Thrapston was a rural district

Rural district

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 in England from 1894 to 1935. It was one of only a few rural districts to be split between administrative counties

Administrative counties of England

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, with part in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

 and part in Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

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The Huntingdonshire parishes were:

• Brington
• Bythorn
  Bythorn
  Bythorn – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon....
  
  
• Covington
  Covington, Huntingdonshire
  Covington – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Catworth, west of Huntingdon.-External links:*...
  
  
• Keyston
  Keyston
  Keyston – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.The village lies at the western end of Huntingdonshire and the parish's western border coincides with the county boundary with Northamptonshire...
  
  
• Molesworth
  Molesworth, Cambridgeshire
  Molesworth is a village in Cambridgeshire, England about west of Huntingdon. The village has been designated a conservation area by Huntingdon District Council largely due to its typically rural English character that includes several listed buildings....
  
  
• Old Weston
  Old Weston
  Old Weston – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon....
  
  

The district was abolished in 1935 with the Northamptonshire parts going to form part of the Oundle and Thrapston Rural District

Oundle and Thrapston Rural District

Oundle and Thrapston was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1935 to 1974.It was formed in 1935 under the County Review Order as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District, the Gretton Rural District, and the parts of the Oundle Rural District and the Thrapston Rural District...

 (and the parish of Stanwick

Stanwick, Northamptonshire

Stanwick is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire, England. It is approximately 15 miles north-east of Northampton and is the largest village in the East Northamptonshire district. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 1,924 people.-History:There has been a...

 joining Raunds

Raunds

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 urban district

Urban district

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), whilst the Huntingdonshire part went mainly to Huntingdon Rural District, with the parish of Covington going to St Neots Rural District.