Wrexham Rural District

Former Welsh rural district

Wrexham was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 and 1974.[1][2]

The rural district took over the existing Wrexham Rural Sanitary District.[1] It consisted of the following civil parishes:[1]

  • Abenbury
  • Acton†
  • Allington
  • Bersham
  • Bieston
  • Borras Hwfa†
  • Borras Riffri†
  • Broughton
  • Brymbo
  • Burton
  • Cefn: created 1895, from part of Ruabon
  • Dutton Cacca
  • Dutton Diffeith
  • Dutton y Brain
  • Erbistock
  • Erddig
  • Erlas
  • Esclusham Above
  • Esclusham Below
  • Eyton†
  • Gourton†
  • Gresford
  • Gwersyllt
  • Holt
  • Llay
  • Marchwiel
  • Minera
  • Pen y Cae: created 1895 from part of Ruabon
  • Pickhill†
  • Ruabon
  • Rhosllannerchrugog: created 1895 from part of Ruabon
  • Ridley
  • Royton†
  • Sesswick†
  • Stansty†
  • Sutton

The parishes marked † were abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, and their areas redistributed to other parishes in the rural district and to the borough of Wrexham.[1] At the same time the district was enlarged by the addition of two parishes from the abolished Llangollen Rural District: Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio.[1]

The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972[citation needed] in 1974.[1] Most of the area passed to Wrexham Maelor, with Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio parishes passing to Glyndŵr, both districts in the new county of Clwyd.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Wrexham Rural District Council, records of". Archiveshub. Jisc. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Wrexham RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2024.