Gwyrfai Rural District

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Gwyrfai
Geography
Status Rural District
1901 area 70,441 acres (285.06 km²)
1934 area 96,475 acres (390.42 km²)
HQ Caernarvon
History
Created 1894
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Arfon, Dwyfor
Demography
1901 population 29,838
1971 population 21,234

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

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, taking over the area of the Carnarvon Rural Sanitary District. It was named after the Afon Gwyrfai (a river).

The district as created in 1894 consisted of the following civil parishes:

In 1934, on the abolition of Glaslyn Rural District, the parish of Beddgelert was added.

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.

[edit] 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 Britain)[1]