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Betws Gwerful Goch is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish, to the north of Corwen in Denbighshire in Wales. The village is part of the Edeirnion district and is situated on the banks of the Afon Alwen. It formed part of the ancient county of Merionethshire.

The name Betws Gwerful Goch translates into English as "oratory of Gwerful Goch". Gwerful Goch (Red-haired Gwerful) is believed to be the daughter of Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd and lived at the beginning of the 13th century.

The parish consisted of just one township, Pencraig and the parish church is dedicated to St Mary. Many of the early Betws Gwerful Goch parish registers often refer to a Betws y Coed but this is not the town of that name in Caernarfonshire. The "Betws y Coed" in Betws Gwerful Coch was later known as Llawrbetws or Glanrafon.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Merionethshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the Clwyd. In 1974 it became part of the modern county of Denbighshire

The area is predominantly Welsh-speaking.

Contents 1 Administration 2 Records 2.1 Civil Records 2.2 Church Records 2.3 Nonconformist Church Records 2.4 Census Records 2.5 Poor Law Union Records 3 Web Sites

Administration

Years	County
before 31 March 1974	Merionethshire
1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996	Clwyd
from 1 April 1996	Denbighshire

Records

Civil Records

Births, marriages and deaths in Betws Gwerful Goch will be recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Years	Sub-district	District	Volumes
1 Jul 1837 - 30 Sep 1935	Gwyddelwern	Corwen	XXVII (1837-51) 11b (1852-1935)
1 Oct 1935 - 1974	Corwen	Merioneth East	11b (1935-46) 8C (1946-74)

Church Records

• The original Betws Gwerful Goch Parish Registers have been deposited at the Meirionnydd Archive in Dolgellau.
• The Clwyd Family History Society have published several volumes of the Betws Gwerful Goch parish registers.
• There are no official records available on the IGI for Betws Gwerful Goch parish.

Nonconformist Church Records

 

Census Records

The parish of Betws Gwerful Goch formed part of the Gwyddelwern sub-district of the Corwen Registrar's District.

Year	Parts
1841	HO107/1428-1 folios 4 to 9
1851	HO107/2509 folios 122 to 129
1861	RG9/4309 folios 28 to 33
1871	RG10/5681 folios 51 to 56
1881	RG11/5538 folios 85 to 90
1891	RG12/4635 folios 83 to 87
1901	RG13/5246 folios 83 to 87

Poor Law Union Records

Betws Gwerful Goch formed part of the Corwen Union which was created on 13 December 1836 and the workhouse was built at Corwen, but not completed until April 1840.

The records for the Corwen Union are held at the Meirionnydd Record Office in Dolgellau.

Web Sites

• Ordnance Survey map of Betws Gwerful Goch
• Betws Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
• Betws Parish Church at CPAT.

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