the area of rhosddu was in the civil parish of stansty, which was part of the old wrexham municipal borough. the administrative structures of the municipal borough were abolished in 1974, under the terms of the local government act 1972. rhosddu was created as one of the communities of wrexham maelor after a 1985 boundary review, which brought four new 'town' communities into being within the town of wrexham itself (rhosddu, offa, caia park, and acton).