Bettisfield

Bettisfield
Bettisfield  Bettisfield shown within Wrexham
OS grid reference	SJ459351
Principal area	Wrexham
Ceremonial county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITCHURCH
Postcode district	SY13
Dialling code	01948
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Clwyd South
Welsh Assembly	Clwyd South
List of places UK Wales Wrexham

Coordinates: 52°54′49″N 2°48′20″W / 52.9136°N 2.8055°W / 52.9136; -2.8055

Bettisfield is a small village of about 150 dwellings in Wrexham County Borough on the Wales-England border. It lies south of the Llangollen Canal on the border with Shropshire, England within the historic English Maelor region which was formerly part of the county of Flintshire. The village lies close to Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses, an area of peat bog which was declared a national nature reserve in 1996 because of its importance for wildlife. The market towns of Whitchurch, Ellesmere and Wem each lie about 6 miles distant to the northeast, west and southeast respectively.

It is described in the Domesday book (1086) within the Cheshire Hundred of Duddeston recording 28 households and a value to Lord Edwin in 1066 of £18 9s, reducing to £3 in 1086.^[1]

The village no longer has a shop, post office, pub, smithy or baker.^[2]

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