Place:Marston Sicca Rural, Gloucestershire, England

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NameMarston Sicca Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates52.136°N 1.777°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     (1894 - 1931)
See alsoStratford on Avon Rural, Warwickshire, Englandrural district into which the parishes of Marston Sicca Rural District were transferred
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Marston Sicca was, from 1894 to 1931, a rural district in the administrative county of Gloucestershire, England. The district formed part of a salient or detached part of Gloucestershire nearly surrounded by Warwickshire and Worcestershire. In 1931 the boundaries of the three counties were adjusted; the rural district was abolished, and its area transferred to Warwickshire.

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Formation

The rural district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Stratford upon Avon Rural Sanitary District in Gloucestershire. (Part of the act stated that rural district councils should only cover an area within one county.) The remainder of Stratford RSD became Stratford on Avon Rural District in Warwickshire. The rural district was governed by a directly elected rural district council (RDC), which replaced the rural sanitary authority that had comprised the poor law guardians for the area. Marston Sicca Rural District Council continued to hold its meetings in the offices of Stratford Poor Law Union, outside its district.

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Abolition

In February 1930 Warwickshire County Council made an application under the Local Government Act 1888 for an alteration of the county's boundary. The council sought to annex the entire Marston Sicca Rural District along with the parishes of Admington and Quinton in the neighbouring Campden Rural District. Following the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1929 later in the year, county councils gained the power to adjust boundaries by negotiation, subject to ministerial approval. Following a public inquiry in Cheltenham, a scheme was set up to transfer parishes between Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire in December 1930. The alterations required were approved by the House of Commons and came into force on 1 April 1931. The six parishes of Marston Sicca Rural District were transferred to Warwickshire and became part of Stratford on Avon Rural District.

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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationNotes
Clifford Chambers ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931
Dorsington ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931
Long Marston ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931
Preston on Stour ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931
Welford on Avon ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931
Weston on Avon ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1931 to Stratford on Avon Rural in 1931


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