Bettisfield, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy

A guide to genealogy in Bettisfield, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.

Bettisfield (Welsh: Llys Bedydd) is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales. It is in the community of Maelor South.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern County Borough of Wrexham.



History
The village takes it's name from Beda's Field but the identity of Beda remains unknown.

It was part of the Maelor Saesneg (the English-speaking Maelor) in the hundred of Maelor.

Bettisfield originally formed part of the ancient parish of Hanmer and later the new parish of Bronington. It became a separate parish in 1880.

Church Records
No parish registers or Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited for Bettisfield.

Civil Records
Births, marriages and deaths in Bettisfield are recorded in the GRO indexes as:

Poor Law Union
Bettisfield became part of the Ellesmere Union when it was created on 14 November 1836. The workhouse was built in Haughton, Ellesmere. The records for the Ellesmere Union are held at Shropshire Record Office in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Bettisfield at Vision of Britain
 * Ordnance Survey map of Bettisfield

Websites

 * Bettisfield War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
 * Bettisfield Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
 * Bettisfield Parish Church at Open Church Network
 * Bettisfield Parish Church at Sacred Space