Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District was a rural district in the county of Wiltshire, England. It lay to the west and southwest of the town and municipal borough of Swindon.
Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged into the local government district of North Wiltshire.Cricklade and Wootton Basset Rural District at visionofbritain; retrieved 31 December 2023
Civil parishes At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the south and west of Swindon.Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1979 p.705
Ashton Keynes Braydon Broad Town (created 1884 from parts of Clyffe Pypard and Broad Hinton, in Marlborough Rural District) Clyffe Pypard Cricklade (created 1899) Cricklade St Mary (abolished to create Cricklade CP in 1899) Cricklade St Sampson (abolished to create Cricklade CP in 1899) Eisey Latton Leigh Lydiard Millicent Lydiard Tregoze (now part of Swindon) Lyneham Marston Meysey Purton Tockenham Wootton Bassett
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