It gained area from the abolished Castle Bromwich Rural District in 1912.
It also lost territory as the county boroughs of Solihull and Coventry expanded their boundaries.
The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.
Part of it to the south was merged with the Solihull county borough and Coventry to become part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and City of Coventry in the new West Midlands county.
At the time of its abolition in 1974 Meriden RD consisted of the following civil parishes: