[1] It was formed on 1 April 1961 by the merger of the boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 the borough was abolished, and a successor parish formed within Huntingdon District, in the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

The borough was granted a coat of arms in 1963, which illustrated the union of the two towns.

The shield was divided horizontally in a dovetail pattern to show the joining of two municipalities.

At the top of the shield were two hunting horns for Huntingdon, and at the base a fleur-de-lis from the common seal of Godmanchester.