Glyndŵr

This article is about a district. For Welsh ruler, see Owain Glyndŵr .

Coordinates: 52°59′46″N 3°23′35″W / 52.996°N 3.393°W / 52.996; -3.393

Glyndŵr
History
• Created	1974
• Abolished	1996
• Succeeded by	Denbighshire, Powys, Wrexham
Status	District

• HQ	Ruthin

Glyndŵr was one of six districts of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996.

It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the administrative counties of Denbighshire and Merionethshire.

From Denbighshire came the boroughs of Denbigh, Llangollen and Ruthin, the rural districts of Ceiriog and Ruthin and the parishes of Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio, formerly in Wrexham Rural District. From Merionethshire came the Edeyrnion Rural District.

The district was named after Owain Glyndŵr, who lived in Glyndyfrdwy for a while.

On 1 April 1996 the district was dissolved, with parts going to each of the three principal areas of Denbighshire, Powys and Wrexham.

Local government districts of Wales 1974–1996

Clwyd	Alyn and Deeside Colwyn Delyn Glyndŵr Rhuddlan Wrexham Maelor

Dyfed	Carmarthen Ceredigion Dinefwr Llanelli Preseli Pembrokeshire South Pembrokeshire

Gwent	Blaenau Gwent Islwyn Monmouth Newport Torfaen

Gwynedd	Aberconwy Arfon Dwyfor Meirionnydd Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey

Mid Glamorgan	Cynon Valley Merthyr Tydfil Ogwr Rhondda Rhymney Valley Taff-Ely

Powys	Brecknock Montgomeryshire Radnorshire

South Glamorgan	Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan

West Glamorgan	Lliw Valley Neath Port Talbot Swansea

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