Marston Sicca Rural District
{{short description|Rural district in Gloucestershire between 1894 and 1931}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
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{{infobox historic subdivision|
|Name= Marston Sicca
|HQ= Stratford-upon-Avon
|Status= Rural district
|Start= 1894
|End= 1931
|Replace= Stratford-on-Avon Rural District
|Image= File:Nglosrds.png
|PopulationFirst= 1,485
|PopulationFirstYear= 1901
|PopulationLast= 1,728
|PopulationLastYear= 1931
|AreaFirst= {{convert|8823|acre|km2}}
|AreaFirstYear= 1911
|AreaLast= {{convert|8823|acre|km2}}
|AreaLastYear= 1931
}}
Marston Sicca was, from 1894 to 1931, a rural district in the administrative county of Gloucestershire, England.{{cite book |last=Youngs |first= Frederic A Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England |page=611 |year=1979 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0-901050-67-9}}[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10000531&c_id=10001043 www.visionofbritain.org.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230111/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10000531&c_id=10001043 |date=30 September 2007 }} The district formed part of a salient 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.
Formation
The rural district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Stratford on Avon Rural Sanitary District in Gloucestershire. 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 RDC continued to hold its meetings in the offices of Stratford Poor Law Union, outside the district.{{cite web | title=Long Marston or Marston Sicca | url=http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/makepdf.asp?fn=E:\ZYIMAGE\DATA\HISTDIR\TIF\LU7FB4~1\00007HX6.TIF | work=Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire 1914 | publisher=Historical Directories | access-date=2009-04-13}}
Parishes
The district comprised six civil parishes:
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 RD along with the parishes of Admington and Quinton in the neighbouring Campden Rural District.{{London Gazette |issue=33579 |date=14 February 1930 |page=973 }} With 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, the Minister for Health approved a scheme to transfer parishes between Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire in December 1930.{{cite news |title=Midland County Boundaries: Anomalies To Be Rectified |work=The Times |page=7 |date=29 December 1930 }} The alterations required the promotion of a private parliamentary bill, which was approved by the House of Commons in February 1931. The Provisional Orders Confirmation (Gloucestershire Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act, 1931 came into force on 1 April 1931.Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (Gloucestershire Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act, 1931, c.ix{{cite book |editor-last=Salzman |editor-first=L.F |editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman |year=1949 |title=A History of the County of Warwick |volume=5: Kington Hundred |series=Victoria County History |place=London |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research |pages=1–2 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57025}} The six parishes were transferred to Warwickshire and to Stratford Rural District.{{cite news |title=Alteration of County Boundaries: Bill Approved By Commons Committee |work=The Times |page=11 |date=27 February 1931 }}{{cite web | title=Relationships / unit history of Marston Sicca RD | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10189779&c_id=10001043 | work=Vision of Britain | publisher=University of Portsmouth | access-date=2009-04-13}}