Llanfyrnach Rural District
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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 continued to be administered from Newcastle Emlyn
. It was abolished in 1934, when it was amalgamated with St Dogmells RD
to form Cemaes RD
.
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 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
Castellan, Pembrokeshire
Castellan is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county on the slopes of Frenni Fawr, two km north of Crymych. It was originally a chapelry of the parish of Penrydd, and constitutes a manor originally owned by the Knights Hospitaller based at Slebech. ...
, Clydau
Clydau
Clydau is a village, parish and community in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is a small group of houses around the parish church, 8 km southwest of Newcastle Emlyn and 13 km southeast of Cardigan...
, Llanfyrnach
Llanfyrnach
thumb|250 px|right|The parish church of St Brynach, LlanfyrnachLlanfyrnach is a village and parish in the hundred of Cemais, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name means "church of St Brynach". It is situated in a remote upland area on the headwaters of the River Tâf, about 18 km from Cardigan, the...
, Penrydd and West Cilrhedyn
Cilrhedyn (Dyfed parish)
Cilrhedyn is a hamlet and parish in the counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the hill country to the south of the Teifi valley. The Afon Cych divides it into two unequal parts: West Cilrhedyn, Pembrokeshire and East Cilrhedyn, Carmarthenshire. The parish church...
. It continued to be administered from Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn is a town straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales and lying on the River Teifi.Adpar is the part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi...
. It was abolished in 1934, when it was amalgamated with 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...
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....
.