Gwyrfai Rural District Explained

Gwyrfai
Hq:Caernarvon
Status:Rural District
Start:1894
End:1974
Replace:Arfon, Dwyfor
Populationfirst:29,838
Populationfirstyear:1901
Populationlast:21,234
Populationlastyear:1971
Areafirst:70441acres
Areafirstyear:1901
Arealast:96475acres
Arealastyear:1934

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

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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