- Dwyran Rural District
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Coordinates: 53°10′05″N 4°19′55″W / 53.168°N 4.332°W
Dwyran Geography Status Rural District 1901 area 15,544 acres (62.90 km2) 1931 area 15,463 acres (62.58 km2) History Created 1894 Abolished 1933 Succeeded by Aethwy Rural District Demography 1901 population 3,055 1931 population 2,747 Dwyran was a rural district in the administrative county of Anglesey, Wales from 1894 to 1933.
The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Carnarvon Rural Sanitary District in Anglesey. It took its name from the village of Dwyran, which lay at its centre.
The district consisted of five civil parishes:
- Llanfair Cwmmwd
- Llangaffo
- Llangeinwen
- Llanidan
- Newborough
The rural district was abolished in 1933, when a county review order amalgamated it into an enlarged Aethwy Rural District.
External links
- Vision of Britain - Dwyran Rural District. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- Aethwy Rural District Council and Dwyran Rural District Council records (Archives Network Wales), accessed January 23, 2008
Categories:- Former subdivisions of Wales
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