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find Knockglass, Knockdow, &c. English name— GreenbankLlananno. — The church is dedicated to Wonno, or Llantto. English name— Annoton.Llanbadarn Fawr. — The church is dedicated to Tadarn, a descendant of Emyr Llydaw, and it is called Fawrin distinction from Llanbadarn- Fynydd and Llan-badarn-y-Gareg. English name — Padarn Major.Llandegley. — The church was probably dedicated to Tegwel, a Welsh saint. Tegwel means a faircountenance or aspect. English name Fairchurch.Llangunllo. — The church is dedicated to Cunllo, a Welsh saint. Cunllo, or Cynllo, is probably made up ofcyn, the first or chief, and llo or lo, referred by Professor Rhys to a word of the same origin as the Latin lupus,a wolf. English name — Wolfton.Llandrindod. — Its ancient name was Ffynon Llwyn y Gdg, the well of the cuckoo's bush; but in 1603 thechurch was dedicated to the Drindod (Trinity); hence the name. English name — Trichurch.Llanddewi-Ystradenni. — The church is dedicated to St. Dewi. Ystrad, a flat, a vale; enni-yn-wy, on or nearthe water. The village is situated in a low vale on the river Ithion. English name — Ithonton.Llanfareth. — The church is situated near the confluence of the rivers Mareth and Wye; hence the name.Mareth signifies lively or active water. English name— Sprighton.Llanfihangel Rhydithon. — The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Rhyd, a ford; Ithon, the name of theriver that flows through the parish. English name — Ithonford.Llanyre. — Yre is an abbreviation of Llyre. The church is dedicated to Llyr, a descendant of CuneddaWledig, and a saint of the fifth century. English name — Lyrton.Meisty-Rhos-Lowry. — Meisty is, probably, a corruption of maes, a field, and ty, a house; rhos, a drymeadow, a plain. Lowry perplexes us; the root, perhaps, is llawr, ground; or, perhaps, it is a gross mutilationof loyw-ddu, reddish black, in allusion to the hue of the boggy ground. English name— Plainton.Monoghty. — A corruption of mynach-dy, a monastery. It is supposed that a monastery stood here in oldentimes. Monaughty Poydd (Salop) is said to be Monachty Posth, the hot monastery. English name —Monkton.Nantmel. — Nant, a brook; mil, according to some' is an abbreviation of Mael, a personal name; but werather think it is the Welsh for honey; hence the name means honey-brook, so called, perhaps, from its hue,or from the hives of wild bees in the neighbouring; rocks. English name — Honeybrook.Norton. — The name probably means north-town, or, perhaps, Norman town. The British name wassupplanted by that of the Norman Castle.Painscastle. — A castle was built here during the Norman period by the De Pain family, whose name wasconferred upon it and the village which lies at the base of the hill. Pain was a Norman knight, and his wick(Gloucester).Presteign. — It was anciently known as Llanandras, so called from the dedication of the church to St.Andrew. The English name means the priest's town. The name is also preserved in Paignton (Devon) andPainswick. It is the solitary instance of Prest occurring in Welsh place-names. We have thirty-six Prestonstwo Prestburys, and two Prestwolds, in the nomenclature of England; but we have only one in Wales, andthat occurs in the more than half English county of Radnor. Who was this priest? Probably David Martin,bishop of St. David's, about the end of the thirteenth century. He was an extraordinary benefactor to thisplace having obtained for the inhabitants many privileges, and among others, those of holding a weeklymarket on Saturday, and fairs three times a year. English name — Prieston.Pantydwr. — The name signifies the hollow of the water. English name — Dalewater.Penybont. — The end of the bridge; hence Bridgend.Origin of Place-names in Wales & Monmouthshire Page 97
Pilleth. — A corruption of pwll, pool; and llaith, moist, humid. The vale is very narrow and well-watered,which probably suggested the name. English name— Glenwater.Rhaiadr. — This town derives its name from a Rhaiadr, a waterfall, that, is contiguous to it. The Welsh call itRhaiadr Gwy, from its situation on the eastern bank of the river Wye. The word rhaiadr is derived, perhaps,from rhuo, to roar, bluster, in allusion to the din of the water in its fallen stale. English name— Dinwater.Salford. — A compound of sath, a willow, and ford; signifying the willow ford.St. Harmon. — From St. Gartnon, to whom the parish church is dedicated.Trefonen. — Tref, an abode, a place; onen, ash tree. English name — Ashtown.Weythel. — A corruption of Gwyddel, a man of the wood, an Irishman. English name — Woodby.█ ░ █ ░ █ ░ █ ░ █Origin of Place-names in Wales & Monmouthshire Page 98
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HANDBOOK OF THE ORIGIN OF PLACE-NAM
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§ § § § §The Author begs to st
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pitiful cries of the railway offici
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Bishop Percy says that "in England,
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The city of Chester is still popula
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There's Cumwhitton, Cumwhinton, Cum
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Llwyn in its primary' sense means a
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PLACE-NAMES IN WALES.Wales. — The
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Church are generally dedicated to e
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think he was a contemporary of St.
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Rhosbeirio. — Rhos, a moor, a dry
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of Brecknock," states that this vic
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Cam cnwir ef Cwmdu,Cwm gwyn yw & n
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Penderyn. — A corruption probably
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Ardudwy. — Ar, upon or above; tud
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to mark its pre-eminence over the o
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Some think that eirw is a corruptio
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present form — Caerfyrddin.Abergw
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place of refuge; hence the name. En
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Llansawyl. — The church was dedic
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eject. The village took its name fr
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house, and attempted to kill an inf
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Gwydir. — Prima facie one may tak
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Nefyn. — The church was probably
Page 49 and 50: DENBIGHSHIRE.Anglicized form of Din
Page 51 and 52: Llangollen. — From Collen, a sain
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Page 55 and 56: Cefn. — The name signifies a ridg
Page 57 and 58: Maesgarmon. — Named in honour of
Page 59 and 60: Abertridwr. — Tridwr, three water
Page 61 and 62: it is said, was originally built by
Page 63 and 64: Cwmllynfell. — Cwm, a narrow vale
Page 65 and 66: Gwarycaeau. — Gwdr, the nape of t
Page 67 and 68: means a cultivated region, a vale,
Page 69 and 70: Penrhiwfer.- Pen, head, top; rhiw,
Page 71 and 72: Port Talbot. — So called in 1835
Page 73 and 74: Trealaw. — This appellation was g
Page 75 and 76: Aberdyfi. — So called from its si
Page 77 and 78: Llanddwywe. — From Dwywau, a desc
Page 79 and 80: Crickhowell and some in the directi
Page 81 and 82: Griffithstown. — This village was
Page 83 and 84: and gwy, water. Treiddiod troth tna
Page 85 and 86: derive Tintern from din, fortified
Page 87 and 88: Caersws. — It appears that the Ro
Page 89 and 90: English name — Ervylton.Llanymech
Page 91 and 92: Angle. — Probably from the angle-
Page 93 and 94: Gellyswick. — Another hybrid. Gel
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Page 97 and 98: ecame the bishop of the see, and wa
Page 99: earth formerly stood on a summit on
Page 103 and 104: Howells, Rev. J., Mountain AshHowel
Page 105 and 106: Williams, D., PenywernWilliams, Rev
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