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| Petworth Rural District was formed in 1894 following the passing of the Local Government Act of that year. It was located in the northwest sector of the county. In 1974 the whole of the Rural District existing at that time became part of the Chichester District in West Sussex.
The rural district was originally made up of three large parishes in the north and some very small ones (one with four detached sections) in the south. Starting in 1933 the small parishes were merged with their neighbours and two of the northern parishes were separated into two parts each. The individual changes are noted in the table below.
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List of Parishes
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Parish | Description | Duration | Notes
| | Barlavington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Bignor | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Burton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1933 | abolished in 1933, divided 3 ways
| | Bury | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Coates | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1933 | absorbed into Fittleworth in 1933
| | Duncton | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | absorbed part of Burton in 1933
| | Egdean | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1933 | absorbed into Petworth in 1933
| | Fittleworth | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Kirdford | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Loxwood | chapelry, civil parish | 1938 - 1974 | separated out of Wisborough Green in 1938
| | Northchapel | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Petworth | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Plaistow | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | separated out of Kirdford in 1951
| | Stopham | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Sutton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | absorbed part of Burton in 1933
| | Wisborough Green | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
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