Glan Conway Rural District
Encyclopedia
Glan Conway was an area in the administrative county
of Denbighshire
which was administered by the Conway Rural District
in the neighbouring county of Caernarvonshire.
It consisted of two civil parish
es formerly in the Conway
Rural Sanitary District
: Llaneilian-yn-Rhos and Llansantffraid Glan Conwy.
This arrangement made sense as the parishes provided a connection between the main part of the Conway Rural District and the parish of Llysfaen
, which was a detached exclave of Caernarvonshire. In 1923 Llysfaen was transferred to Denbighshire to became part of Colwyn Bay and Colwyn
Urban District. Glan Conway remained under the aegis of Conway Rural District Council until 1935, when a general reorganisation of rural districts in Denbighshire under a County Review Order
annexed the two parishes to Aled Rural District
.
The name Glan Conway may not have been official, and it was not used consistently: in some census
reports it was called "Unnamed Rural District".
Administrative county
An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
of Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
which was administered by the Conway Rural District
Conway Rural District
Conwy was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire, North Wales from 1894 to 1934.The rural district had the same area as the Conwy Rural Sanitary District, created in 1875.The district contained the following civil parishes:...
in the neighbouring county of Caernarvonshire.
It consisted of two civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
es formerly in the Conway
Conwy
Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...
Rural Sanitary District
Sanitary district
Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies...
: Llaneilian-yn-Rhos and Llansantffraid Glan Conwy.
This arrangement made sense as the parishes provided a connection between the main part of the Conway Rural District and the parish of Llysfaen
Llysfaen
Llysfaen is a village in Conwy County Borough near the coast of north Wales and is located high above the coast. For local government purposes, it is also a community and Conwy County Borough Council ward.-Introduction:...
, which was a detached exclave of Caernarvonshire. In 1923 Llysfaen was transferred to Denbighshire to became part of Colwyn Bay and Colwyn
Colwyn Bay
- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...
Urban District. Glan Conway remained under the aegis of Conway Rural District Council until 1935, when a general reorganisation of rural districts in Denbighshire under a County Review Order
Local Government Act 1929
The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....
annexed the two parishes to Aled Rural District
Aled Rural District
Aled was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1974.The district was created by a county review order in 1935 which reoganised districts in the county. It was formed by merging the bulk of St Asaph Rural District with the Nant Conway area previously...
.
The name Glan Conway may not have been official, and it was not used consistently: in some census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
reports it was called "Unnamed Rural District".