List of former county courts in Wales
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Image:Monmouth Market Hall.jpg County Court was based in the Shire Hall until it closed in 2002.|alt=A large stone building with 12 glazed arched windows at first floor level above six stone arches]]
Image:Llandovery Town Hall.jpg County Court was based in the Town Hall until it closed in 1976.|alt=A couple of market stalls with red and white striped awnings in front of a stone building with three arched windows above stone arches]]
Sixty county courts in Wales have closed since the modern system of county courts in England and Wales was established by the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95). The act created 491 courts on 60 circuits; of these, 53 courts were in Wales and Monmouthshire, a Welsh county that had ambiguous status at the time and was sometimes treated as being in England. Since then, new courts have been opened in various locations, and 80 towns and cities in Wales have, or have had, county courts. As of 2012, there are 20 county courts in Wales. Reasons for closure have included a decision that it was "inexpedient" to continue to provide a court, the volume of business no longer justifying a court, or the state of the building housing the court. The first closure was Fishguard in 1856. The most recent closures are the county courts in Aberdare and Pontypool, which closed on 1 August 2011.
History
The modern system of county courts in England and Wales dates from the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), which received royal assent on 28 August 1846 and was brought into force on 15 March 1847. England and Wales (with the exception of the City of London, which was outside the scope of the act) were divided into 60 circuits, with a total of 491 courts.Polden, page 38 Four of these circuits were wholly in Wales, as were 46 of these courts. A further seven courts were located in Monmouthshire (which had at the time an ambiguous status and was sometimes treated as being part of England) and these seven courts were part of a circuit for Monmouthshire and Herefordshire.{{cite web |url=http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/WrapPDF?banner=47952a38&digest=4b61f0f1d11c0c1351de2affa4ff52bd&contentSet=LT&recordID=0FFO-1847-MAR29-008-F |title=The new judges under the Small Debts Act |work=The Times archive (subscription access) |pages=8 |date=29 March 1847 |access-date=21 January 2008}} One county court judge was appointed to each circuit, assisted by one or more registrars with some limited judicial powers, and would travel between the courts in his area as necessary, sitting in each court at least once a month. Few permanent courts were needed initially, given the infrequency of court hearings, and temporary accommodation such as a town hall would often be used where there was no existing courthouse for use.Polden, pages 38–39
Over time, although new courts have been opened in various locations, there has been a reduction in the number of locations where a county court is held. In all, 80 towns and cities in Wales have held county courts since 1847; 60 have closed and, as of 2012, 20 county courts in Wales are still open. The most recent opening of a county court took place in Caerphilly in 1965, although this closed in 2000. The first county court to close was Fishguard, in 1856. The latest county courts to close in Wales were Aberdare and Pontypool in 2011. Blaenavon is the only town in Wales to have a county court close and then reopen, both events taking place in 1938.
Courts have been closed for various reasons. The county courts at Fishguard, Ruabon and Cowbridge were closed because it was considered "inexpedient" to continue to hold courts there. In other cases, it was thought that it would be "of advantage to the public" to move the location of a court: the court at Pembroke was replaced by one at Pembroke Dock. The volume of court business declined during the Second World War and some little-used courts, including Presteigne and Llandeilo, were closed as a result.Polden, page 151
There has been pressure to close courts for economic reasons since the 19th century. In 1872, more than 300 of the county courts in England and Wales cost more to run than they received in fees, but widespread closures were politically impossible.Polden, page 212 In 1899, there were proposals to close courts where fewer than 20 claims were issued per year, but these plans were frustrated by local pressure to keep courts open, since having a county court in a town was generally regarded as a mark of the town's importance.Polden, page 213 A review of the provision of county courts after the First World War concluded that Mid Wales had an "unjustifiably generous" number of county courts, but only one (Llangollen) was proposed for closure, given the need to maintain courts in rural areas.Polden, page 214
More recently, considerations in deciding whether to close a court have included "the costs and practical implications of running a court, the public facilities, waiting times, workload levels and the overall standard of service that can be made available over the area as a whole".{{cite hansard | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980706/text/80706w14.htm|title=Court closures 1994-98 | house=House of Commons | date=6 July 1998 | column=383 }} Monmouth, for example, was based in the Shire Hall until it was closed in 2002 because of the poor standard of the court accommodation, the lack of access for people with disabilities and the high cost to run the court compared with the use it received. The government estimated in March 2000 that the closure of 55 county courts in England and Wales (including 9 courts in Wales) in the previous 6 years had saved a minimum of £6 million, through reductions in rent and accommodation charges, running costs and judicial expense.{{cite hansard | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000307/text/00307w27.htm | house=House of Commons | date=7 March 2000 | column=654W |title=Magistrates Courthouses closed since September 1995}}
