In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws Y Crwyn like this:
BETTWS, or Bettws-y-Crwyn, a parish in the district of Knighton and county of Salop; on the river Teme and on Offa's Dyke, adjacent to Wales, 8 miles NW of Knighton r. station, and 10 SE of Newtown. It contains the townships of Rugantine and Trebrodier, and part of the township of Kevencalanog; and its Post Town is Knighton. ...
Acres, 8,664. Real property, £3,065. Pop., 520. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The surface is upland, and includes a range called the Bettws hills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £57. Patron, Earl Powis. The church is tolerable.
Betws Y Crwyn through time
Betws Y Crwyn is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws Y Crwyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws Y Crwyn in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4120
Date accessed: 30th September 2024
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