Swallow Falls Fairy Glen Bettws-y-Coed Wales UK

Swallow Falls, Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed, Wales UK between ca. 1890-1900

Betws-y-Coed (“Prayer house in the wood”) is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It has a population of 534. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English ‘bed-hus’ – ie. a bead-house – a house of prayer, or oratory. The earliest record of the name is ‘Betus’, in 1254.

Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J–foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.

Subjects:
Wales–Betws-y-Coed.
Wales–Snowdonia National Park