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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws Leucu like this:
BETTWS-LEIKI, or Bettws-Lleuce, a parochial chapelry in Tregaron district, Cardigan; on the river Ayron, 5 miles WSW of Tregaron r. station, and 18 NW of Llandovery. Post Town, Llandewy-Brevi, under Carmarthen.-Acres, 2,342. Real property, £2,393. Pop., 349. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £50. Patron, the Incumbent of Llandewy-Brevi. The church needs repair.
Betws Leucu is now part of CEREDIGION District. Click here for graphs and data of how CEREDIGION has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws Leucu itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws Leucu, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3099
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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