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Denbigh (UK Parliament Constituency)
Denbigh was a county constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries This was a county division of Denbighshire. In 1918 it comprised the whole of the county, except for the Municipal Borough of Wrexham and part of the Chirk Rural District, which formed the Wrexham division. The local authorities in the Denbigh division were the Municipal Boroughs of Denbigh and Ruthin; the Urban Districts of Abergele and Pensarn, Colwyn Bay and Colwyn, Llangollen, and Llanrwst; and the Rural Districts of Llangollen, Llanrwst, Llansillin, Ruthin, St Asaph (Denbigh), and Uwchaled, part of Chirk, and the part of Glan Conway not in Caernarvonshire. The local authorities in Denbighshire were reorganised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament Constituency)
Denbigh District of Boroughs (variously referred to as Denbigh District, Denbigh Boroughs or just Denbigh) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons. The constituency first returned an MP in 1542, to the English Parliament. From 1707 to 1800, the MPs sat in the Parliament of Great Britain, and after the Act of Union 1800, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election. Boundaries From its first known general election in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of a number of boroughs within the historic county of Denbighshire in Wales. The seat should not be confused with the county constituency of Denbighshire, which existed from the sixteenth century until 1885. The county was divided into East Denbighshire and West Denbighshire between 1885 and 1918. After 1918 Denbighshire was represented in Parliament by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirk Rural District
Chirk was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The rural district was formed from parts of Oswestry and Corwen Rural Sanitary Districts. The district contained three civil parishes: *Chirk * Glyntraen *Llansanfraid Glynceiriog Chirk Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Ceiriog Rural District Ceiriog was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1935 to 1974. The rural district was formed by a County Review Order in 1935 from the merger of Chirk and Llansillin Rural districts. The district was named after th .... Sources Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britai {{coord, 52.93, -3.04, display=title History of Denbighshire History of Wrexham County Borough Rural districts of Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District
St Asaph (Denbigh) was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire (historic), Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The rural district was formed from the parts of St Asaph Sanitary district, Rural Sanitary Districts in Denbighshire. The remainder of the RSD, in Flintshire (historic), Flintshire, became St Asaph (Flint) Rural District. The district contained ten civil parishes: *Abergele Rural *Betws Abergele *Bylchau *Cefn (community), Cefn *Llanddulas *Llanefydd *Llanfair Talhaearn *Llansannan *St George, Denbighshire, St George *Trefnant St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District was abolished by a Local Government Act 1929, County Review Order in 1935, most becoming part of the new Aled Rural District, and parts going to an enlarged Abergele Urban District. Sources Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain] {{coord missing, Clwyd History of Denbighshire Rural districts of Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthin Rural District
Ruthin was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1974. The rural district was formed from the area of Ruthin Rural Sanitary District. The district originally contained nineteen civil parishes: * Aberwheeler Rural * Clocaenog * Derwen * Efenechtid *Llanarmon-yn-Iâl * Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd *Llandegla * Llandyrnog Rural * Llaneldian * Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Rural *Llanferres * Llanfwrog Rural * Llangwyfan * Llangynhafal * Llanrhaedr yng Nghinmeirch Rural * Llanrhydd Rural * Llanynys Rural * Nantglyn * Y Gyffilliog A County Review Order in 1935 added the parish of Bryneglwys from the abolished Llangollen Rural District. At the same time a new parish of Llandyrnog was formed by the merger of Llandyrnog Rural and Llangwyfan, and Llangynhafal parish absorbed Llanhychan. Ruthin Rural District was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the district of Glyndŵr Glyndŵr was one of six local government distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansillin Rural District
Llansillin (anglicisation of the original Welsh ''Llansilin'') was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The rural district was formed from parts of Corwen, Llanfyllin and Oswestry Rural Sanitary Districts in Denbighshire. The district contained six civil parishes: *Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog *Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr *Llangadwaladr *Llangedwyn * Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant *Llansilin Llansillin Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Ceiriog Rural District Ceiriog was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1935 to 1974. The rural district was formed by a County Review Order in 1935 from the merger of Chirk and Llansillin Rural districts. The district was named after th .... Sources Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britai {{coord missing, Clwyd History of Denbighshire Rural districts of Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanrwst Rural District
