St Mellons Rural District is a defunct district council. It was established under the provisions of 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 part of the existing Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

 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...

. It comprised the parishes of Bedwas

Bedwas

Bedwas is a town two miles north-east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire....

, Bettws

Bettws, Newport

Bettws is an electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is one of the largest modern housing estates in Europe....

, Coedkernew

Coedkernew

Coedkernew is a community in the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward.The parish is bounded by Percoed reen to the south, Nant-y-Selsig to the southwest, and Pound Hill to the west. The northern boundary is formed from Gwern-y-cleppa to junction 28 of the M4, then...

, Duffryn

Duffryn

Duffryn is a large council housing housing estate in the southwest of the city of Newport, Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district . Built on land belonging to Tredegar House , it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design...

, Graig

Graig

Graig is an electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales.The ward is bounded by the Ebbw River and M4 motorway to the east, the city boundary to the north and west. The southern boundary is formed by a line from the M4/A467 intersection in a roughly westerly...

, Henllys

Henllys

Henllys could refer to a number of places in Wales.*Henllys, Carmarthenshire a hamlet on the west bank of the River Tywi in the parish of Cilycwm*Henllys, Ceredigion a township in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn or Llandre...

, Machen Lower

Lower Machen

Lower Machen is small hamlet of 19 houses on the A468 road at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales.Machen itself lies further west in the county borough of Caerphilly, although both lie within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire....

, Machen Upper

Machen

Machen is a large village 3 miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River.-Mynydd...

, Malpas

Malpas, Newport

Malpas is an electoral district and coterminous community parish of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.- Boundaries :...

, Marshfield

Marshfield, Newport

Marshfield is an electoral ward and smaller village community and parish on the fringe of the city of Newport in South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.It is considered to be an affluent and sought-after area....

, Michaelstone-y-Fedw

Michaelstone-y-Fedw

Michaelston-y-Fedw is a small rural village and community to the west of the city of Newport, Wales, on the border of Cardiff city and Caerphilly county borough....

, Peterstone Wentloog, Rogerstone

Rogerstone

Rogerstone is both a ward and community of the city of Newport, south-east Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.The parish lies at the gateway to the Sirhowy valley, to the north of Newport on the eastern side of the Ebbw River...

, Rumney

Rumney, Cardiff

Rumney is a district in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the Rhymney River, and is historically part of Monmouthshire...

, St Brides Wentloog

St Brides Wentloog

St. Bride's or St. Bride's Wentloog is a small hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport in South Wales.- Location :It lies in the community of Wentloog and electoral district of Marshfield...

, St Mellons

St Mellons

St Mellons is a district and suburb of eastern Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.-History:St Mellons began as a small commercial centre in the historic county of Monmouthshire, relying heavily on rural agriculture, farming and travel...

 and St Woolos in the administrative county

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....

 of Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....

. Initially, the St Mellons Rural District Council also administered two parishes in Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...

: Llanvedw and Rhydygwern, which had also formed part of the sanitary district. The Glamorgan parishes were annexed to Llandaff and Dinas Powis Rural District in 1895.

The Rural District Council comprised a number of councillors and a chairman and initially replaced the local sanitary authorities. Its responsibilities included sanitary services, sewerage, refuse collection, maintaining local roads, cemeteries and parks, licensing of public entertainments, water supply and housing. The council was administered by a number of committees and by appointed officers including a Clerk, Treasurer, Medical Officer of Health, Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector.

In 1912 the parishes of Bedwas and Machen Upper were removed from the Rural District to become Bedwas and Machen

Bedwas and Machen

Bedwas and Machen was an urban district in the administrative county of Monmouthshire from 1912 to 1974, In 1974 it became a community in the district of Rhymney Valley, Mid Glamorgan....

 Urban District. St Mellons RDC was abolished in 1935 and was absorbed by the new Magor and St Mellons Rural District

Magor and St Mellons Rural District

Magor and St Mellons Rural District was created on 1 April 1935 from Magor Rural District and St Mellons Rural District in the administrative county of Monmouthshire...

 with the exception of St Woolos and parts of Bettws and Malpas which became part of Newport county borough

County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. They were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in...

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