Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BETTWS-EVAN, or Bettws-Jeuvan

BETTWS-EVAN, or Bettws-Jeuvan, a hamlet and a parish in Newcastle-in-Emlyn district, Cardigan. The hamlet stands on elevated ground, midway between Cardigan bay and the river Teifi, 5 miles N by W of Newcastle-in-Emlyn r. station. The parish includes also the hamlet of Llynnchel; and its Post Town is Newcastle-in-Emlyn, under Carmarthen. Acres, 2,6 40. Real property, £1,537. Pop., 419. Houses, 101. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Penbryn, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Betws Ifan CP/AP       Newcastle in Emlyn RegD/PLU       Cardiganshire AncC
Place names: BETTWS EVAN     |     BETTWS EVAN OR BETTWS JEUVAN     |     BETTWS JEUVAN
Place: Betws Ifan

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