The Rugby Rural District was a former rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The district covered the rural areas surrounding the town of Rugby

Rugby, Warwickshire

Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county...

, where the district council was based, but did not include Rugby itself which was administered separately.

The district was created in 1894. In 1932 its boundaries were significantly altered. The district was expanded to include the whole of the abolished Monks Kirby Rural District

Monks Kirby Rural District

The Monks Kirby Rural District was a rural district of Warwickshire between 1894 and 1932, based on the part of the Lutterworth Rural Sanitary District which was in Warwickshire...

, parts of the abolished Foleshill Rural District and parts of the abolished Nuneaton Rural District. It also briefly included Bulkington

Bulkington

Bulkington is a large village and former parish in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, UK. In the 2001 census it had a population of 6,303. It is located around north-east of Coventry, just east of the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth and south-west of Hinckley...

, but in 1938 this merged with Bedworth

Bedworth

Bedworth is a market town in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. It lies northwest of London, east of Birmingham, and north northeast of the county town of Warwick. It is situated between Coventry, to the south, and Nuneaton, to the north.In the 2001 census the town...

. At the same time it lost some territory as Rugby's town boundaries were expanded.

On the 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and merged with the Rugby municipal borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...

 (which covered the town of Rugby) to form the present Borough of Rugby

Rugby (borough)

Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England.The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town....

.

Parishes

At the time of its abolition in 1974 Rugby RD consisted of the following Civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es:

• Ansty
  Ansty, Warwickshire
  Ansty is a village and civil parish just outside the outskirts of Coventry, about northeast of the city centre. Ansty was part of the County of the City of Coventry until that county was dissolved in 1842....
  
  
• Binley Woods
  Binley Woods
  Binley Woods is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. However, it is sometimes wrongly considered part of suburban Coventry . In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,607....
  
  
• Birdingbury
  Birdingbury
  Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water. It is located roughly half way between Rugby and Leamington Spa, about eight miles from each. According to the 2001 census it had a population of...
  
  
• Bourton and Draycote
  Bourton and Draycote
  Bourton and Draycote is a civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England which consists of the villages of Bourton-on-Dunsmore and Draycote. Of these, Bourton is the larger. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 231.-References:*...
  
  
• Brandon and Bretford
  Brandon and Bretford
  Brandon and Bretford is a civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. As the name suggests it contains the two villages of Brandon and Bretford. Of the two, Brandon is the largest. The two villages are located within 1½ miles of each other, along the A428 road. In the 2001 census...
  
  
• Brinklow
  Brinklow
  Brinklow is a village and parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. It is about halfway between Rugby and Coventry, and has a population of 1,041 ....
  
  
• Burton Hastings
  Burton Hastings
  Burton Hastings and Stretton Baskerville is a village in Warwickshire. It lies about four miles south-east of Nuneaton and is named after the Hastings family who held the manor until 1529. Burton Hastings is often used by commuters who work in nearby towns....
  
  
• Church Lawford
  Church Lawford
  Church Lawford is a village in Warwickshire. It is located just under west of the town of Rugby and east of Coventry. The village lies north of the railway between the two and is also north of the main road, the A428. To the north is the River Avon....
  
  
• Churchover
  Churchover
  Churchover is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 230.It is located around 4 miles north of Rugby, and is administratively part of the borough of Rugby....
  
  
• Clifton upon Dunsmore
• Combe Fields
• Copston Magna
  Copston Magna
  Copston Magna is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 38.Copston Magna is located around one mile from the border with Leicestershire, close to the ancient site of High Cross...
  
  
• Cosford
  Cosford, Warwickshire
  Cosford is a tiny village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, located a few miles north of Rugby. According the 2001 census it has a population of 11 and a more recent estimate by Rugby Borough Council puts it at 13. It should not be confused with Cosford, Shropshire, the home of...
  
  
• Dunchurch
  Dunchurch
  Dunchurch is a civil parish and village on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 2,842 in the village.- History :...
  
  
• Easenhall
  Easenhall
  Easenhall is a small village and parish in Warwickshire, England. It is located three miles north-west of the town of Rugby and a mile south of the M6 motorway. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the parish had a population of 231 in 96 houses....
  
  
• Frankton
  Frankton
  -In New Zealand:*Frankton, Waikato, in the North Island*Frankton, Otago, in the South Island-Other Uses:*Operation Frankton a commando raid on shipping in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux during the Second World War...
  
  
• Grandborough
  Grandborough
  Grandborough is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Calcutt, Grandborough Fields and Woolscott....
  
