BETTWS-YN-RHOS

"BETTWS-YN-RHOS, (or Bettws-Abergele), a parish in the hundred of Isdulas, in the county of Denbigh, North Wales, 4 miles to the S.W. of Abergele, its post town. It is situated at the north foot of a lofty mountain, and through an opening in the hills has a fine sea view. It includes the five townships of Penarth, Bodlyman, Cilcen, Maesegwig, and Trofarth. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph, of the value of £399, in the patronage of the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are four dissenting chapels-one belonging to the Calvinistic, and two to the Wesleyan, Methodists, besides an Anabaptist meetinghouse. There is a National school, supported partly by endowment. The parochial charities amount to £56 17s. 6d. per annum. Coed Coch, the seat of the Wynnes, is the principal mansion. Plas Gwyn, the residence of Thomas Oldfield, Esq., is a handsome Gothic edifice, near the village.

"BENIARTH, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, hundred of Isdulas, in the county of Denbigh, North Wales, 3 miles to the S. of Abergele. It is included in the Poor-law Union of St. Asaph."

"BODLYMAN, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, hundred of Isdulas, in the county of Denbigh, North Wales, 3 miles to the S.W. of Abergele."

"CILCEN, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, in the county of Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele."

"DEHENFRYN, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, in the county of Denbigh, 2½ miles S.W. of Abergele."

"MAESGWIG, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, county Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele."

"TAI, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, county Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele."

"TRELLAN, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, county Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele."

"TROFARTH, a township in the parish of Bettws-yn-Rhos, county Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018