The Rugby Rural District was a former rural district in Warwickshire, England. The district covered the rural areas surrounding the town of Rugby, 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, parts of the abolished Foleshill Rural District and parts of the abolished Nuneaton Rural District. It also briefly included Bulkington, but in 1938 this merged with the Bedworth Urban District. At the same time it lost some territory as Rugby's town boundaries were expanded. On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and merged with the Rugby municipal borough (which covered the town of Rugby) to form the present Borough of Rugby. Parishes At the time of its abolition in 1974 Rugby RD consisted of the following civil parishes: Ansty Binley Woods Birdingbury Bourton and Draycote Brandon and Bretford Brinklow Burton Hastings Church Lawford Churchover Clifton upon Dunsmore Combe Fields Copston Magna Cosford Dunchurch Easenhall Frankton Grandborough Harborough Magna King's Newnham (Newnham Regis) Leamington Hastings Little Lawford Long Lawford Marton Monks Kirby Newton and Biggin Pailton Princethorpe Ryton on Dunsmore Shilton Stretton Baskerville Stretton-on-Dunsmore Stretton-under-Fosse Thurlaston Wibtoft Willey Willoughby Withybrook Wolfhampcote Wolston Wolvey External links VisionofBritain – Used as reference History of Warwickshire Local government in Warwickshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of England