Highworth Rural District

Highworth
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byThamesdown
StatusRural 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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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

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