Holywell Rural District

Holywell Rural District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Holywell


HQ= Holywell
Status= Rural District
Start= 1894
End= 1974
Replace= Delyn
Civic=
PopulationFirst= 23,999
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationLast= 25,411
PopulationLastYear= 1971
AreaFirst= convert|64470|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
AreaLast= convert|58329|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1961

Holywell was a rural district in the administrative county of Flintshire, Wales from 1894 to 1974.

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to Holywell Rural Sanitary District.

The district contained the following civil parishes:

*Brynford
*Caerwys
*Cilcain
*Gwaenysgor
*Halkyn
*Holywell Rural
*Llanasa
*Mold Rural
*Nercwys
*Northop
*Nannerch
*Newmarket
*Whitford
*Ysceifiog

The Rural District Council was based in the town of Holywell, which was a separate urban district.

Holywell Rural District was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the district of Delyn in the county of Clwyd.

External links

*cite vob|name=Holywell Rural District | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10157936 | accessdate=2008-01-22

*cite vob|name=Holywell Rural District | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10157936 |

*cite vob|name=Holywell Rural District | population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_chart_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10157936&c_id=10001043&add=N | accessdate=2008-01-22


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