In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trelech Ar Betws like this:
TRELEACH-AR-BETTWS, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Carmarthen; 4½ miles W of Conwil r. station, and 9 NW of Carmarthen. It has a post-office under Carmarthen, and is a seat of petty sessions. Acres, 11,492. Rated property, £4,807. Pop., 1,456. Houses, 302. ...
The property is much sub-divided. Crug-y-Dyrn cairn is 210 feet in circuit and 180 feet high. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £143.* Patron, the Bishop of St. A. The church was reported in 1859 as very bad. There are an Independent-chapel, and an endowed school with £137 a year.
Trelech Ar Betws through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trelech Ar Betws in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8999
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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