In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws Tir Iarll like this:
BETTWS, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the river Ogmore, 5½ miles N of Bridgend r. station. Post Town, Bridgend. Acres, 5,086. Real property, £1,357. Pop., 371. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. Coal is worked. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newcastle, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is good. There is a Unitarian chapel. Dr. Price, the nonconformist divine, was a native.
Betws Tir Iarll through time
Betws Tir Iarll is now part of Bridgend district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bridgend has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws Tir Iarll itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws Tir Iarll, in Bridgend and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2128
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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