenland

Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens"...