Bettws Bledrws, Cardiganshire
Historical Description
Bettws-Bleddrws, a parish in Cardiganshire, near Derry Ormond station on the Manchester and Milford railway, 3 miles NNE of Lampeter. The post office is at Derry Ormond, in the postal district of Aberystwith. Acreage, 1580; population of the civil parish, 204; of the ecclesiastical, 238. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; net value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church has a tower and spire. It was restored from its foundation in 1887.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cardiganshire | |
Archdeaconry | Cardigan | |
County Court district | Lampeter | |
Diocese | St. Davids | |
Hundred | Moythen | |
Petty-Sessional Division | Upper Moyddyn | |
Poor Law union | Lampeter | |
Registration district | Lampeter | 1837 - 1934 |
Rural Deanery | Lampeter |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The registers date from the year 1775.
Churches
Church of England
St. Bleddws (parish church)
The church of St. Bleddws is a modern building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western tower with spire containing one bell: the east and west windows are stained, and were presented by the family of the late W. Inglis-Jones esq.: the font, an ancient example, was discovered during the rebuilding embedded in a wall: the church was rebuilt in 1887, with the exception of the tower, at a cost of £2,009, and affords 110 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Bettws Bledrws from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Lampeter Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bettws Bledrws from the following:
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cardiganshire is online.
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cardiganshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bettws Bledrws are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: