- Glaslyn Rural District
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Glaslyn
HQ=
Status=Rural District
Start= 1894
End= 1934
Replace=Gwyrfai Rural District ,Lleyn Rural District , Criccieth Urban District, Portmadoc Urban District
Civic=Glaslyn was a
rural district in theadministrative county ofCaernarvonshire from 1894 to 1934.The district was formed under the
Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Festiniog Rural Sanitary District in Caernarvonshire. The district was named afterGlaslyn , a lake at the centre of the area.The district contained three
civil parish es:
*Beddgelert
*Dolbenmaen
*Treflys The rural district was abolished by a County Review Order in 1934. Beddgelert passed to
Gwyrfai Rural District , and Dolbenmaen toLleyn Rural District . Treflys parish was abolished, most of it becoming part of Dolbenmaen parish, with parts going to theurban district s ofCriccieth andPortmadoc .ources
*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) [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10061430]
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