Betws yn Rhos explained

Static Image Name:	Betws-yn-Rhos5113046.JPG
Static Image Caption:	Saint Michael's Church
Label Position:	bottom
Country:	Wales
Welsh Name:	Betws yn Rhos
Coordinates:	53.247°N -3.639°W
Official Name:	Betws yn Rhos
Community Wales:	Betws yn Rhos
Unitary Wales:	Conwy
Lieutenancy Wales:	Clwyd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:	Clwyd West
Constituency Westminster:	Bangor Aberconwy
Post Town:	ABERGELE
Postcode District:	LL22
Post Town1:	COLWYN BAY
Postcode District1:	LL29
Postcode Area:	LL
Postcode Area1:	LL
Dial Code:	01745
Os Grid Reference:	SH906735
Population:	1052
Population Ref:	(2011)

Betws yn Rhos (English: Chapel house in Rhos) is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

Betws yn Rhos is located about 5miles inland between the coastal towns of Abergele and Colwyn Bay. Until 1974 it formed part of Denbighshire, but subsequent local government reorganisations saw it administered as part of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996, before its current administration as part of Conwy County Borough.At the 2001 census the population was 944,^[1] increasing to 1,052 at the 2011 census.^[2]

The village itself only has a population of 312. The community includes the small settlements of Llanelian-yn-Rhos, Trofarth, Dolwen, Bryn-y-maen, and Dawn.

Etymology

The first part of the name of the village comes from the Middle English word bedhus, meaning "prayer house", which became betws in Welsh.^[3] Bettws Newydd translates therefore to the new prayer house.

Sport

Betws yn Rhos is home to a football team who play in the Clwyd Football League.^[4] Betws yn Rhos enjoyed a good first season 2007/08 but have since been unable to recapture their form in the 2008/09 In the summer of 2011 Craig Hughes took over Betws yn Rhos FC, to become their 4th manager in the last 5 seasons. In 2011/12 the boundaries also changed and Betws yn Rhos now play in the newly formed Clwyd/Conwy Division.^[5]

Notable residents

• T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949), poet, scholar and journalist, who was born at Y Gwyndy Uchaf
• Bruce Jones (born 1953), former Coronation Street actor who played Les Battersby

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches to Llanfair Talhaiarn and has a total population of 2,122.^[6]

External links

• A Vision of Britain Through Time
• British Listed Buildings
• Clwyd Churches: Betws yn Rhos
• Clwyd Churches: Bryn-y-maen
• Clwyd Churches: Llaneilian-yn-Rhos
• Eastern Conwy Churches Survey: Betws yn Rhos
• Eastern Conwy Churches Survey: Llanelian-yn-Rhos
• Genuki
• Geograph
• Office for National Statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy . 8 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829060522/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d5949f8001401f4363ae9beb81c0a9b241?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790561&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1280 . 29 August 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: Community population 2011. 20 May 2015.
3. http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_lleoedd_cymru_geirfa_a_0817e.htm Welsh Place Names Dictionary
4. http://clwydfootballleague.co.uk/Club_Directory.htm#betwsynrhos Betws yn Rhos F.C.
5. Web site: Betws Yn Rhos Football Club . 2011-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022074713/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/betwsynrhosfootballclub/ . 2012-10-22 . dead .
6. Web site: Ward population 2011. 20 May 2015.