Bachelden or Bacheldre Montgomery Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1845

Bachelden, or Bacheldre, a township, in the part of the parish of Churchstoke which is in the hundred of Cawrse, county of Montgomery, North Wales; containing, with the townships of Lower and Upper Hopton, 241 inhabitants. The impropriate tithes of this township, and those of Lower Hopton, which are payable to the warden of Trinity Hospital in Clun, have been commuted for a rent-charge of £166. Its rateable annual value, with that of the townships of Weston Madoc and Hopton Isa, is returned at £3068.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis Third Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.