A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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, a parish in Landilofawr district, Carmarthen; 3 miles SSE of Lllandebie r. station, and 8 S of Llandilofawr. Post Town, Cross Inn, under Llanelly. Acres, 6,465. Real property, £3,844,-of which £760 are in mines. Pop., 1,547. Houses, 320. The surface is hilly, and includes the Bettws mountains, which are an offset of the Black mountains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £98. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Betws AP/CP Carmarthenshire AncC |
| Place: | Betws |
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