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Rural District Councils - Aberystwyth - Introduction

ACCS. 14, 102, 112, 116, 376, 388 and 527

Ref: ABR

Records of Aberystwyth Rural District Council.

Aberystwyth Rural District Council was set up under the

provisions of the Local Government Act of 1894, to take over

the functions of the local rural sanitary authority and

highways board. It comprised twenty-eight civil parishes:

Broncastellan, Ceulan-a-maesmawr, Clarach, Cwmrheidol,

Cyfoethybrenin, Cynnullmawr, Elerch, Faenor, Henllys,

Issa-yn-dre, Ucha-yn-dre, Llanafan, Llanbadarn Lower,

Llanbadarn Upper, Llanddeiniol, Llanfihangel Lower,

Llanfihangel Upper, Llangwyryfon, Llangynfelin, Llanilar,

Llanrhystud Haminiog, Llanrhystud Mefenydd, Llanychaiarn,

Melindwr, Parcel Canol, Rhosdie, Trefeurig and Tirymynach.

In 1934, under section 46 of the Local Government Act of

1929, some parishes were amalgamated and new ones created.

The total number of civil parishes was now twenty-four. The

parishes which disappeared were Broncastellan, Clarach,

Cyfoethybrenin, Cynnullmawr, Elerch, Henllys, Issa-yn-dre,

Ucha-yn-dre and Rhosdie. The new and altered parishes were

formed as follows :

Ceulan-a-maesmawr: From Ceulan-a-maesmawr,

Elerch and part of

Cynnullmawr

Borth: From parts of

Cyfoethybrenin and Henllys

Geneu'r Glyn: From parts of

Cyfoethybrenin,

Cynnullmawr, Henllys and

Tirymynach

Llanbadarn Fawr: From the parishes of

Issa-yn-dre and

Ucha-yn-dre and part of

Faenor

Llangorwen: From parts of

Broncastellan, Clarach,

Tirymynach and Faenor

Llanilar: From Llanilar, Rhosdie and

part of Llanbadarn Lower

Tirymynach: From parts of

Broncastellan, Clarach,

Cyfoethybrenin, Cynnullmawr and Tirymynach

In addition, the "unnamed rural district consisting of the

township of Scybor-y-coed" ceased to exist, and was

transferred to Aberystwyth RDC (Local Government Act, 1929:

Section 46(10): see ABR/SE/16/1 and map, ABR/SE/16/2).

The records of Aberystwyth RDC were transferred to the

Record Office as follows:

ACC.14 By the Director of

Technical Services,

Ceredigion District

Council, on 6 June 1975

These records were formerly

listed as SRD 2/1-193

ACC.102 By the same, 6 September

1976 (formerly listed as

(SRD 2/194)

ACC.112 By the Chief Executive,

Ceredigion District

Council, 23 November 1976

(formerly listed as

SRD 2/195-199)

ACC.116 By the same, 8 December

1976 (formerly listed as

SRD 2/200-293)

ACC.376 From the National Library

of Wales, 4 May 1983

ACC.388 From Aberystwyth Library,

4 August 1983 (formerly

listed as ABR/SE/2)

ACC.527 From Ceredigion District

Council, 16th October 1985

(former listed as ABR/TR)

Unless otherwise indicated on the list, all records are part

of ACC.376 transfered from the National Library of Wales in

1983. The records have been arranged and described as

follows:

ABR/HE Health: Records of the Rural

Sanitary Inspectors and

Medical Officers of Health

ABR/HI Highways: Records of the RDC Surveyor

ABR/SE Minutes of the Council and

its committees and records

of the Clerk to the Council

ABR/TR Financial records:

accounting and rating

papers

For further divisions, see the introduction to each

sub-group.

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