Editing Colwyn Bay (section)

===Administrative history===
The Colwyn Bay area was historically part of the [[ancient parish]] of [[Rhos-on-Sea|Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs]], which straddled the boundary between [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]] and [[Caernarfonshire]]. The part of the parish in Caernarfonshire was known as the [[Township (England)|township]] of Eirias, which contained [[Old Colwyn]]. The Eirias township and the neighbouring parish of [[Llysfaen]] to the east together formed an [[exclave]] of Caernafonshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Denbighshire Sheet III |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/102341153 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=13 March 2025 |date=1879}}</ref> From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the [[poor laws]], in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, the civil functions were exercised by subdivisions of the parish rather than the parish as a whole. In the case of Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs, the parish was split into two parts for administering the poor laws: the Caernarfonshire township of Eirias, and the rest of the parish in Denbighshire. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Eirias and Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs became separate [[civil parish]]es.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume II, Northern England |date=1991 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0861931270 |page=xv}}</ref>

In 1887, a [[Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] called 'Colwyn Bay and Colwyn' was created, covering the combined area of the civil parishes of Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs and Eirias.{{efn|With the exception of 18 acres of Eirias south-east of Old Colwyn that was almost detached from the rest of the township; that area was transferred to Llysfaen parish in 1896.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langston |first1=Brett |title=Conway Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/conway.html |website=UK BMD |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>}} The district was then administered by an elected local board.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1888 |page=370 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Annual_Report_of_the_Local_Government_Bo/dgBFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA370&printsec=frontcover |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the [[Local Government Act 1888]], districts such as Colwyn Bay and Colwyn were no longer allowed to straddle county boundaries; the county boundary was therefore adjusted to place the whole district in Denbighshire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pulling |first1=Alexander |title=A Handbook for County Authorities |date=1889 |publisher=William Clowes and Sons |location=London |page=21 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Handbook_for_County_Authorities/L2JHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA21&printsec=frontcover |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].

The Colwyn Bay and Colwyn Urban District was enlarged in 1923 to take in the neighbouring parish of Llysfaen, which was consequently also transferred from Caernarfonshire to Denbighshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act 1922 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/12-13/94/contents/enacted |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> The urban district was renamed from 'Colwyn Bay and Colwyn' to just 'Colwyn Bay' in 1926.<ref>{{cite book |title=Census of England and Wales, 1931: Counties of Denbigh and Flint |date=1933 |page=8 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Census_of_England_Wales_1931/8JAcAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22February%201926%22&dq=%22Colwyn%20Bay%22%20%22Colwyn%20Bay%20and%20Colwyn%22%20February%201926&printsec=frontcover |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> The three civil parishes within the urban district were then Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs, Eirias and Llysfaen; they were merged into a single parish called Llandrillo-yn-Rhôs matching the urban district in 1927.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colwyn Bay Urban District Council Act 1926 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo5/16-17/80/contents/enacted |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=13 March 2025}}, Section 125</ref> The urban district was incorporated to become a [[municipal borough]] in 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colwyn Bay Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10221080 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

The borough of Colwyn Bay was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The area became part of the new borough of [[Colwyn (district)|Colwyn]] in [[Clwyd]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|accessdate=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=34|accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref> The area of the pre-1974 borough of Colwyn Bay became a [[Community (Wales)|community]]. It was later subdivided into five smaller communities in 1983: Colwyn Bay, Llysfaen, [[Mochdre, Conwy|Mochdre]], Old Colwyn, and Rhos-on-Sea.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Langston |first1=Brett |title=Colwyn Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/colwyn.html |website=UK BMD |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Denbighshire and Flintshire: Diagram showing administrative boundaries |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241241968 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=13 March 2025 |date=1972}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

Local government was reorganised again in 1996, when the modern county borough of Conwy was created. Alongside the 1996 reforms, a grouped community council was created covering the three communities of Colwyn Bay, Old Colwyn and Rhos-on-Sea, with its community council taking the name Bay of Colwyn Town Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Council |url=https://www.colwyn-tc.gov.uk/town-council/ |website=Bay of Colwyn Town Council |access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>