Holywell Rural District

Holywell was a rural district in the administrative county of Flintshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1974.

Holywell
Area
• 1911	64,470 acres (260.9 km2)
• 1961	58,329 acres (236.05 km2)
Population
• 1901	23,999
• 1971	25,411
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Delyn
Status	Rural District
• HQ	Holywell

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to Holywell Rural Sanitary District.

The Rural District Council was based in the town of Holywell, which was a separate urban district.

Holywell Rural District was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the district of Delyn in the county of Clwyd.

The district contained the following civil parishes

Brynford Caerwys Cilcain Gwaenysgor Halkyn Holywell Rural Llanasa

Mold Rural Nercwys Northop Nannerch Newmarket Whitford Ysceifiog

External links

• Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Holywell Rural District. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
• Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Holywell Rural District (historic map). Retrieved 22 January 2008.
• Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Holywell Rural District population. Retrieved 22 January 2008.

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