Coordinates: 52°06′32″N 3°13′05″W / 52.109°N 3.218°W / 52.109; -3.218
| Painscastle | |
| Geography | |
| Status | Rural district |
| 1911 area | 31,414 acres (127.13 km2) |
| 1931 area | 31,414 acres (127.13 km2) |
| 1961 area | 31,414 acres (127.13 km2) |
| HQ | Hay on Wye |
| History | |
| Origin | Sanitary district |
| Created | 1894 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Succeeded by | Radnorshire |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1901 population | 2,339 |
| 1931 population | 2,149 |
| 1971 population | 1,510 |
| Politics | |
| Governance | Painscastle Rural District Council |
| Subdivisions | |
| Type | Civil parishes |
Painscastle 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 Hay Rural Sanitary District was divided into three: the section in Breconshire was reconstituted as Hay Rural District, the area in Herefordshire became Bredwardine Rural District, while the parishes in Radnorshire became Painscastle Rural District. The new district took its name from the ancient hundred of Painscastle. The council continued to be based in Hay on Wye in Breconshire.
The rural district comprised nine civil parishes:
- Boughrood
- Bryngwyn
- Cleiro
- Glasbury
- Llanddewi Fach
- Llandeilo Graban
- Llanstephan
- Llowes
- Painscastle
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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St Teilo's Church, Graban. Llandeilo Graban
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