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The district was formed as Radnor on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local government in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district replaced eight local authorities: *The urban districts of Knighton, Llandrindod Wells and Presteigne *The rural districts of Colwyn, Knighton, New Radnor, Painscastle and Rhayader. On 8 May 1989 the district was renamed Radnorshire by resolution of the district council. On 1 April 1996 the two-tier system of councils introduced in Wales in 1974 was replaced, and the country was divided into twenty-two counties and county boroughs by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. Accordingly the district was abolished, with its area passing to the county of Powys. |
