Betws Gwerfil Goch (Standard

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: ''Betws Gwerful Goch'') is a village and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, t ...

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

, Wales. It had a population of 351 at the 2011 census. Until 1974 it was part of Edeirnion Rural District in

Meirionnydd Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. Kingdom Meirionnydd (Meirion, with -''ydd'' as a Welsh suffix of land, literally ''Land adjoined to Meirio ...

, and was transferred to Glyndŵr District in

Clwyd Clwyd () is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to th ...

by the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

.A Vision of Britain Through Time : ''Betws Gwerfil Goch Civil Parish''
retrieved 12 January 2010 It became part of Denbighshire in 1996. The community includes

Melin-y-Wig Melin-y-Wig is a village in Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known eviden ...

village. The village retains its primary school.

Notable people

John Edward Jones (Welsh politician) John Edward Jones (10 December 1905 – 30 May 1970), known as J. E. Jones, was a Welsh political organiser. Born in Melin-y-Wîg near Corwen in Denbighshire, Jones studied at Bala Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Bangor. T ...

John Sampson (linguist) John Sampson (1862–1931) was an Irish linguist, literary scholar and librarian. As a scholar he is best known for ''The Dialect of the Gypsies of Wales'' (1926), an authoritative grammar of the Welsh Romani language. Early life He was born in ...

References

Villages in Denbighshire {{Denbighshire-geo-stub