A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BETTWS, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the river Ogmore, 5½ miles N of Bridgend r. station. Post Town, Bridgend. Acres, 5,086. Real property, £1,357. Pop., 371. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. Coal is worked. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newcastle, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is good. There is a Unitarian chapel. Dr. Price, the nonconformist divine, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Betws Tir Iarll CP/AP Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Betws Tir Iarll |
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