Uwchaled Rural District

Last updated
Uwchaled
Area
  190130,204 acres (122.23 km2)
  193130,204 acres (122.23 km2)
Population
  19012,232
  19311,968
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1935
  Succeeded by Hiraethog Rural District
Status Rural District

Uwchaled (from Uwch Aled ) was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935. The name denoted the upper reaches of the River Aled, and originated in the medieval cwmwd (commote) of Uwch Aled. The rural district was created by the Local Government Act 1894, and comprised the part of the existing Corwen Rural Sanitary District in Denbighshire.

The district consisted of three civil parishes:

The district was abolished by a county review order in 1935, forming part of a new Hiraethog Rural District.

53°01′05″N3°30′47″W / 53.018°N 3.513°W / 53.018; -3.513

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