Place:Betley, Staffordshire, England

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NameBetley
Alt namesBetleysource: from redirect
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.0334°N 2.3672°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Pirehill Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Newcastle-under-Lyme (district), Staffordshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been located since 1974
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Betley is a village and civil parish in the Newcastle District of Staffordshire, England, about halfway between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nantwich in Cheshire. Betley forms a continual linear settlement with Wrinehill in Madeley parish.

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History

Betley - meaning the 'clearing in the woods' of Bette (a Saxon woman's name) - is an ancient settlement. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is one of several villages - including Buddileigh, Audley, and Madeley - which seem to be named after women. It had a major market, the charter for which was granted in the thirteenth century. At Betley Hall, a now-demolished country house, Charles Darwin conducted some of his zoological observations and Florence Nightingale visited. At another country house in the village, Betley Court (which is still standing), lived the Romantic poetess Eliza Tollet. The church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, is a beautiful medieval building (reasonably well-restored by George Gilbert Scott), with oak beams and a cricket ground to the rear.

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