Bettws Cedewain

Bettws Cedewain
Welsh: Betws Cedewain
Bettws Cedewain  Bettws Cedewain shown within Powys
Population	425 (2001)
OS grid reference	SO122967
Community	Bettws
Principal area	Powys
Ceremonial county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTOWN
Postcode district	SY16 3
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
List of places UK Wales Powys

For other places with the same name, see Bettws (disambiguation).

See also:St Beuno's church, Bettws Cedewain

Bettws Cedewain (Welsh: Betws Cedewain), also known as Bettws Cedewen, is a small village and community in Powys, Wales. It lies in a sheltered valley on the banks of the Nant Bechan, some 3 miles (5 km) north of Newtown, on the B4389 road.

A wooden motte-and-bailey castle appears to have existed there at one time. The site was also possibly previously used by Roman soldiers, and an ancient church was founded there by Saint Beuno in the 6th century.

St Beuno's church

Bettws Cedewain's Grade II* listed St Beuno's church, which was the location of the village's first schoolroom, contains possibly the only pre-Reformation memorial brass in the county, dedicated to the Reverend John ap Meredyth for his work in planning and building the tower.

Until 1914, most properties in the village belonged to the Gregynog estate.

Bettws Hall is a local venue for game bird shoots.

The first element in the name of the village is from the Middle English word bedhus, meaning "prayer house", which became betws in Welsh. Cedewain is the name of the medieval land division, or cantref, in which the village is situated.

National Cycle Route 81 (Lôn Cambria) passes through the village.

External links

• Bettws Hall Game shooting
• Church information
• Other historical information
• Photos of Bettws Cedewain and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk