Gwyrfai Rural District

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Gwyrfai
Area
  190170,441 acres (285.06 km2)
  193496,475 acres (390.42 km2)
Population
  190129,838
  197121,234
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Arfon, Dwyfor
Status Rural District
   HQ Caernarvon

Gwyrfai was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarvonshire from 1894 to 1974.

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History

Named after the Afon Gwyrfai, the district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, taking over the area of the Carnarvon Rural Sanitary District. The district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Beddgelert and Clynnog were included in the district of Dwyfor, with the rest of the rural district becoming part of the Borough of Arfon, both in the new county of Gwynedd.

Civil parishes

In 1934, on the abolition of Glaslyn Rural District, the parish of Beddgelert was added.

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