Betley, Staffordshire

Description
Betleya village and a parish in Staffordshire. The village stands on the verge of the county, 1 mile N of Betley Road station on the L. & N.W.R., 2 1/2 miles NW of Audley station on the North Staffordshire railway, 3 1/2 NW of Madeley, and 7 1/2 NW by W of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a post and money order office under Crewe; telegraph office, Madeley. It was was once a market-town, and consists of one wide street, and is a pleasant, healthy place The parish comprises 1463 acres, including 38 of water; population, 827. Betley Mere, a fine lake near the village, belongs to the Earl of Wilton. Betley Hall, a fine old residence, the seat of the lord of the manor, and Betley Court are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £135 with residence. The church is Perpendicular, but the chancel was rebuilt in 1610, and the western tower in 1713; the nave, which waa restored in 1872, has four plain pointed arches of wood on each side, resting on pillars formed out of single trunks of trees; the chureh contains several mural monuments. There is a Wesleyan chapel.