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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws Gwerful Goch like this:
BETTWS-GWERFIL-GOCH, a hamlet and a parish in Corwen district, Merioneth. The hamlet stands near the river Alwen, 4 miles NW of Corwen r. station; and has a post office under Corwen. The parish comprises 2,650 acres. Real property, £695. Pop., 242. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £124. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is early English, and tolerable.
Betws Gwerful Goch is now part of DENBIGHSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how DENBIGHSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws Gwerful Goch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws Gwerful Goch, in Denbighshire and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3640
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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