It also briefly included Bulkington, but in 1938 this merged with the Bedworth Urban District.
At the same time it lost some territory as Rugby's town boundaries were expanded.
In 1953, the rural district was the second largest local authority area in Warwickshire, covering 80,000 acres (320 km2) (approximately the size of the Isle of Wight).
[1] The population of the Rural District in mid-1952 was reported as 21,220, living in around 5,000 houses.
At the time of its abolition in 1974 Rugby RD consisted of the following civil parishes: