Betley

Betley
Betley
	Betley Location within Staffordshire
Population	1,033 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ754485
District	Newcastle-under-Lyme;
Shire county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CREWE
Postcode district	CW3
Dialling code	01270
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Newcastle-under-Lyme;

Betley is a village and civil parish in the Newcastle district of Staffordshire, England, about halfway between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nantwich. Betley forms a continual linear settlement with Wrinehill.

School

Betley School

Transport

Betley lies on the A531 from Madeley to Weston. There is an hourly bus service, run by D&G Bus (route 85 ^[2]) which runs through Betley from Hanley and Newcastle-under-Lyme to Crewe and Nantwich.

History

Betley - meaning the 'clearing in the woods' of Bette (a Saxon woman's name) - is an ancient settlement. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is one of several villages - including Buddileigh, Audley, and Madeley - which seem to be named after women. It had a major market, the charter for which was granted in the thirteenth century. At Betley Hall, a now-demolished country house, Charles Darwin conducted some of his zoological observations and Florence Nightingale visited. At another country house in the village, Betley Court (which is still standing), lived the Romantic poet Elizabeth Tollet. The church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, is a beautiful medieval building (reasonably well-restored by George Gilbert Scott), with oak beams and a cricket ground to the rear.

Nearest places

Nantwich

Twin towns

Betley is twinned with:

Agny, France^[3]

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ D & G Bus, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Area Timetables retrieved 6 March 2018
^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

Sources

Betley: A Village of Contrasts, ed. Robert Speake (Keele University, 1980).

External links

[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[2] D & G Bus, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Area Timetables retrieved 6 March 2018

[Archant_twinning_3-3] "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

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