Llanrwst Rural District

Last updated
Llanrwst
Area
  190159,284 acres (239.91 km2)
  193159,287 acres (239.93 km2)
Population
  19014,591
  19314,117
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1935
  Succeeded by Hiraethog Rural District
Status Rural District
   HQ Llanrwst

Llanrwst was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.

The rural district was formed from the part of Llanrwst Rural Sanitary District in Denbighshire. The remainder of the sanitary district, in Caernarfonshire, becoming Geirionydd Rural District.

The district contained nine civil parishes:

Llanrwst Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Hiraethog Rural District.

Sources

Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)

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