Highworth Rural District

Highworth
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Thamesdown
Status	Rural district

Highworth Rural District was a rural district in the county of Wiltshire, England. It lay to the north and east of the town and municipal borough of Swindon.

Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged with the municipal borough of Swindon to form the Borough of Thamesdown. ^[1]

Civil parishes

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the north and east of Swindon. ^{[1] [2]}

• Bishopstone
• Blunsdon St Andrew
• Castle Eaton
• Chiseldon (included Draycot Foliat, added to Chiseldon in 1894)
• Hannington
• Haydon Wick
• Highworth
• Inglesham
• Liddington
• Little Hinton
• Rodbourne Cheney
• South Marston
• Stanton Fitzwarren
• Stratton St Margaret
• Wanborough
• Wroughton

References

1. Highworth Rural District at visionofbritain; retrieved 17 December 2023
2. Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1979 ISBN   978-09010-5067-0

51°37′N01°42′W / 51.617°N 1.700°W / 51.617; -1.700