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

Aethwy
Area
 • 191136,551 acres (147.92 km2)
 • 196152,352 acres (211.86 km2)
Population
 • 19018,717
 • 197112,011
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byYnys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
StatusRural District
 • HQLlanfairpwllgwyngyll

It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Bangor rural sanitary district which was on Anglesey.

In 1933 it was expanded by a county review order, taking in all of the abolished Dwyran Rural District.

The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of a single Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey district.

Civil parishes

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Over its existence the rural district contained the following civil parishes:

†In Dwyran RD until 1933.

References

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53°10′05″N 4°19′55″W / 53.168°N 4.332°W / 53.168; -4.332