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. Highworth Rural District at visionofbritain; retrieved 17 December 2023
Civil parishes At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the north and east of Swindon.Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1979
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
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