Twrcelyn Rural District

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Twrcelyn
Geography
Status Rural District
1901 area 53,869 acres (218.00 km²)
1961 area 53,865 acres (217.98 km²)
HQ Llanerchymedd
History
Created 1894
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
Demography
1901 population 9,512
1971 population 9,752

Twrcelyn was a rural district in the administrative county of Anglesey, Wales, from 1894 to 1974. The district took its name from Twrcelyn, one of the ancient cwmwds or medieval subdivisions of the island.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Anglesey Rural Sanitary District. The district consisted of the following civil parishes:

  • Bodewrwyd
  • Coedana
  • Carreglefn
  • Llanallgo
  • Llanbabo
  • Llanbadrig
  • Llanbedrgoch
  • Llanddyfnan
  • Llandyfrydog
  • Llaneilian
  • Llanerchymedd
  • Llaneugrad
  • Llanfflewin
  • Llanfihangel Tre'r-beirdd
  • Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf
  • Llanfechell
  • Llangwyllog
  • Llanwenllwyfo
  • Llechcynfarwydd
  • Penrhoslligwy
  • Rhodogeidio
  • Rhosybol
  • Tregaian

The rural district was abolished in 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 amalgamated Twrcelyn with the other local authorities on the island to become the district of Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey.

[edit] External links

  • Vision of Britain - Twrcelyn Rural District population. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.