In June 2010, the Ministry of Justice announced plans to close 54 county courts and 103 magistrates' courts in England and Wales, in order to save £15m in annual running costs and £22m in necessary maintenance. The courts threatened with closure in Wales were Aberdare, Llangefni, Pontypool and Rhyl. In addition, it was proposed that Newport County Court would no longer hold hearings at Chepstow every fortnight (as had been done since the county court there closed in 2002).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10391126|title=Magistrates' courts face closure in England and Wales|first=Dominic |last=Casciani|publisher=BBC News Online|date=23 June 2010|access-date=14 December 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/proposal-on-the-provision-of-courts-services-wales-final5.pdf|title=Proposal on the provision of courts services in Wales|publisher=Ministry of Justice|year=2010|access-date=14 December 2010|page=43|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424140916/http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/proposal-on-the-provision-of-courts-services-wales-final5.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2011}} After consultation, it was decided to keep Llangefni County Court open, but the other closures were confirmed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11993436|title=Coalition reveals list of 142 court closures|date=14 December 2010|access-date=14 December 2010|publisher=BBC News Online}}
On 22 April 2014 the various county courts were merged into one single County Court for England and Wales.
Closed courts
Until 1 January 1937, the full title of each court was "The County Court of (county) holden at (location/locations)", using the historic county names. Thereafter, each court was renamed as "(location/s) County Court".The County Court Districts (Name of Court) Order 1936 (SR&O 1936/1131) (19 October 1936) For brevity, the latter form is used throughout in this table, with "County Court" being abbreviated to "CC". All name changes in the table reflect changes in the locations where the court sat since, until 1 August 1983, a county court with more than one location in its title would sit at each location named.
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1946|1|1}}The County Court Districts (Lampeter and Aberayron) Order (SI 1945/1603) (14 December 1945) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1899|7|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1922|7|1}} |It was opened as part of Neath and Aberavon CC, and closed when the court became Neath and Port Talbot CC.The County Courts (Districts) Order in Council 1899 (SR&O 1899/178) (7 March 1899){{London Gazette |issue=32715 |date=2 June 1922 |page=4225 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1856|5|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|8|1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1465/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1465)|date=10 June 2011|access-date=26 January 2012}} |It was opened to serve an area formerly within the district of Merthyr Tydfil CC.{{London Gazette|issue=21869 |date=8 April 1856 |pages=1334–1335}} It was renamed Aberdare and Mountain Ash CC on 3 August 1897.{{London Gazette|issue=26880 |date=6 August 1897 |page=4397}} The court was renamed Aberdare CC on 1 October 1953, when Mountain Ash CC closed.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) (No. 2) Order 1953 (SI 1953/1275) (10 August 1953) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}}The County Court Districts (Wales and Chester Circuit) Order 1976 (SI 1976/850) (27 May 1976) |It was renamed Abergavenny and Blaenavon CC on 1 July 1899, and renamed Abergavenny CC on 1 January 1938.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1937 (SI 1937/1073) (22 November 1937) It was consolidated with Pontypool CC as part of Pontypool and Abergavenny CC on 1 October 1968.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1968 (SI 1968/1442) (6 September 1968) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1919|9|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It was opened as part of Tredegar and Abertillery CC, which became Tredegar, Abertillery and Bargoed CC on 1 January 1926.{{London Gazette |issue=31449 |date=11 July 1919 |page=8846 }}The County Court Districts (Pontypool, Tredegar and Newport) Order 1925 (SI 1925/1248) (17 December 1925) It was renamed Tredegar, Blackwood, Abertillery and Bargoed CC on 24 January 1949, before being renamed Blackwood, Tredegar and Abertillery CC on 1 April 1953 when Bargoed CC was made a separate court.The County Court Districts (Tredegar, Blackwood, Abertillery and Bargoed) Order 1949 (SI 1949/38) (13 January 1949) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1918|11|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|3|27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/361/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1997 (SI 1997/361)|date=14 February 1997|access-date=13 September 2005}} |It was opened as part of Carmarthen, Llandeilo and Ammanford CC, which was renamed Carmarthen and Ammanford CC on 1 March 1944.{{London Gazette |issue=30846 |date=16 August 1918 |page=9573 }}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1944 (SI 1944/113) (31 January 1944) It became a separate court on 1 April 1953. |
