Pebworth was, from 1894 to 1931, a rural district in the

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. The district consisted of four parts, divided from each other by a section of

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Formation

The rural district was created by the

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from the part of Evesham Rural Sanitary District in Gloucestershire. The remainder of Evesham RSD became Evesham Rural District in Worcestershire. The rural district was named after the village of

Pebworth Pebworth is a village and civil parish in the county of Worcestershire, lying about 5 miles north-north-west of the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. Until 1931, the parish – which includes the hamlet of Broad Marston – was itself ...

and was governed by a directly elected rural district council (RDC), which replaced the rural sanitary authority that had comprised the poor law

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for the area. Pebworth RDC continued to hold its meetings in the offices of Evesham Poor Law Union, outside the district.

Boundaries and constituent parishes

The district consisted of ten parishes in four distinct parts: To the north *

To the east: * Aston Subedge * Cow Honeybourne * Saintbury *

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* Willersey To the south: * Aston Somerville * Childs Wickham *

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To the south west: *

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Abolition

Following the coming into force of the

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, county councils gained the power to adjust boundaries by negotiation, subject to ministerial approval. After a public inquiry in Cheltenham, the

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approved a scheme to transfer parishes between Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire in December 1930. The alterations required the promotion of a private parliamentary bill, which was approved by the

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in February 1931, and came into force on 1 April 1931.Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (Gloucestershire Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act, 1931, c.ix The Act resulted in the abolition of Pebworth Rural district and its redistribution among neighbouring districts in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire: *Aston Subedge, Saintbury, Weston Subedge and Willersley were added to Campden Rural District in Gloucestershire. *The remaining six parishes (Ashton under Hill, Aston Somerville, Childs Wickham, Cow Honeybourne, Hinton on The Green and Pebworth) were transferred to Evesham Rural District in Worcestershire.

References

{{Reflist Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 History of Gloucestershire Rural districts of England