1st’s’

Cambridge District Scout Archive

Many Troops and Groups were purely listed under the village name with no ‘1st’ .

See Structure/ District/ Villages named in Group Titles.

Most 1st’s were generally known by name alone. Where the formal titles recorded by HQ have been found on any occasion they have been added to this list.

These Groups are located in the old Cambridge District that included what are now Newmarket, Ely, Granta and Crafts Hill Districts. In the very early days even Wisbech was temporarily listed under Cambridge District. Some were founded after the split and have no previous Cambridge Number. Assume the records are incomplete.

See Structure/ County/ Evolution of Cambridgeshire Scout County for dates of divisions

The 1935 Mid Cambs did not name their Groups 1st but by village name. The Groups were give numbers in the 50’s when they were reabsorbed into the Cambridge District.

Newmarket had a ‘2nd’ before it became part of a new District.


1^st Balsham *		Newmarket
2nd Bassingbourne (which assumes a 1st)		West Cambridge	1948
1^st Bar Hill	40661/ 39311	Crafts Hill	1969
1^st Barton		West Cambridge	1936	17th
1^st Bottisham*		Mid Cambs	1935	59th
1^st Bourn	39509	Crafts Hill	1970
1^st Caldecote		West Cambridge	1936
1^st Caldecote (Highfields)		Crafts Hill
1^st Cambourne		Crafts Hill
1^st Comberton	36546	Crafts Hill		48th
1^st Coton (St Peters)	18967 / 45009	North Cambridge	13/8/ 1968
1^st Cottenham		Mid Cambs	1935	53rd
2nd Cottenham listed in 1984 (no 1st at that date)
1^st Cottenham (SA)		Crafts Hill
1^st Duxford (RAF)	33163		1957
1^st Elsworth and Boxworth	42840	Crafts Hill
1^st Ely		Ely	1911
1^st Fenditton (Church St Mary the Virgin)	44608	North Cambridge	1985
1^st Foxton			1912
1^st Gamlingay *
1^st Girton *		North Cambridge	c 1984
1^st Grantchester	40510	West Cambridge	1936	62nd
1^st Hardwick and Highfields		Crafts Hill
1^st Highfields	42300	Crafts Hill
1^st Histon	26641	Crafts Hill	1948		Grren & Gold band
1^st Kenwood *		Cambridge	1942
1^st Madingley		West Cambridge	1934	39th
1^st Newmarket		Newmarket	1911
1^st Oakington	37900	Crafts Hill			Yellow & Red
1^st Over (St Mary’s)*	32640	Crafts Hill	1967		Orange
1^st Papworth Everard	35051	West Cambridge	1935 1977	50th	Gold & white stripe
1^st Papworth	44288	Crafts Hill/ Cromwell
1^st Sawston		Granta/ Cambridge
1^st Shepreth			1912
1^st Swavesey*	43640	Crafts Hill	1955	37th
1^st Toft	42758	Crafts Hill
1^st Trumpington		Cambridge		44th
1^st Willingham	39886	Crafts Hill	1963
1^st Whittlesford
1^st Whittlesford and Duxford	37425	Granta/ Cambridge	1979
1^st Wimpole		West Cambridge	1936
1^st Wisbech *		Wisbech	1911

Notes:

Balsham Generally just ‘Balsham’, they were 1st Cambridge District and this may have confused the recorder of the entry above.

Bottisham A book ‘Scouting with the 1st Bottisham’ is available at the Cambridgeshire Collection.

Gamlingay Whilst in Cambridgeshire was absorbed into neighbouring District

Girton Became 1st Girton when it stepped away from Scout Association c 1984. Now the 1st / 2nd Cambridgeshire FSE Scout Group.

Kenwood Surrey School that relocated in 1942. A 2nd Kenwood was formed when the school returned to Surrey.

Swavesey 1st Swavesey changed to a SPonsored Gp 30/12/1967 1st St Mary’s Over.

Wisbech Unclear – possibly just included in an early Cambridge District event but before a Wisbech District.

JWR Archivist May 2020

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