Villages named in group titles

Cambridge District Scout Archive

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

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 currently labeled 1^st Cambridge District (Village)

Village	Number(s)
Abington	25^th
Balsham	1^st D
Bottisham	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	1^st D
Cowlinge	10^th D
Coton	14^th D , 38^th
Castle Camps	11^th D
Cottenham	14^th D, 46^th
Comburton	48^th
Duxford	11^th D
Dry Drayton	6^th D
Ely	2^nd D
Elsworth	8^th D
Foxton	7^th D
Fen Ditton	13^th D, 43^rd
Fulbourn	18^th D, 57^th
Fowlmere	16^th D
Fen Drayton	55^th
Grantchester	5^th D, 62^nd, 68^th
Gransden	15^th D
Girton	5^th D
Gamlingay	10^th D, 1^st
Great Shelford	61^st
Harston	3^rd D, 7^th D
Haslingfield	4^th D, 56^th
Harlton	3^rdD
Histon	4^th D, 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	9^th D, 5^th D, 69^th
Longstowe	2^nd D
Lode	66^th
Landbeach	45^th
Meldreth	4^th D
Melbourne	4^th D
Milton	13^th D, 65^th
Madingley	39^th
Newton	3^rd D, 9^th D
Newmarket	2^nd D, 16^th D
Over	10^th D
Papworth St Everard	6^th D, 50^th
Pampisford	47^th
Quy	58^th
Sutton	7^th D
Shelford	3^rd D
Shepreth	8^th D, 5^th D
Sawston	2^nd D, 10^th D, 37^th
Six Mile Bottom	Early ref, 49^th
Swavesey	10^th D, 37^th
Swaffen Bulbeck	67^th
Trumpington	5^th D, 44^th, 1^st
Whittlesford	2^nd D, 11^thD, 51^st
Willingham	3^rd D, 63^rd, 1^st
West Wratting	1^st D

JWR Archivist Mar 2019

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