BETTWS, a parish, in the hundred of ISCENNEN, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (S.) from Llandilo-Vawr,
comprising the upper and lower divisions, and containing 830 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated within a short
distance of the turnpike road leading from Llandilo-Vawr to Swansea, is about five miles in extent, from east to west, and
about a mile and a half in breadth. A considerable portion of the surface is mountainous, and coal is supposed to abound
in various parts, but very little of it has hitherto been worked. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the
vicarage of Llandebye, in the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. David's, endowed with A 800 royal bounty, and
£1000 parliamentary grant. The church is dedicated to St. David. The poor are supported by an average annual expenditure
amounting to £117. 8.