- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Bettws (also spelled 'Betws'), is a small ex-mining and farming village in the South Wales Valleys in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales. The population of Bettws is around 2,400.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bettws from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "BETTWS, a parish in Bridgend [registration] district, Glamorgan; on the river Ogmore, 5½ miles N of Bridgend [railway] station. Post Town, Bridgend. Acres: 5,086. Real property: £1,357. Population: 371. Houses: 75. The property is divided among a few. Coal is worked. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newcastle, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is good. There is a Unitarian chapel. Dr. Price, the nonconformist divine, was a native."
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)
Maps
The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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