Tewkesbury Rural District was from 1894 to 1935 a rural district in the southwestern part of the Midlands in England. It had the unusual feature of including territory from the two neighbouring administrative counties of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire until boundary changes in 1933 placed the entire district in Gloucestershire.Youngs 1979, p. 612.Youngs 1991, p. 764.
Formation The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Tewkesbury Rural Sanitary District. A directly elected rural district council (RDC) replaced the rural sanitary authority, which consisted of the poor law guardians for the area. The district did not include the town of Tewkesbury which was a separate municipal borough.
Parishes The district comprised the following civil parishes: Parish County Ashchurch Gloucestershire Boddington Gloucestershire Bredon Worcestershire. Transferred to Pershore Rural District 1933. Bredon's Norton Worcestershire. Transferred to Pershore Rural District 1933. Chaceley Worcestershire until 1931, Gloucestershire thereafter. Conderton Worcestershire. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933. Deerhurst Gloucestershire Elmstone Hardwicke Gloucestershire Forthampton Gloucestershire Kemerton Gloucestershire until 1931, Worcestershire thereafter. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933. Leigh Gloucestershire Overbury Worcestershire. Transferred to Evesham Rural District 1933. Oxenton Gloucestershire Pendock Worcestershire. Transferred to Upton-upon-Severn Rural District 1933. Stoke Orchard Gloucestershire Teddington 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 () passed to Cheltenham Rural District; four parishes (Chaceley, Forthampton, Hasfield and Tirley) were transferred to Gloucester Rural District, while was included within the municipal borough of Tewkesbury.
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