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BETWS DISERTH

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• History
• Land and Property
• Maps

Church History

Church of St Mary, Bettws Disserth on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site

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.

Bettws-Diserth Parochial Chapelry; Statistics; Area 1885 acres; Population 76 males, 64 females, total 140

• Bettws Parochial Chapelry      Attendance - (average) afternoon 62              Tho. Thomas, Rector

Church Records

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Radnorshire parish registers

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;

• Baptisms 1731-1980; Marriages 1731-1752, 1755-1839, 1964; Burials 1731-1958; Banns 1824-1956
  Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Powys Archives.  
  Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW  

Gazetteers

History

Llansanffraed in Elwell with Bettws Disserth War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site

Land and Property

Data on Archives Network Wales;

• Papers of the Sheen family, 1827-1973, including deeds relating to land in the parish of Betws Diserth, 1827-1872, wills, 1874-1940....
  "The Sheen family lived in Waterloo, Betws Diserth, Radnorshire, during the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. John and Mary Sheen of Cwmmawr had three children, John Jones, Thomas Wozencroft (d.1898) and Hannah Maria. ...........................".

Maps

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