Villages named in group titles

Cambridge District Scout Archive

The list is alphabetical but within each letter generally ordered by date of founding.

For details of villages with single numbers see under that number.
For details of villages with multiple numbers see individual Village entries and those numbers.

Many other villages were involved but not in the formal title. Harston had separate patrols for Harston, Hauxton, Harlston, Newton and Little Eversden. Some of these have never been part of a name of a troop or group. Villages are often linked in titles, such as Sawston with Whittlesford. These variations are not listed here.

As the town boundaries grew villages such as Cherry Hinton became ‘town groups’ rather than ‘district groups’ which are labeled ‘D’. As the overall district budded other districts many villages stepped outside the boundaries and their history is lost to these records.

Many Groups had several incarnations and the ‘district’ numbering system ended in 1935 so they have several numbers. Numbers were reused during some eras.

‘1^st’s are a change in naming system – 1^st Village rather than 21^st Cambridge (Village). 1^st D is the group labeled 1^st Cambridge District (Village)

Pages on each village can be seen in one of three places, as they are completed.

Under the Village name – the Scout history has moved through several names or numbers
Under the 1st’s – a Group has taken the title 1st Village and stands outside the ‘X Cambridge’ formula
Under the Numbers – when a village has only ever had one ‘X Cambridge’ number

Village	See separate page under Village	See separate page under 1st’s	See under Numbers	Number(s)
Abington			X	25^th
Balsham				1^st D
Bottisham	X			12^thD, 59^th
Barton				17^th D
Barlow				14^th D
Bassingbourne				9^th D
Brinkley				7^th D
Bourne				1^st
Cherry Hinton	X			1^st D
Cowlinge				10^th D
Coton				14^th D , 38^th
Castle Camps				11^th D
Cottenham	X			14^th D, 46^th , 53rd
Comburton			X	48^th
Duxford				11^th D
Dry Drayton				6^th D
Ely				2^nd D
Elsworth				8^th D
Foxton				7^th D 40th
Fen Ditton		X		13^th D, 43^rd
Fulbourn	X			18^th D, 57^th
Fowlmere				16^th D
Fen Drayton				55^th
Grantchester				5^th D, 17th D, 62^nd, 68^th
Gransden				15^th D
Girton	X			5^th D
Gamlingay				10^th D, 1^st
Great Shelford			X	61^st
Harston	X			3^rd D, 7^th D
Haslingfield				4^th D, 56^th
Harlton				3^rdD
Histon	X			4^th D, 51st 35^th, 1^st
Horseheath				19^th D
Hinton				Mention only
Hauxton				9^th
Longstanton				3^rd D, 56^th
Lolworth				3^rd D
Linton	X			9^th D, 5^th D, 69^th
Longstowe				2^nd D
Lode	X			66^th
Landbeach			X	45^th
Meldreth				4^th D
Melbourne				4^th D
Milton				13^th D, 65^th
Madingley			X	39^th
Newton				3^rd D, 9^th D
Newmarket				2^nd D, 16^th D
Over				11^th D
Papworth St Everard				6^th D, 50^th
Pampisford			X	47^th
Quy			X	58^th
Sutton				7^th D
Shelford				3^rd D
Shepreth				8^th D, 5^th D
Sawston	X			2^nd D, 10^th D, 37^th
Six Mile Bottom				Early ref, 49^th
Swavesey				10^th D, 37^th
Swaffen Bulbeck			X	67^th
Trumpington				5^th D, 44^th, 1^st
Wilbraham			X	63^rd
Whittlesford				2^nd D, 11^thD, 51^st
Willingham		X		3^rd D, 63^rd, 1^st
West Wratting				1^st D (43rd)

JWR Archivist Mar 2019

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