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{{Short description|Former local government area in the UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{infobox historic subdivision|
   |Name=              Brixworth RD
   |HQ=                [[Brixworth]]
   |Status=            [[Rural district]]
   |Start=             1894
   |End=               1974
   |Replace=           [[Daventry (district)|Daventry district]]
   |Image= 
}}

The '''Brixworth Rural District''' was a [[rural district]] in [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] from 1894 to 1974. It was named after and administered from the village of [[Brixworth]].

It was created by the [[Local Government Act 1894]] from the [[Brixworth]] [[rural sanitary district]].  In 1935 it took in part of the disbanded [[Oxendon Rural District]].

It was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the bulk going to form part of the new [[Daventry (district)|district of Daventry]].

==References==
*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10186729{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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[[Category:Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894]]
[[Category:Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972]]
[[Category:History of Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Rural districts of England]]