Betws, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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History
BETTWS is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the union of LLANELLY, hundred of ISKENNEN, ... 8 mile (S.) from Llandilo-Vawr situated within a short distance of the turnpike-road leading from Llandilo-Vawr to Swansea. The river Amman runs through the parish, and two brooks called Cathan and Nantyfin. Slate is quarried, and coal and iron-mines are in operation, a rail-road having recently been made. The church is dedicated to St. David. A Sunday school affords instruction gratuitously in the Welsh language to about 110 children of both sexes.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Carmarthenshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Carmarthenshire.

For more information on Betws see Betws at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Betws at Vision of Britain.