In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws like this:
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.
Betws through time
Betws is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1458
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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