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| Name | Battle Rural |
| Type | Rural district |
| Located in | Sussex, England (1894 - 1974) |
| Also located in | East Sussex, England |
| See also | Hastings Rural, Sussex, England | rural district transferred in in 1934 | | Rye Rural, Sussex, England | rural district transferred in in 1934 | | Ticehurst Rural, Sussex, England | rural district transferred in in 1934 | | Battle, Sussex, England | urban district transferred in in 1934 | | Hastings District, East Sussex, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
Battle Rural District was formed in 1894 following the passing of the Local Government Act of that year. It was located to the north of Hastings.
In 1934 Battle Urban District was moved into the rural district along with the whole of Hastings Rural District, Rye Rural District and Ticehurst Rural District. Parts of Fairlight, Guestling, Hollington, Ore parishes were transferred to Hastings County Borough.
In 1974 with the introduction of municipal districts in Sussex, most of the Rural District was transferred to the Hastings District.
List of Parishes
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Parish | Description | Duration | Destination
| | Ashburnham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Battle | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 | urban district transferred to its rural district in 1934
| | Beckley | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Bodiam | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Brede | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Brightling | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Broomhill | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1956 |
| | Burwash | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Camber | civil parish | 1956 - 1974 |
| | Catsfield | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Crowhurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Dallington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | East Guldeford | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Etchingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Ewhurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Fairlight | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 | part of parish transferred to Hastings County Borough in 1934
| | Guestling | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 | part of parish transferred to Hastings County Borough in 1934
| | Hollington Rural | civil parish | 1897 - 1937 | part of parish transferred to Hastings County Borough in 1934
| | Hurst Green | civil parish | 1952 - 1974 |
| | Icklesham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Iden | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Mountfield | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Northiam | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Ore | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1958 | part of parish transferred to Hastings County Borough in 1934, remainder transferred in 1958
| | Peasmarsh | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Penhurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Pett | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Playden | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Rye Foreign | civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Salehurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Sedlescombe | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Ticehurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Udimore | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1974 |
| | Westfield | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Whatlington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Winchelsea | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1934 - 1956 | aka Winchelsea St. Thomas the Apostle
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