Highworth 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.

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


 * 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