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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.
(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 Y Crwyn Parish Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BETTWS | BETTWS OR BETTWS Y CRWYN | BETTWS Y CRWYN |
| Place: | Betws Y Crwyn |
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