Bettisfield, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Bettisfield, Flintshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
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.

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.

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 Bettisfield was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Bettisfield is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

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

Poor Law Unions
Visit the England and Wales Poor Law Records page for more information.

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.

Websites

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