GENUKI: Betws y Coed

BETWS-Y-COED

"BETWS-Y-COED, a parish in the hundred of Nantconway, in the county of Carnarvon, North Wales, 3 miles to the S. of Llanrwst. It is situated in a charming valley, protected by mountains, at the junction of the river Llugwy with the Conway. The latter is crossed by Waterloo-bridge, a single arch of iron, erected in the year of the battle of Waterloo. Over the former is the bridge called Pont-y-Pair, of singular construction, the work of an ingenious mason of Pennlyn, who lived in the 15th century. It consists of four arches, each resting on a mass of rock, over which the water, in time of floods, runs in fine cascades." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Bibliography
Church History
Church Records
Description and Travel
Gazetteers
Land and Property
Maps
Public Records
Schools

Bibliography

Jones, Ivor W. Betws-y-Coed & the Conwy Valley. Cardiff : John Jones Cardiff Ltd, 1974. 80p
Jones, Ivor W. Betws-y-Coed, the mountain resort. Glasgow : Hay Nisbet and Miller Ltd, 1974. 62p
Kendall, Hilary. Walks around Betws-y-Coed. [Betws y Coed] : [Hilary Books], 1998. 80p
Lord, Peter. Clarence Whaite and the Welsh art world : the Betws-y-coed artists' colony, 1844-1914. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 1998. 192p
Miles, Cenlas. Official guide to Betws-y-coed. Betws-y-Coed] : Betws-y-coed Community Council, 1982. 48p
North Wales (northern section) : Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Conway, Penmaenmawr, Bangor, Anglesey, Betws-y-Coed, Llanrwst, Capel Curig, Caernarvon, etc. 5th ed. London : Ward Lock, 1979. 192p
Sandiford, Ray. Betws-y-coed : a pictorial trip down memory lane. Bettws-y-coed : Country Cottage Publications, 1992. 80p
Shaw, Donald L. The A-Z of Betws-y-coed : a miscellany of selected past and present facts associated with the village and parish, including character anecdotes. Capel Garmon : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1990. 136p

Church History

Churches in Betws-y-Coed - on the Betws-y-Coed.net site

Friends of St Michael's, Betws-y-Coed

W. Rawson Williams Sermon Notes - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Photocopies of the notes and sermons of W. Rawson Williams together with notes on the history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause in Betws-y-Coed"

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Betws-y-coed chapel (in Welsh )

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.

Description and Travel

Croeso-Betws site - tourist information

Welcome to Betws y Coed - on the Betws-y-Coed.com site

Betws-y-Coed - on the Betws-y-Coed.net site

Betws-y-Coed - on Wikipedia and wicipedia (Welsh)

Betws-y-Coed - on wikimedia commons site

Betws-y-coed - on the anglesey.info site

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Betws y Coed from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Coed-y-Celyn, Betws-y-coed - on the Gathering the Jewels site
"Photographic survey of Coed-y-Celyn, Betws-y-coed, undertaken by George Bernard Mason as part of the National Buildings Record, 1956......."

Miners Bridge, Betws-y-coed (1855) - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Maps

View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries

Public Records

J. V. Williams (County Valuer) Papers - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Includes; Papers about the Betws-y-Coed Waterworks, 1912-1914...."

Schools

Conwy Schools (Ysgolion Conwy) records - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Includes; Records of school within Conwy CBC, including Betws Y Coed Council Primary School, 1871-1974.."

[Last updated: 29 July 2008 - Gareth Hicks]

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