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    St Dogmells was a rural district in the administrative county of Pembrokeshire, Wales from 1894 to 1934. The district was created by the Local Government...
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    officer. The Council was abolished in 1934, when it was amalgamated with St Dogmells RD to form Cemaes RD (which itself was abolished in 1974 following local...
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    60 councillors, representing 59 wards. The ward of Pembroke: Monkton and St Mary South elects two councillors; all the other wards elect one councillor...
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    16th century. Cemaes Rural District was formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of St Dogmells Rural District and Llanfyrnach Rural District. The council was administered...
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  • which became rural sanitary districts when the Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) came into force in 1875. Sanitary districts were based on...
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  • Wales that became rural districts when the Local Government Act 1894 came into force from December 1894. Initially 690 rural districts were created under...
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    Glastonbury Abbey (category Grade I listed buildings in Mendip District)
    is also open to the public, outside the walls, as part of the Somerset Rural Life Museum. The great church was 220 feet (67 m) in length and 45 feet...
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