Geirionydd_Rural_District

Geirionydd Rural District

Geirionydd Rural District

Local government area in Wales, abolished 1934


Geirionydd was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarvonshire, North Wales from 1894 to 1934.

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The rural district was formed from the part of Llanrwst Rural Sanitary District in Caernarvonshire. It was initially called the "Bettws-y-Coed Rural District" (using the old spelling for the name of Betws-y-Coed). After that parish was removed from the district in 1898 to become its own urban district,[1] the residual rural district was renamed after Llyn Geirionydd.

The district contained the following civil parishes:

The rural district was abolished by a County Review Order in 1934, becoming part of Nant Conway Rural District.


References

  1. Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1899. p. 316. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

Sources

  • Census of England and Wales: County Report for Carnarvonshire, 1901, 1911, 1921
  • Census of England and Wales: County Report for Caernarvonshire 1931
  • Caernarvonshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)


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