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Gwyrfai Rural District

Gwyrfai
Area
 • 1901 70,441 acres (285.06 km2)
 • 1934 96,475 acres (390.42 km2)
Population
 • 1901 29,838
 • 1971 21,234
History
 • Created 1894
 • Abolished 1974
 • Succeeded by Arfon, Dwyfor
Status Rural District
 • HQ Caernarvon

Gwyrfai was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarvonshire from 1894 to 1974.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, taking over the area of the Carnarvon Rural Sanitary District. It was named after the Afon Gwyrfai (a river).

The district as created in 1894 consisted of the following civil parishes:

In 1934, on the abolition of Glaslyn Rural District, the parish of Beddgelert was added.

The district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Beddgelert and Clynnog were included in the district of Dwyfor, with the rest of the rural district becoming part of the Borough of Arfon, both in the new county of Gwynedd.


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