ɪt bɪkˌeɪm pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə bˈɑːɹnæk ɹˈʊɹɹəl dˈɪstɹɪkt ʌvðə sˈoʊk ʌv pˈiːɾɚbˌʌɹoʊ, dʒˌɪəɡɹˈæfɪkli pˈɑːɹt ʌv nɔːɹθˈæmptənʃɚ fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ, ænd ˌʌndɚ ðə lˈoʊkəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ˈækt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː hɐz fˈɔːɹmd pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə pˈiːɾɚbˌʌɹoʊ dˈɪstɹɪkt ʌv kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒʃɚ sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ.
It became part of the Barnack Rural District of the Soke of Peterborough, geographically part of Northamptonshire from 1894, and under the Local Government Act 1972 has formed part of the Peterborough district of Cambridgeshire since 1974.