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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

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 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....

, North Wales

North Wales

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 from 1894 to 1934.

The rural district had the same area as the Conwy Rural Sanitary District

Sanitary district

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, created in 1875.

The district contained the following civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es:

• Caerhun
  Caerhun
  Caerhun is a village and rural community on the west bank of the River Conwy, to the south of Henryd and to the north of Dolgarrog, in Conwy County Borough, north Wales. The population was 1200 at the 2001 Census.-Features:...
  
  
• Dolgarrog
  Dolgarrog
  Dolgarrog is a small village in the Conwy County Borough in North Wales situated between Llanrwst and Conwy, very close to the Conwy River. The village is well known for its industrial history since the 18th century and the Eigiau dam disaster, which occurred in 1925...
  
  
• Llanbedr y Cennin
  Llanbedr-y-Cennin
  Llanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in Conwy county borough, Wales.It lies in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy valley, in North Wales. The river Conwy runs through the valley, running into the sea to the north, at the town of Conwy, which is about five miles north of the village. ...
  
  
• Llangelynin
• Llangwstenin ⁽¹⁾
• Llechwedd
• Llysfaen
  Llysfaen
  Llysfaen is a village in Conwy County Borough near the coast of north Wales and is located high above the coast. For local government purposes, it is also a community and Conwy County Borough Council ward.-Introduction:...
  
   (Detached part of the county) ⁽²⁾
• Penrhyn
  Penrhyn Bay
  Penrhyn Bay is a small town on the north Wales coast, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ecclesiastical parish of Llanrhos. It is a prosperous village with a cluster of local shops, a pub, a parish church and a modern medical centre with doctors'...
  
   ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾In 1928 the borough of Conwy

Conwy

Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...

 was enlarged to take in parts of Llangwstenin and Penrhyn parishes.

⁽²⁾In 1923 Llysfaen was transferred to the administrative county of Denbighshire

Denbighshire

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, forming part of Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...

 urban district.

Conwy Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

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 on 1 April 1934. Caerhun, Dolgarrog, Llanbedr Y Cennin, Llangelynin, and Llechwedd became part of a new Nant Conwy Rural District, while Llangwstenin and Penrhyn parishes were both abolished, with their areas being split up to become parts of the enlarged Municipal Borough of Conwy and Llandudno

Llandudno

Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...

Urban District.

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