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Highworth Rural District
Former local government area in the UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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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
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