Betws Tir Iarll, Glamorgan, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Betws Tir Iarll, Glamorgan ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Betws Tir Iarll was also known as Bettws.

BETTWS, a parish, in the union of Bridgend and Cowbridge, hundred of Newcastle, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 4 miles (N.) from Bridgend. This parish is pleasantly situated on the river Ogmore, not far from its confluence with the Severn, and is watered also by the rivulets Llynvi and Garw, which bound it on two sides. On the north and north-east lies the parish of Llangeinor, on the south that of St. Bride's Minor, and on the west the parish of Llangonoyd. The lands consist of well-cultivated fields, good pastures, woods, and mountains; the scenery, which is plentifully interspersed with oak, is rich and beautiful, and the views from different parts of the parish diversified and extensive, especially that from the lofty eminence of More-gila, which embraces among many other interesting objects, the fine vale of Glamorgan. The church, dedicated to St. David, is not distinguished for its architectural features; it is fifty-nine feet in length, and eighteen feet in breadth. There is a place of worship for Unitarians.

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Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Betws Tir Iarll was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Betws Tir Iarll is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions
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Maps and Gazetteers

 * Betws Tir Iarll at Vision of Britain