Editing Fishguard (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Fishguard - Town Hall (geograph 7003892).jpg|thumb|right|[[Fishguard Town Hall]]]]
There are two tiers of local government covering Fishguard, at [[Community (Wales)|community]] (town) and [[Local government in Wales|county]] level: [[Fishguard and Goodwick|Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council]] and [[Pembrokeshire County Council]]. The town council is based at [[Fishguard Town Hall]] in Market Square.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.fishguardgoodwick-tc.gov.wales/contact-us/ |website=Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

Fishguard was an [[ancient parish]]. When parish and district councils were established in 1894, the parish of Fishguard was included in the [[Haverfordwest Rural District]]. In 1906 it was decided to create an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] covering Fishguard, making it independent from the Haverfordwest Rural District Council. The whole parish of Fishguard was considered too large to be an urban district and so it was split into two parishes: Fishguard North covering the main built up area, to be governed by Fishguard Urban District Council, and Fishguard South which stayed in the Haverfordwest Rural District. These changes took effect on 1 April 1907.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1907 |publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cE0wAQAAMAAJ&q=Fishguard+Urban+District |access-date=2 August 2022 |quote=The County of Pembroke (Fishguard Urban District) Confirmation Order 1907}}</ref> The first meeting of Fishguard Urban District Council was held on 8 April 1907 at the Town Hall, when John Robertson Richards, a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], was appointed the first chairman of the council.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fishguard Urban Council: First meeting |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3635182/3635185/19/J%20R%20Richards%20Fishguard |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=The County Echo |date=11 April 1907 |location=Fishguard |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Next week's contests: List of nominations |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4117777/4117780/28/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph |date=23 February 1910 |page=3}}</ref>

The urban district was enlarged in 1934 to include neighbouring [[Goodwick]], becoming [[Fishguard and Goodwick]] Urban District.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodwick Urban District |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10470559 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> Fishguard and Goodwick Urban District was abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with the area becoming part of the district of [[Preseli Pembrokeshire]] on 1 April 1974. A community covering the former urban district was established at the same time, with its council taking the name Fishguard and Goodwick Town Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|year=1972|chapter=70|act=Local Government Act 1972|accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|num=34|accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> Preseli Pembrokeshire was abolished in 1996 to become part of a re-established Pembrokeshire.