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|Bala |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}} |It was consolidated with Corwen CC on 1 August 1916 as Bala and Corwen CC.Order in Council (SI 1916/552) (28 July 1916) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1994|7|4}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1536/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994 (SI 1994/1536)|date=9 June 1994|access-date=26 January 2012}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1926|1|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|12|29}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3173/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1995 (SI 1995/3173)|date=6 December 1995|access-date=13 September 2012}} |It was consolidated on 24 January 1949 as part of Tredegar, Blackwood, Abertillery and Bargoed CC. Bargoed CC was reconstituted as a separate court on 1 April 1953. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|12|29}} |It was consolidated with Cardiff CC on 26 September 1932 as Cardiff and Barry CC.The County Court Districts (Cardiff and Barry) Order 1932 (SI 1932/709) (2 September 1932) Barry CC was reconstituted as a separate court on 1 October 1959.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous No. 2) Order 1958 (SI 1958/1506) (9 September 1958) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1883|3|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}} |It was opened as part of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog CC.{{London Gazette |issue=25199 |date=16 February 1883 |pages=849–850 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1899|7|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1938|1|1}} |It was opened as part of Abergavenny and Blaenavon CC. It closed for five months in 1938 before reopening as part of Pontypool and Blaenavon CC.The County Court (Districts) Order 1938 (SI 1938/470) (12 April 1938) Blaenavon CC was closed for the second time in 1954.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1954 (SI 1954/565) (27 April 1954) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1983|8|1}}The Civil Courts Order 1983 (SI 1983/713) (11 May 1983) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1965|1|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|2000|12|1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2738/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000/2738)|date=5 October 2000|access-date=24 October 2007}} |The court was opened to serve an area previously within the district of Pontypridd and Ystradyfodwg CC.The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1964 (SI 1964/1977) (15 December 1964) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|12|29}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|4|1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4025/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2001 (SI 2001/4025)|date=17 December 2001|access-date=13 September 2012}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1910|8|2}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It was opened as part of Conwy, Llandudno and Colwyn Bay CC.{{London Gazette |issue=28404 |date=5 August 1910 |page=5666 }} Since 1 July 1976, Conwy CC (later renamed Conwy and Colwyn CC) has sat in Colwyn Bay. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}} |It was consolidated with Bala CC on 1 August 1916 as Bala and Corwen CC. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1858|12|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1876|3|1}} |The court was opened as part of Bridgend and Cowbridge CC.{{London Gazette |issue=22202 |date=19 November 1858 |page=4904 }} It was closed as it was considered "inexpedient" to continue to hold a court in Cowbridge.{{London Gazette |issue=24295 |date=18 February 1876 |page=754 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1929|8|12}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous No. 2) Order 1929 (SI 1929/590) (27 June 1929) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It was consolidated with Ruthin CC as Denbigh and Ruthin CC on 1 April 1907.{{London Gazette |issue=27995 |date=15 February 1907 |pages=1063–1064 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|6|30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/914/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1989 (SI 1989/914)|date=22 May 1989|access-date=23 October 2007}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1848|12|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1856|10|25}} |It was pened as part of Haverfordwest and Fishguard CC.{{London Gazette |issue=20931 |date=29 December 1848 |pages=4707–4708 }} Closed in 1856 as it was "inexpedient" to continue to hold a court in Fishguard.{{London Gazette |issue=21934 |date=24 October 1856 |pages=3462–3463 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1862|4|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1953|4|1}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1953 (SI 1953/433) (10 March 1953) |Flint CC opened as part of Mold and Flint CC.