Conwy was a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 Ad ...

in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire,

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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 parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

es: *

Caerhun Caerhun ( cy, Caerhûn) is a scattered rural community, and former civil parish, on the west bank of the River Conwy. It lies to the south of Henryd and the north of Dolgarrog, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and includes several small villages ...

* Dolgarrog *

Llanbedr y Cennin Llanbedr () is a village and community south of Harlech. Administratively, it lies in the Ardudwy area, formerly Meirionnydd, of the county of Gwynedd, Wales. History Ancient monuments at Llanbedr include Neolithic standing stones; the Sto ...

Llangelynin Llangelynnin (; also Llangelynin) is a small village and community near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Although the village is usually known as ''Llangelynnin'' in English, the community name used is ''Llangelynin''. St Celynnin's Church The parish c ...

* Llangwstenin ⁽¹⁾ * Llechwedd *

Llysfaen Llysfaen is a village and community in Conwy County Borough overlooking the north coast of Wales, and situated on the hill Mynydd Marian. For local government purposes, it is also a ward. The community includes the Peulwys estate of Old Col ...

(Detached part of the county) ⁽²⁾ *

Penrhyn Penryn is a Cornish word meaning 'headland' that may refer to: *Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, a town of about 7,000 on the Penryn River **Penryn railway station, a station on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks, and serves the to ...

⁽¹⁾ ⁽¹⁾In 1928 the borough of Conwy was enlarged to take in parts of Llangwstenin and Penrhyn parishes. ⁽²⁾In 1923 Llysfaen was transferred to the administrative county of

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

, forming part of Colwyn Bay urban district. Conwy Rural District was abolished by a

County Review Order 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. The Act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boar ...

on 1 April 1934. Caerhun, Dolgarrog, Llanbedr Y Cennin, Llangelynin, and Llechwedd became part of a new

Nant Conwy Rural District Nant Conwy was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire from 1934 to 1974. The district was formed by a County Review Order, combining the areas of Geirionydd Rural District with most of Conwy Rural District and part of ...

, while Llangwstenin and Penrhyn parishes were both abolished, with their areas being split up to become parts of the enlarged Municipal Borough of Conwy and

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigsi ...

Urban District.

Sources

*Census of England and Wales: County Report for Carnarvonshire, 1901, 1911, 1921 *Census of England and Wales: County Report for Caernarvonshire 1931 *Caernarvonshire Administrative County (Vision of Britai

Caernarfonshire History of Conwy County Borough