Ogwen was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in the administrative county

Administrative county

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 of Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire , historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English during its existence, was one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales....

 in Wales

Wales

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 from 1894 to 1974.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 from the part of the former Bangor

Bangor, Gwynedd

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 Rural Sanitary District

Sanitary district

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 in Caernarfonshire. The rest on the Isle of Anglesey, formed Aethwy Rural District

Aethwy Rural District

Aethwy was a rural district in the administrative county of Anglesey, Wales, from 1894 to 1974.It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Bangor rural sanitary district which was on Anglesey....

. The district was named after the River Ogwen

River Ogwen

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 and Ogwen Valley.

The district contained the following civil parish

Civil parish

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es:

• Aber
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• Llandygai
• Llanllechid
• Pentir

In 1894 the urban district

Urban district

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 of Bethesda was formed from part of Llanllechid parish. The rural district lost further territory under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

 in 1934: parts of Llandygai and Llanlechid were transferred to Capel Curig

Capel Curig

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 parish in Nant Conwy Rural District, and parts of Llandygai and Pentir was included in an extension of the boundaries of the Municipal Borough of Bangor

Bangor, Gwynedd

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.

The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

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, with its area becoming part of the Borough of Arfon, one of five districts

Districts of Wales

In 1974, Wales was re-divided for local government purposes into thirty-seven districts. Districts were the second tier of local government introduced by the Local Government Act 1972, being subdivisions of the eight counties introduced at the same time...

 of the new county of Gwynedd

Gwynedd

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.

Sources

• Census of England and Wales: County Report for Carnarvonshire, 1901, 1911, 1921
• Census of England and Wales: County Report for Caernarvonshire 1931
• Caernarvonshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10061430