St Dogmells Rural District
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St Dogmells 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 of Pembrokeshire
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...

 from 1894 to 1934.

The district was created by 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 Cardigan Rural Sanitary District
Sanitary district
Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies...

 in Pembrokeshire, and consisted of seventeen civil parishes (see below). It continued to be administered from Cardigan
Cardigan, Ceredigion
Cardigan is a town in the county of Ceredigion in Mid Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Teifi at the point where Ceredigion meets Pembrokeshire. It was the county town of the pre-1974 county of Cardiganshire. It is the second largest town in Ceredigion. The town's population was 4,203...

. It was abolished in 1934, when 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....

 amalgamated it with 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...

 to form Cemaes RD
Cemaes Rural District
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....

.

List of Parishes:
Parish Parish Parish
Bayvill Llanfair Nant Gwyn Monington
Bridell Llanfihangel Penbedw Moylgrove
Moylgrove
Moylgrove , also spelled Moylegrove, is a village and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, about from Cardigan.-Description:The placename "Moylegrove" means "Matilda's Grove." "Matilda" may have been the wife of a Norman lord of the manor. The Welsh placename may mean "Irishman's farm" or "grove...

Cilgerran
Cilgerran
Cilgerran is a town in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Teifi. It is the site of Cilgerran Castle, built in 1100, from which Owain of Powys is said to have abducted Nest in 1109. It is first mentioned by name in 1164...

Llantood Nevern
Nevern
Nevern is a small village or hamlet, of just a few houses in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It lies in the valley of the River Nevern close to the Preseli Hills of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park east of Newport.-Nevern Parish Church:...

Dinas
Dinas Cross
Dinas Cross is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated between Fishguard and Newport in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is a popular holiday destination on the A487. The village has its own elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire...

Llanychlwydog Newport
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...

Eglwyswen Manordeifi
Manordeifi
Manordeifi is a parish and community in the hundred of Kilgerran, in the northeast corner of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The population of the community was 478. Together with the community of Cilgerran, it makes up Cilgerran electoral ward....

St. Dogmaels
St. Dogmaels
St Dogmaels is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Ceredigion....

 Rural
Eglwyswrw
Eglwyswrw
Eglwyswrw is a village and parish in the Hundred of Cemais, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is between Newport and Cardigan just off the A487 road.-Description:Eglwyswrw was a civil parish, area 1498 Ha and had population as follows:...

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