Bettws y Crwyn, Shropshire Family History Guide
Bettws y Crwyn is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Shropshire, created in 1764 from a chapelry in Clun Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Kevencalanog, Kevengalanog, Rhyd-y-cwm, Trebrodier, Rugantine, and Rhugantin.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin: 1695
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Newcastle
- Llanfair Waterdine
- Church Stoke
- Drefor
- Medwalther And Creigbyther
- Gwenthrew
Parish History
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Bettus, a parish in the hund. of Clunn, county of Salop; 7 miles north-west of Knighton. Living, a perpetual curacy in the archd. of Salop and dio. of Hereford; valued at £20; gross income £57. Patron, in 1835, the Earl of Powis. Pop., in 1801, 308; in 1831, 389. Houses 59. Acres 8,500. A.P. £2,159. Poor rates, in 1837, £203.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BETTUS (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Knighton, hundred of Purslow, S. division of Salop, 6 miles (N. W.) from Knighton; containing, with the townships of Rugantine and Trebodier, and part of Kevencalonog, 452 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £57; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Powis.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Bettus, 6 m. N.W. Knighton. P. 452
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Bettus; or Bettws. A parish in the Mainstone division of the hundred of Clun, a curacy not in charge, chapel to Clun, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Clun, and archdeaconry of Salop. 56 houses, 341 inhabitants. 9 miles south-west of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824.
Parish Records
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Poll Books
Bettws Shropshire Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Clun Polling District
Bettws, Parish of
1772 Brown Jones Richard, see 1775
1773 Beddoes George
1774 Bowen John
1775 Brown Richard, see 1772
1776 Cadwallader Thomas
1777 Carter Isaac
1778 Carter Joseph
1779 Carter Robert, see 1881
1780 Chandler Joseph
1781 Collins John
1782 Davies William, jun.
1783 Evans William
1784 Francis Edward
1785 Gwilliam William, dead
1786 Hamer Richard (same as 1787)
1787 Hamer Richard (same as 1786)
1788 Hamer Timothy
1789 Hamer Thomas
1790 Hamer George
1791 Hammons George
1792 Hanmer Charles James
1793 Harris James
1794 Harris John
1795 Harris Richard
1796 Howells William
1797 Hughes William, jun.
1798 Hudson Richard
1799 Jones Herbert
1800 Jones Edward
1801 Lewis Thomas
1802 Lloyd John
1803 Lloyd John
1804 Lloyd Thomas
1805 Lloyd Henry
1806 Lloyd George
1807 Mantle Richard
1808 Mantle Thomas
1809 Matthews David
1810 Morris Edward Rowley
1811 Morris John
1812 Moore Robert
1813 Naylor John, see 179
1814 Owen Edward, see 279
1815 Owen Edward
1816 Owen Henry
1817 Pargeter William John
1818 Price Edward
1819 Price William
1820 Pryce Evan
1821 Pritchard William
1822 Richards William, see 2206
1823 Richards John, see 2032
1824 Richards Dayus Samuel (same as 1825)
1825 Richards Samuel (same as 1824)
1826 Whital John
1827 Whittall Samuel
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Knighton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Clun
- Poor Law Union: Knighton
- Hundred: Clun
- Province: Canterbury