{{London Gazette |issue=22611 |date=25 March 1862 |page=1603 }} On 1 February 1927, Mold CC was made a separate court and Flint CC became part of Holywell and Flint CC.The County Court Districts (Mold and Flint) Order 1927 (SI 1927/16) (13 January 1927) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1960|7|1}}The County Court Districts (Hay and Parish of Aston Sandford) Order, 1960 (SI 1960/882) (12 May 1960) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1858|12|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It was opened as part of Holyhead and Llangefni CC, which was renamed Holyhead, Llangefni and Menai Bridge CC on 30 September 1883.{{London Gazette|issue=25264 |date=28 August 1883 |pages=4210–4211}} It was renamed Llangefni, Holyhead and Menai Bridge CC on 1 January 1936, and then became Llangefni and Holyhead CC on 1 April 1969. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|9|7}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1880/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1998 (SI 1998/1880)|date=31 July 1998|access-date=13 September 2012}} |It was consolidated on 1 February 1927 as part of Holywell and Flint CC. It was renamed Holywell CC on 1 April 1953, when Flint CC closed. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1851|9|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |Knighton CC opened to serve an area previously within the district of Presteigne CC.{{London Gazette |issue=21234 |date=8 August 1851 |page=2033 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1994|12|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2893/contents/made|title=The Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1994 (SI 1994/2893)|date=14 November 1994|access-date=13 September 2012}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1944|3|1}} |It was consolidated with Carmarthen CC and renamed Carmarthen, Llandeilo and Ammanford CC on 1 November 1918. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1898|7|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|12|29}} |It was opened as part of Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells CC.{{London Gazette |issue=26953 |date=1 April 1898 |pages=2085–2086 }} The court was renamed Llandrindod Wells CC on 1 January 1920, when Rhayader CC closed. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1878|9|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It opened as part of Conwy and Llandudno CC.{{London Gazette |issue=24615 |date=20 August 1878 |page=4700 }} The court was renamed Conwy, Llandudno and Colwyn Bay CC on 2 August 1910. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1958|10|1}} |It was consolidated on 1 December 1949 with Oswestry CC as Oswestry and Llanfyllin CC (a court district that straddled the border between England and Wales).The County Court Districts Order 1949 (SI 1949/23) (2 November 1949) |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1867|9|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1920|1|1}}{{London Gazette| issue=31663 |page=14671 |date=28 November 1919 }} |It opened as part of Wrexham and Llangollen CC.{{London Gazette |issue=23268 |date=28 June 1867 |pages=3615–3616 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1970|7|1}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1970 (SI 1970/904) (12 June 1970) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1969 (SI 1969/295) (5 March 1969) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1883|9|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}} |It opened as part of Holyhead, Llangefni and Menai Bridge CC, which was renamed Llangefni, Holyhead and Menai Bridge CC on 1 January 1936. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|4|1}} |It was closed because the accommodation in the Shire Hall, Monmouth, was of an "extremely poor standard, expensive to maintain for the low level of business conducted and [was] not accessible by people with disabilities."{{cite news |title='Please don't close our court' |url=http://archive.southwalesargus.co.uk/2002/1/25/74608.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421062630/http://archive.southwalesargus.co.uk/2002/1/25/74608.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |publisher=South Wales Argus |date=25 January 2002 |access-date=29 January 2008 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1897|8|3}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1953|10|1}} |It opened as part of Aberdare and Mountain Ash CC.{{London Gazette |issue=26880 |date=6 August 1897 |page=4397}} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1957|1|1}} |It was consolidated as part of Pembroke Dock, Narberth and Haverfordwest CC on 1 July 1919.{{London Gazette |issue=31365 |date=30 July 1919 |page=6646 }} The court was renamed Haverfordwest, Pembroke Dock and Narberth CC on 1 January 1936.The County Court (Alteration of Names) Order 1935 (SI 1935/1203) (5 December 1935) |
