Holywell Rural District

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Holywell
Area
  191164,470 acres (260.9 km2)
  196158,329 acres (236.05 km2)
Population
  190123,999
  197125,411
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Delyn
Status Rural District
   HQ Holywell

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 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.

The district contained the following civil parishes

53°16′30″N3°13′23″W / 53.275°N 3.223°W / 53.275; -3.223