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History of local government in Wales

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in a recognisably modern form emerged during the late 19th century. Administrative counties and county boroughs were first established in Wales in 1889. Urban and rural districts were formed in 1894. These were replaced in 1974 by a two-tier authority system across the country comprising eight
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names as well as Welsh. The creation of these new administrative areas effectively separated the administrative function from the traditional counties, although in reality this had occurred in 1889.
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In 1974, the existing administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished and replaced by eight new two-tier authorities, instead called 'counties' by the
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From 1889 to 1974, counties made up of administrative counties and county boroughs were used for local government purposes. The counties were created by the
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counties and, within them, thirty-seven districts. This system was itself replaced by the introduction of 22 single-tier authorities in 1996.
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c. 41), which applied without distinction across Wales and England, and in Wales the administrative counties were based on the
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The table shows the area and population of administrative counties in Wales as recorded at the censuses of 1891 and 1961.
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The 1888 act did not create elected district councils, but anticipated their later creation, which came with the
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The redistribution of these districts into the current principal areas is as follows:
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to ensure that each principal area is wholly within one preserved county.
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c. 73). The 1894 act created 'urban districts' and 'rural districts'.
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1931 Census of England and Wales, county report for Caernarvonshire
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These two-tier counties were abolished in 1996 and replaced with
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The counties were sub-divided into districts, these were:
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There were also a number of administratively independent
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Index

Local Government Act 1888
51 & 52 Vict.
historic counties of Wales
Local Government Act 1894
56 & 57 Vict.

Anglesey
Brecknockshire
Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire
Caernarfonshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Glamorgan
Merionethshire
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
county boroughs
Cardiff
Swansea
Newport
Merthyr Tydfil
Cardiff
Merthyr Tydfil
Newport
Swansea

Local Government Act 1972

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