Bettisfield, Flintshire, Wales Genealogy
Guide to Bettisfield, Flintshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.
History[edit | edit source]
Bettisfield (Welsh: Llys Bedydd) is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the 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.
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| Jurisdictions | |
| County bef 1974 | add here |
| County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996 | add here |
| County 1 Apr 1996 - | add here |
| Civ Reg District | Ellesmere (1881) |
| Reg Sub-district | Hanmer (1881) |
| Probate Court | add here |
| Diocese | St. Asaph (1864) |
| Rural Deanery | Wrexham (1864) |
| Chapelry | add here |
| Poor Law Union | Ellesmere |
| Hundred | Maelor |
| Province | Canterbury (1864) |
| Hamlets | add here |
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Administration[edit | edit source]
| Years | County |
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| until 1284 | Powys Fadog |
| before 31 March 1974 | Flintshire (detached) |
| 1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996 | County of Clwyd |
| from 1 April 1996, | Wrexham |
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
No parish registers or Bishop's Transcripts have been deposited for Bettisfield.
Parish Registers[edit | edit source]
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Parish Chest[edit | edit source]
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].
Tithe Records[edit | edit source]
The tithe agreement date for Bettisfield was DATE.
Nonconformist Chapel Records[edit | edit source]
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
The Civil Registration District for Bettisfield is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.
Births, marriages and deaths in Bettisfield are recorded in the GRO indexes as:
| Years | Sub-district | District | Volumes |
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| 1 Jul 1837 - 31 Sep 1935 | Hanmer | Ellesmere | XVIII (1837-1851) 6a (1851-1930) |
| 1 Oct 1935 - 31 Dec 1953 | Overton | 11b (1935-1946) 8A (1946-1953) | |
| 1 Jan 1954 - 1954 | Maelor | 8A (1954-1974) |
Estates[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Medieval Community Trees[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
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.
Published Sources[edit | edit source]
Record Compilations[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- 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