Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy: Difference between revisions

[[Wales]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Cardiganshire  

[[Image:WalesCardiganshireTrad.png|thumb|200px]] '''Cardiganshire''' (Welsh: '''Sir Aberteifi''' or '''Ceredigion''') was one of thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was a maritime county, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea, to the north by [[Merionethshire]], to the east by [[Montgomeryshire]], [[Radnorshire]] and [[Breconshire]], and to the south by [[Carmarthenshire]] and [[Pembrokeshire]]. The county was created in the 1240s. The '''administrative county of Cardiganshire''', with an elected county council, was created in '''1889''' by the Local Government Act 1888. The county was governed by an elected county council, who took over the functions of the Quarter Sessions courts. '''Aberaeron''' and '''Aberystwyth''' were joint county towns.  

[[Image:WalesDyfed.png|thumb|200px]] Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county and administrative county of Cardiganshire were abolished, for both local government and ceremonial purposes, on April 1, '''1974''', with Cardiganshire becoming part of the newly formed county of '''Dyfed''' covering the whole of south-west Wales.  

[[Image:WalesCeredigion.png|thumb|200px]] Following further local government reorganisation, the county of Dyfed was abolished on April 1, '''1996''' and the present-day county of '''Ceredigion''' was created. This covers substantially the same area as the historic county of Cardiganshire.  

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[[Category:Historic Counties of Wales]]