  
• Harborough Magna
  Harborough Magna
  Harborough Magna is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England.Along with the adjoining hamlet of Harborough Parva and nearby Cathiron, the parish has a population of 461 ....
  
  
• King's Newnham
  King's Newnham
  King's Newnham is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire.It lost its population as a result of enclosures of the former Royal Manor. Its parish church, St Laurence's, was partially demolished in 1795...
  
   (Newnham Regis)
• Leamington Hastings
  Leamington Hastings
  Leamington Hastings is a small village and larger civil parish in Warwickshire, England.-The village:The village is about 7 miles south-west of Rugby and west of the A426 road between Rugby and Southam. To the north of the village is the Draycote Water reservoir...
  
  
• Little Lawford
  Little Lawford
  Little Lawford is a hamlet to the north of Long Lawford and west of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. Consisting of 5 dwellings plus numerous other buildings used for commercial or farming business, Little Lawford has a population of 12 people.-External links:...
  
  
• Long Lawford
  Long Lawford
  Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, in 2001 the parish had a population of 2,831....
  
  
• Marton
  Marton, Warwickshire
  Marton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The village is part of the borough of Rugby and in the 2001 census had a population of 484....
  
  
• Monks Kirby
  Monks Kirby
  Monks Kirby is a village and civil parish in north-eastern Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish is 434 .Monks Kirby is located around one mile east of the old Fosse Way, around 8 miles north-west of Rugby, seven miles north-east of Coventry and six miles west of Lutterworth....
  
  
• Newton and Biggin
• Pailton
  Pailton
  Pailton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Its population in 2001 was recorded as 482. The village was originally known as Pailington....
  
  
• Princethorpe
  Princethorpe
  Princethorpe is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 382.Princethorpe is located roughly halfway between the towns of Rugby and Leamington Spa and is at a crossroads between the A423, B4453 and B4455 roads...
  
  
• Ryton on Dunsmore
• Shilton
  Shilton, Warwickshire
  Shilton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. The parish of Shilton also includes the nearby hamlet of Barnacle, Warwickshire, and in the 2001 census had a population of 826....
  
  
• Stretton Baskerville
  Stretton Baskerville
  Stretton Baskerville is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire.It shares a parish council with the nearby parish of Burton Hastings....
  
  
• Stretton-on-Dunsmore
  Stretton-on-Dunsmore
  Stretton-on-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. Its population in the 2001 census was recorded as 1,143 - in the 19th century the population was 634. It is situated just south of the A45 trunk road, roughly half way between Rugby and Coventry...
  
  
• Stretton-under-Fosse
  Stretton-under-Fosse
  Stretton-under-Fosse is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In 2001 its population was recorded as 185.The village contains a number of old cottages along its main street. Just outside Stretton is an old manor house Newbold Revel, which is now used as a training...
  
  
• Thurlaston
  Thurlaston, Warwickshire
  Thurlaston is a village and parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 352.-Location:...
  
  
• Wibtoft
  Wibtoft
  Wibtoft is a small village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The village was originally within the civil parish of Claybrooke Magna in Leicestershire and, according to the 2001 census, had a population of 50...
  
  
• Willey
  Willey, Warwickshire
  Willey is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 95.Administratively it forms part of the borough of Rugby; geographically it is just west of the A5 road that marks the county boundary with Leicestershire...
  
  
• Willoughby
  Willoughby, Warwickshire
  Willoughby is a village and civil parish about south of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. The village is only about northwest of Daventry in neighbouring Northamptonshire and the eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary....
  
  
• Withybrook
  Withybrook
  Withybrook is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. According to the 2001 census its population was 232.The village is located in a valley just east of the old Fosse Way, about halfway between Nuneaton and Rugby on the B4112 road. Administratively it forms part of...
  
  
• Wolfhampcote
  Wolfhampcote
  Wolfhampcote is an abandoned village and civil parish in the English counties of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, which it straddles.The old village of Wolfhampcote is located west of the A45 road near Braunston in Northamptonshire, and can be reached by a track from the main A45 road, or by a...
  
  
• Wolston
  Wolston
  Wolston is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The village is located roughly halfway between Rugby and Coventry, and has a population of about 2,300. It is close to the A45 road and the Roman road the Fosse Way....
  
  
• Wolvey
  Wolvey
  Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,741.The village, originally on the main route between Leicester and Coventry, is now on the B4065 and B4109 roads and is located on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border in an outlying...
  
  

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