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: *Eglwysbach * Gwernhywel *Gwytherin *Llanddoged *Llangernyw *Llanrwst: in 1897 part of this parish became Llanrwst Urban District, the remainder became Llanrwst Rural *Pentrefoelas *Prys * Tir Ifan Llanrwst Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Hiraethog Rural District Hiraethog was a rural district of the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1974. The district took its name from the historic district of Mynydd Hiraethog. The district was created by a county review order on 1 April 19 .... Sources Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britai {{coord missing, Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangollen Rural District
Llangollen was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935. The rural district comprised part of the existing Corwen Rural Sanitary District, and consisted of three civil parishes: *Bryneglwys *Llangollen Rural *Llantysilio The district was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, most of the area passing to Wrexham Rural District, and a small part to Ruthin Rural District Ruthin was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1974. The rural district was formed from the area of Ruthin Rural Sanitary District. The district originally contained nineteen civil parishes: * Aberwheeler .... SourcesDenbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain) History of Denbighshire 1894 establishments in Wales Rural districts of Wales {{Wales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural District
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Administrative county, administrative counties.__TOC__ England and Wales In England and Wales they were created in 1894 (by the Local Government Act 1894) along with Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts. They replaced the earlier system of sanitary districts (themselves based on poor law unions, but not replacing them). Rural districts had elected rural district councils (RDCs), which inherited the functions of the earlier sanitary districts, but also had wider authority over matters such as local planning, council house, council housing, and playgrounds and cemeteries. Matters such as education and major roads were the responsibility of county councils. Until 1930 the rural district councillors were also poor law gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanrwst
Llanrwst ('church or parish of Saint Grwst'; ) is a market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and the historic county of Denbighshire. It developed round the wool trade and became known also for the making of harps and clocks. Today, less than a mile from the edge of Snowdonia, its main pursuit is tourism. Notable buildings include almshouses, two 17th-century chapels, and the Parish Church of St Grwst, which holds a stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great. The 2011 census gave it a population of 3,323. History The site of the original church dedicated to St Grwst was Cae Llan in Llanrwst (land now occupied by the Seion Methodist Chapel). The current church of St Grwst is on land which was donated in about 1170 by Rhun ap Nefydd Hardd, a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, specifically to build a new church so dedicated. Llanrwst developed around the wool trade, and for a long time the price of wool for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangollen
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. History Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh ''llan'' meaning "a religious settlement" and Saint Collen, a 7th-century monk who founded a church beside the river. St Collen is said to have arrived in Llangollen by coracle. St Collen’s Church is the only church in Wales dedicated to St Collen, and he may have had connections with Colan in Cornwall and with Langolen in Brittany. Above the town to the north is Castell Dinas Brân, a stronghold of the Princes of Powys. Beyond the castle is the impressive Lower Carboniferous limestone escarpment known as the Eglwyseg Rocks. The outcrop continues north to Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colwyn
Colwyn was a local government district with borough status from 1974 to 1996, being one of six districts in the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales. History The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered parts of four former districts from the administrative county of Denbighshire, which were all abolished at the same time:* *Abergele Urban District * Aled Rural District, except the parish of Llansantffraid Glan Conway, which went to Aberconwy *Colwyn Bay Municipal Borough * Hiraethog Rural District, except the parishes of Eglwysbach, Llanddoget, Llanrwst Rural, and Tir Ifan, which went to Aberconwy The new borough was named Colwyn, taken from the name of the area's largest town, Colwyn Bay. Under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, Clwyd County Council and the county's constituent districts were abolished, being replaced by principal areas, whose councils perform the functions which had previously been divided between the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay ( cy, Bae Colwyn) is a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. Eight neighbouring communities are incorporated within its postal district. Established as its own separate parish in 1844 with just a small grouping of homes and farms where the community of Old Colwyn stands today, Colwyn Bay has expanded to become the second-largest community and business centre in the north of Wales as well as the 14th largest in the whole of Wales with the urban statistical area, including Old Colwyn, Rhos-on-Sea, and Mochdre and Penrhyn Bay, having a population of 34,284 at the 2011 census. History The western side of Colwyn Bay, Rhos-on-Sea, includes a number of historic sites associated with St Trillo and Ednyfed Fychan, the 13th century general and councillor to Llywelyn the Great. The name 'Colwyn' may be named after 'Collwyn ap Tangno' who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
