Tewkesbury Rural District was, from 1894 to 1935, a 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 the south-western part of the Midlands

English Midlands

The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...

 in England

England

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. It had the unusual feature of including territory from the two neighbouring administrative counties

Administrative counties of England

Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 as the areas for which county councils were elected. Some large counties were divided into several administrative...

 of Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

 and Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

 until boundary changes in 1933 placed the entire district in Gloucestershire.

Formation

The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 as successor to the Tewkesbury Rural Sanitary District

Sanitary district

Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies...

. An directly-elected rural district council (RDC) replaced the rural sanitary authority, which consisted of the poor law

Poor Law

The English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief which existed in England and Wales that developed out of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws before being codified in 1587–98...

 guardians

Board of Guardians

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 for the area. The district did not include the town of Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook...

 which was a separate municipal borough

Municipal borough

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.

Parishes

The district comprised 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:

Parish	County
Ashchurch Ashchurch Ashchurch is a village and former civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England. The parish was originally called Eastchurch, due to its position east of the parish and town of Tewkesbury, and had a population of 6,064 at the 2001 UK census.The former Ashchurch Parish covered...	Gloucestershire
Boddington Boddington, Gloucestershire Boddington is a village and parish near Cheltenham. It is home to RAF Boddington....	Gloucestershire
Bredon Bredon Bredon is a large village and civil parish in Wychavon District at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill, at “the beginning of the Cotswolds”...	Worcestershire. Transferred to Pershore Rural District 1933.
Bredon's Norton	Worcestershire. Transferred to Pershore Rural District 1933.
Chaceley	Worcestershire until 1931, Gloucestershire thereafter.
Conderton Conderton Conderton is a small hamlet in Worcestershire, England. It had a larger population at the time of the Domesday Book than its present 100 or so residents....	Worcestershire. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933.
Deerhurst Deerhurst Deerhurst is a village near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England on the east bank of the River Severn. The Royal Mail postcode begins GL19.- Anglo Saxon church & chapel :...	Gloucestershire
Elmstone Hardwicke	Gloucestershire
Forthampton Forthampton Forthampton is a village in Gloucestershire, England in the Cotswolds area. The village is located close to the River Severn five miles from the market town of Tewkesbury and features "a great number of interesting buildings", several duck ponds, a church, a collection of thatched cottages and...	Gloucestershire
Kemerton Kemerton Kemerton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire in England. It lies at the extreme south of the county in the local government district of Wychavon. Until boundary changes in 1931, it formed part of neighbouring Gloucestershire, and it remains in the Diocese of Gloucester...	Gloucestershire until 1931, Worcestershire thereafter. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933.
Leigh	Gloucestershire
Overbury Overbury Overbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Worcestershire.It is located midway between the towns of Evesham and Tewkesbury to the south of Bredon Hill....	Worcestershire. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933.
Oxenton	Gloucestershire
Pendock Pendock Pendock is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England, situated about halfway between Tewkesbury and Ledbury.Pendock has two churches, a shop, and a primary school...	Worcestershire. Transferred to Upton-upon-Severn Rural District 1933.
Stoke Orchard Stoke Orchard Stoke Orchard is a village or hamlet north-west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Locally the village is often known as 'Stoke'.Stoke Orchard is in the borough of Tewkesbury, the Cheltenham post town, and on the Coombe Hill, Cheltenham, telephone exchange. Stoke Orchard neighbours...	Gloucestershire
Teddington Teddington, Gloucestershire Teddington is a village and parish in Gloucestershire, England.The village boasts an ancient church that is thought to be over 1000 years old. The interior wall has a partially faded mural of The Lion and the Unicorn that may date from the 17th century....	Worcestershire until 1931, Gloucestershire thereafter.
Tirley	Gloucestershire
Tredington	Gloucestershire
Twyning	Gloucestershire
Walton Cardiff	Gloucestershire
Woolstone	Gloucestershire

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1935, and its area was redistributed. most (21713 acres (87.9 km²)) passed to Cheltenham Rural District, four parishes (Chaceley, Forthampton, Hasfield and Tirley) were transferred to Gloucester Rural District

Gloucester Rural District

Gloucester was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Gloucestershire, England. The district did not include the City of Gloucester, which was a separate county borough. In 1935 Gloucester RD was more than doubled in size....

, while 182 acre (0.73652852 km²) was included within the municipal borough of Tewkesbury.