Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District

Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District was a rural district in the county of Wiltshire, England. It lay to the west and southwest of the town and municipal borough of Swindon.

Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged into the local government district of North Wiltshire.

Civil parishes
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the south and west of Swindon.


 * Ashton Keynes
 * Braydon
 * Broad Town (created 1884 from parts of Clyffe Pypard and Broad Hinton, in Marlborough Rural District)
 * Clyffe Pypard
 * Cricklade (created 1899)
 * Cricklade St Mary (abolished to create Cricklade CP in 1899)
 * Cricklade St Sampson (abolished to create Cricklade CP in 1899)
 * Eisey
 * Latton
 * Leigh
 * Lydiard Millicent
 * Lydiard Tregoze (now part of Swindon)
 * Lyneham
 * Marston Meysey
 * Purton
 * Tockenham
 * Wootton Bassett