In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bettisfield like this:
BETTISFIELD, a township in Hanmer parish, Flint; with a station on the Cambrian railway, 4 ¼ miles NE of Ellesmere. It has a post office under Whitchurch. Acres, 2,284. Real property, £2,961. Pop., 361. Houses, 71. Bettisfield Hall is a seat of Sir John Hanmer, Bart., the descendant of Speaker Hanmer of Queen Anne's time, the editor of Shakespeare.
Bettisfield through time
Bettisfield is now part of Wrexham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wrexham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bettisfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bettisfield, in Wrexham and Flintshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3638
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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