Cemaes Rural District
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Cemaes Rural District was an administrative subdivision of Pembrokeshire
, Wales
. It was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of St Dogmells RD
and Llanfyrnach RD
. It was administered from Newport, Pembrokeshire
. It was abolished in 1974, when it was absorbed into the Preseli District
of Dyfed
.
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of St Dogmells RD
St Dogmells Rural District
St Dogmells was a rural district in the administrative county of Pembrokeshire, Wales from 1894 to 1934.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Cardigan Rural Sanitary District in Pembrokeshire, and consisted of seventeen civil parishes . It continued to be...
and Llanfyrnach RD
Llanfyrnach Rural District
Llanfyrnach Rural District was an administrative division of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was created in 1894 from the part of Newcastle in Emlyn Poor Law Union situated in Pembrokeshire, and consisted of six civil parishes: Capel Colman, Castellan, Clydau, Llanfyrnach, Penrydd and West Cilrhedyn. It...
. It was administered from Newport, Pembrokeshire
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Newport is a town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying on the River Nevern in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.- History :The town was founded by the Norman William FitzMartin about 1197...
. It was abolished in 1974, when it was absorbed into the Preseli District
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed in West Wales from 1974 to 1996. Until 1987 the name of the district was Preseli...
of Dyfed
Dyfed
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered approximately the same geographic extent as the ancient Principality of Deheubarth, although excluding the Gower Peninsula and the area west of the River Tawe...
.