ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɪvli, ɪt bɪkˌeɪm pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə stˈæmfɚd ɹˈʊɹɹəl sˈænətˌɛɹi dˈɪstɹɪkt ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ðˈɛn lˈeɪɾɚ ðə bˈɑːɹnæk ɹˈʊɹɹəl dˈɪstɹɪkt ʌvðɪ ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɪv kˈaʊnti ʌvðə sˈoʊk, ðˈɛn pˈæsɪŋ tə hˈʌntɪŋdən ænd pˈiːɾɚbˌʌɹoʊ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ænd kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒʃɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ ˌʌndɚ ðə lˈoʊkəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ˈækt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː.
Administratively, it became part of the Stamford rural sanitary district in the 19th century, then later the Barnack Rural District of the administrative county of the Soke, then passing to Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965 and Cambridgeshire in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.