Atherstone Rural District was located in the administrative county of Warwickshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was named after its main town and administrative headquarters of Atherstone. Over the years the district gained territory on the abolition of neighbouring rural districts. In 1932, it gained part of Nuneaton Rural District and in 1965 it gained most of Tamworth Rural District. As with all rural districts, Atherstone RD was abolished in 1974 (by the Local Government Act 1972) and was merged with part of the Meriden Rural District to form the new non-metropolitan district of North Warwickshire. Civil parishes Over the eighty years of its existence, the rural district contained the following civil parishes: Ansley Atherstone Austrey (from 1965)† Baddesley Ensor Baxterley Bentley Caldecote (from 1932)‡ Dordon (created 1948 from part of Polesworth CP) Grendon Hartshill Kingsbury (from 1965)† Mancetter Merevale Newton Regis (from 1965)† Oldbury Polesworth Seckington (from 1965)† Shuttington (from 1965)† † previously in Tamworth Rural District ‡ previously in Nuneaton Rural District External links Visionofbritain – Used as reference. History of Warwickshire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Atherstone Rural districts of England