Wrexham was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 and 1974.[1][2]
The rural district took over the existing Wrexham Rural Sanitary District.[1] It consisted of the following civil parishes:[1]
- Abenbury
- Acton†
- Allington
- Bersham
- Bieston
- Borras Hwfa†
- Borras Riffri†
- Broughton
- Brymbo
- Burton
- Cefn: created 1895, from part of Ruabon
- Dutton Cacca
- Dutton Diffeith
- Dutton y Brain
- Erbistock
- Erddig
- Erlas
- Esclusham Above
- Esclusham Below
- Eyton†
- Gourton†
- Gresford
- Gwersyllt
- Holt
- Llay
- Marchwiel
- Minera
- Pen y Cae: created 1895 from part of Ruabon
- Pickhill†
- Ruabon
- Rhosllannerchrugog: created 1895 from part of Ruabon
- Ridley
- Royton†
- Sesswick†
- Stansty†
- Sutton
The parishes marked † were abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, and their areas redistributed to other parishes in the rural district and to the borough of Wrexham.[1] At the same time the district was enlarged by the addition of two parishes from the abolished Llangollen Rural District: Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio.[1]
The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972[citation needed] in 1974.[1] Most of the area passed to Wrexham Maelor, with Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio parishes passing to Glyndŵr, both districts in the new county of Clwyd.[1]
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