Colwyn Rural District

Coordinates: 52°08′56″N 3°24′14″W / 52.149°N 3.404°W / 52.149; -3.404

Colwyn
Geography
Status Rural district
1911 area 29,579 acres (119.70 km2)
1931 area 29,579 acres (119.70 km2)
1961 area 29,579 acres (119.70 km2)
HQ Builth Wells
History
Origin Sanitary district
Created 1894
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Radnorshire
Demography
1901 population 1,882
1931 population 2,043
1971 population 1,682
Politics
Governance Colwyn Rural District Council
Subdivisions
Type Civil parishes

Colwyn was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Radnorshire, Wales.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894, when the existing Builth Rural Sanitary District was divided into two: the section in Breconshire was reconstituted as Builth Rural District and that in Radnorshire as Colwyn Rural District. The new district took its name from the ancient hundred of Colwyn. The council continued to be based in Builth Wells in Breconshire.

The rural district comprised ten civil parishes:

  • Aberbedw
  • Bettws Disserth
  • Cregrina
  • Disserth and Trecoed
  • Llanbadarn y Garreg
  • Llandrindod Rural
  • Llanelwedd
  • Llanfaredd
  • Llansaintfraed in Elvel
  • Rhulen

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. Its area became part of the District of Radnor in the new county of Powys.

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