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BETWS NEWYDD / BETTWSNEWYDD, Monmouthshire

"BETTWYS-NEWYDD, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Ragland, in the county of Monmouth, 5 miles to the N.W. of Usk, its post town. The living is a perpetual curacy attached to the vicarage of Llanarth, in the diocese of Llandaff. The parochial charities amount to £5 per annum. Bettws Lodge is the chief residence."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Church History

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by   I.G   Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,  Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.  Check with  Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches built after 1851.

Bettws-Newydd parish ; Statistics; Area 1122 acres, population 71 males, 70 females, total 141

• Bettws Newydd Parish Church - Attendance - morning 84+12 scholars      Service alternatively morning/afternoon      I service in English     William Price, Minister, Raglan

Church Records

See the Monmouthshire county page for links to online records

• This list of parish records is intended as a rough guide to coverage only. Their location as stated should be confirmed with the appropriate Record Office prior to any visit.

  Betws Newydd / Bettwsnewydd, St Aeddan's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1734-1974	1734-73, 1796-1836	1734-1973
  Bishops Transcripts	1696, 1726, 1728-1821, 1823-4, 1826, 1832-76 - records with the NLW (see also Llan-arth)

  [Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]

Description and Travel

Bettws Newydd - on wikipedia

Bettws Newydd - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Bettws Newydd.
• Kelly's Directory 1884 - on the cefnpennar site
• Kelly's Directory 1934 - on the cefnpennar site

Maps

• Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.  Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county

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

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks  - 10 March 2011)

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