:Cemaes Rural District

The district's name is that of its northernmost point, the promontory Cemaes Head, though it may also hark back to the Cantref of Cemais, which existed from Norman times, and as the Hundred of Cemais from the 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 from Cardigan, outside its area.{{cite journal |title=Cemaes Rural District |journal=London Gazette |date=2 October 1973 |issue=46092 |page=11694 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46092/page/11694 |access-date=2 August 2022}}

The Council comprised councillors and a chairman, and its responsibilities included sanitary services, sewerage, refuse collection, maintaining local roads, cemeteries and parks, licensing of public entertainments, water supply and housing. It became a rating authority in 1925. Rural District Councils were administered by a number of committees and by appointed officers including a Clerk, Treasurer, Public Health Inspector, Housing Officer, Surveyor and Rating Officer.{{cite web|title=Archives Wales: Cemaes Rural District Council Records|url=http://arcw.llgc.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=32&coll_id=12353&expand=|accessdate=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305013011/http://arcw.llgc.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=32&coll_id=12353&expand=|archive-date=5 March 2017|url-status=dead}}

It was abolished in 1974, when it was absorbed into the Preseli District of Dyfed.

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Category:Rural districts of Wales

Category:History of Pembrokeshire