Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLAWR-Y-BETTWS

LLAWR-Y-BETTWS, a chapelry in Llanfawr parish, Merioneth; 2 miles NE of Bala r. station. It was constituted in 1865; and its Post town is Bala, under CorwenPop., 410. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £118. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was built in 1864, at a cost of £1,800; and is in the early English style.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanfor AP/CP       Merionethshire AncC
Place: Llawr Y Bettws

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