Bettisfield (; ''

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'': Bettisfield) is a village of about 150 dwellings in

Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough, with city status in the United Kingdom, city status, in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to ...

, Wales and stands on the Wales-England border, and in the

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Maelor South Maelor South () is a Community (Wales), community in the area of Maelor Saesneg, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It contains the villages of Penley and Bettisfield along with a number of other small hamlets and is represented by the Maelor South ...

. It lies south of the

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on the border with

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within the historic

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region which was formerly part of the historic county of

Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...

. The village lies close to Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses, an area of

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which was declared a national nature reserve in 1996 because of its importance for wildlife. The English market towns of Whitchurch, Ellesmere and

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each lie about 6 miles distant to the northeast, west and southeast respectively. It is described in the

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(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. Politician and poet John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer (1809-1881) is buried in Bettisfield churchyard.

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Villages in Wrexham County Borough {{Wrexham-geo-stub