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| Newbridge |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1856|5|31}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1856|10|31}} |Newbridge CC opened to serve an area previously within the district of Merthyr Tydfil CC.{{London Gazette |issue=21869 |date=8 April 1856 |pages=1334–1335 }} It was renamed a few months later as the Pontypridd CC. {{London Gazette |issue=21934 |date=24 October 1856 |page=3462 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1947|12|1}}County Court Districts (Newcastle Emlyn) Order 1947 (SR&O 1947/2262) (8 October 1947) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1984|4|1}}The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1984 (SI 1984/297) (7 March 1984) |Welshpool CC was renamed Welshpool and Newtown CC when Newtown CC was closed. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1872|6|29}} |It was replaced by Pembroke Dock CC as it was decided that this would be "of advantage to the public".{{London Gazette |issue=23851 |date=23 April 1872 |pages=1988–1989 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1872|6|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1957|1|1}}The County Court Districts (Haverfordwest) Order 1956 (SI 1956/1674) (24 October 1956) |The court replaced Pembroke CC. It was consolidated as part of Pembroke Dock, Narberth and Haverfordwest CC on 1 July 1919. Renamed Haverfordwest, Pembroke Dock and Narberth CC on 1 January 1936. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|8|1}} |It was renamed Pontypool and Blaenavon CC on 1 June 1938; Blaenavon had previously been part of Abergavenny and Blaenavon CC until 1 January 1938, when sittings in Blaenavon ceased. It was renamed Pontypool CC on 1 June 1954, when Blaenavon CC closed. It was consolidated as part of Pontypool and Abergavenny CC on 1 October 1968. The court was renamed Pontypool CC on 1 July 1976, when Abergavenny CC closed. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1922|7|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1983|8|1}} |The court opened as part of Neath and Port Talbot CC (which is still open, but sitting only in Neath: the obligation for the court to sit in Port Talbot was removed in 1983). |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1896|1|1}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1960|1|1}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1959 (SI 1959/1992) (23 November 1959) |It opened as part of Pontypridd, Ystradyfodwg and Porth CC.{{London Gazette |issue=26669 |date=8 October 1895 |page=5506 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1994|7|4}} |The court was renamed Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog CC on 31 March 1883. It was renamed Portmadog CC on 1 April 1969, when Blaenau Ffestiniog CC closed. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1941|3|1}}The County Court Districts (Knighton) Order 1941 (SI 1941/176) (5 February 1941) | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|4|1}} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1920|1|1}} |It was renamed Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells CC on 1 July 1898. It closed in 1920 as use of the court was "inconsiderable".Polden, page 120 |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1863|2|19}}{{London Gazette |issue=22705 |date=6 February 1863 |page=632 }} |Ruabon CC was closed as it was considered "inexpedient" to continue to hold a court there. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |It was consolidated with Denbigh CC on 1 April 1907 as Denbigh and Ruthin CC. |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1910|12|31}}{{London Gazette |issue=28435 |date=8 November 1910 |page=7979 }} |The court was renamed St Asaph and Rhyl CC on 2 February 1867.{{London Gazette |issue=23216 |date=5 February 1867 |page=617 }} |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|7|1}} |The court was renamed Tredegar and Abertillery CC on 1 September 1919, and became Tredegar, Abertillery and Bargoed CC on 1 January 1926. The court was renamed Tredegar, Blackwood, Abertillery and Bargoed CC on 24 January 1949, becoming Blackwood, Tredegar and Abertillery CC on 1 April 1953 when Bargoed CC was made a separate court. |
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|Usk |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1847|3|15}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1920|4|1}}{{London Gazette |issue=31837 |date=26 March 1920 |page=3646 }} | |
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|align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1886|11|30}} |align="center"|{{dts|format=dmy|1973|1|1}}The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1972 (SI 1972/1941) (12 December 1972) |The court ropened as part of Pontypridd and Ystradyfodwg CC.{{London Gazette| issue=25629 |page=4726 |date=28 September 1886 }} It was renamed Pontypridd, Ystradyfodwg and Porth CC on 1 January 1896. It became Pontypridd and Ystradyfodwg CC on 1 January 1960, when Porth CC closed. |
See also
References
;General
- Polden, Patrick (1999). A History of the County Court, 1846–1971. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-62232-5}}.
- For the courts that opened on 15 March 1847: the Order in Council of 9 March 1847 bringing the 1846 Act into force on 15 March 1847 and establishing the original 491 county courts was [http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=29713&geotype=London&gpn=989&type=ArchivedIssuePage&all=county%20court published]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in a supplement to the London Gazette on 10 March 1847.
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- Save where references are given to publication in The London Gazette, the statutory instrument (UK)s listed below were published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the date that the Order was made is given. Statutory instruments from 1987 onwards are available online.
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