# Betley
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{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{About||the American golfer|Bob Betley|the Polish painter|Jan Betley}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Betley
|static_image_name= Main Road and Walnut Cottage, Betley.jpg
|static_image_caption= The main road through Betley
|coordinates= {{coord|53.0334|-2.3672|display=inline,title}}
|population= 1,033
|population_ref= ([2011 Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census))[{{cite web |title=Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120645&c=CW3+9BJ&d=16&e=62&g=6463895&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1432994183253&enc=1 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=30 May 2015}}]
|os_grid_reference= SJ754485
|civil_parish= Betley, Balterley and Wrinehill
|shire_district= [Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Borough_of_Newcastle-under-Lyme)
|shire_county= [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire)
|region= West Midlands
|country= England
|post_town= CREWE
|postcode_area= CW
|postcode_district= CW3
|dial_code= 01270
|constituency_westminster= [Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Newcastle-under-Lyme_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
}}
'''Betley''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/borough_of_Newcastle-under-Lyme) in [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire), England, about halfway between the town of [Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Newcastle-under-Lyme) and [Nantwich](/source/Nantwich). Betley forms a continual linear settlement with Wrinehill.
==School==
*[https://www.betley.staffs.sch.uk/ Betley School]
==Transport==
Betley lies on the [A531](/source/A531_road) from [Madeley](/source/Madeley%2C_Staffordshire) to [Weston](/source/Weston%2C_Cheshire_East). There is an hourly bus service, run by [D&G Bus](/source/D%26G_Bus) (route 85 [[http://www.dgbus.co.uk/buses-in-staffordshire-and-stoke-on-trent.html D & G Bus, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Area Timetables] retrieved 6 March 2018]) which runs through Betley from [Hanley](/source/Hanley%2C_Staffordshire) and [Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Newcastle-under-Lyme) to [Crewe](/source/Crewe) and [Nantwich](/source/Nantwich).
==History==
Betley – meaning the 'clearing in the woods' of Bette (a [Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon_language) woman's name) – is an ancient settlement. It is mentioned in the [Domesday](/source/Domesday) Book. It is one of several local villages – including Buddileigh, [Audley](/source/Audley%2C_Staffordshire), and [Madeley](/source/Madeley%2C_Staffordshire) – 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](/source/Charles_Darwin) conducted some of his zoological observations and [Florence Nightingale](/source/Florence_Nightingale) visited. At another country house in the village, [Betley Court](/source/Betley_Court) (which is still standing), lived the Romantic poet [Elizabeth Tollet](/source/Elizabeth_Tollet). The church, dedicated to [St Margaret of Antioch](/source/Margaret_the_Virgin), is a beautiful medieval building (reasonably well-restored by [George Gilbert Scott](/source/George_Gilbert_Scott)), with oak beams and a cricket ground to the rear.
== See also ==
* [Betley Court](/source/Betley_Court)
==Nearby places==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
*[Audley](/source/Audley%2C_Staffordshire)
*[Barthomley](/source/Barthomley)
*[Crewe](/source/Crewe)
*[Madeley](/source/Madeley%2C_Staffordshire)
*[Nantwich](/source/Nantwich)
*[Shavington](/source/Shavington_cum_Gresty)
*[Wrinehill](/source/Wrinehill)
}}
==Twin towns==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom}}
Betley is [twinned](/source/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities) with:
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [Agny](/source/Agny), France[{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns ''[via WaybackMachine.com]''|accessdate=2013-07-20|archivedate=5 July 2013|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}]
==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Betley](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Betley)
*[Henry Hulme Warburton](/source/Henry_Hulme_Warburton)
==References==
{{reflist}}
===Sources===
*''Betley: A Village of Contrasts'', ed. Robert Speake (Keele University, 1980).
==External links==
{{Commons category|Betley}}
*[http://www.blhs.co.uk/ Betley Local History Society]
*[https://www.betley.net/ Betley Local History Information]
*[http://www.betley-balterley-wrinehill.org.uk/ Parish Council Community Website]
*[http://www.betleyvillagehall.org.uk// Betley Village Hall Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130419103733/http://www.saintmargarets.co.uk/ St Margaret's Church Website]
{{Civil Parishes of Newcastle-under-Lyme}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Villages in Staffordshire
Category:Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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