
The Arms of 'Clwyd County Council'

Clwyd as a county from 1974-1996.
'Clwyd' is a
preserved county of
Wales. From
1974 until
1996, it was an administrative county, with a
county council, and was divided into six districts:
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Alyn and Deeside
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Colwyn
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Delyn
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Glyndwr
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Rhuddlan
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Wrexham
It was formed originally in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the
administrative counties of
Flintshire and (most of)
Denbighshire, along with the
Edeyrnion Rural District from
Merionethshire.
For local government purposes, Clwyd was split in
1996 into the
unitary authorities of
Flintshire,
Wrexham County Borough,
Denbighshire, and parts of
Conwy and
Powys.
In
2003, the preserved county of Clwyd was changed to cover the remainder of
Conwy (which had previously been part of
Gwynedd).