Tetworth is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of United Kingdom.

Originally a hamlet in the parish of Everton, Bedfordshire (where the population was in 2011 included), Tetworth has a complicated administrative history.

The hamlet, which was considered a civil parish separate from Everton from the Inclosure Award of 1802, was in two distinct parts.

At this time both county and parish boundaries were adjusted, Tetworth now being a single area in Huntingdon and Peterborough.

A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields.

For Tetworth the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

[11] Tetworth is part of the electoral division of Buckden, Gransden and The Offords[9] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

The church, dedicated to St Mary, was mentioned in the Domesday Book but was rebuilt in the 12th century, with the majority of that building still surviving today.

[3] Tetworth Hall stands on the edge of the Greensand Ridge overlooking the valley of the River Ivel at the southern end of the present parish.

The house was built in 1710 for the MP John Pedley, and is a two-storey red brick mansion in the Queen Anne style to which it dates.