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Bettisfield ( cy, Llys Bedydd; ''
standardised Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization ...
'': Bettisfield) is a village of about 150 dwellings in Wrexham County Borough, Wales and stands on the Wales-England border, and in the community of Maelor South. 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 historic county of Flintshire. The village lies close to
Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve (United Kingdom), national nature reserve (NNR) which straddles the border between England and Wales, near Whixall and Ellesmere, Shropshire, Ellesmere in ...
, an area of peat bog which was declared a national nature reserve in 1996 because of its importance for wildlife. The English market towns of Whitchurch, Ellesmere and
Wem Wem may refer to: * HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy during World War I *Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland * Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England *Wem (musician), hip hop musician WEM may stand for: * County Westmeath, ...
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 Dudeston, recording 28 households and a value to Lord Edwin in 1066 of £18 9s, reducing to £3 in 1086. The village no longer has a shop, post office, pub, smithy or baker.


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