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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BETTWS-ABERGELE, or Bettws-yn-Rhos, a hamlet and a parish in St. Asaph district, Denbigh. The hamlet stands 3½ miles SW of Abergele r. station, and 9 W of St. Asaph; has a post office, of the name of BettwsAbergele, under Rhyl; and is occasionally a seat of petty sessions. The parish includes the townships of Beniarth, Bodlyman, Cilcen, Denhenfryn, Maesgwig, Tai, Trellan, and Trofarth. Acres, 6,262. Real property, £3,720. Pop., 838. Houses, 193. The property is divided among a few. The surface lies high; is to a great extent uncultivated; and commands, from some points, grand views of the coast and the sea. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £399.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good. There are four dissenting chapels, and an endowed school with £44 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Betws Abergele CP/AP St Asaph RegD/PLU Denbighshire AncC |
| Place names: | BETTWS ABERGELE | BETTWS ABERGELE OR BETTWS YN RHOS | BETTWS YN RHOS |
| Place: | Betws Abergele |
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