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-Crainant, because under the bridge the brook is very narrow. English name— Brookton.Cwmeigiau. — Cwm, valley; eigiau, the plural form of aig, which signifies what brings forth, anything that isprolific. Month (mynydd, mountain) Eigie, in Scotland, implies a hill covered with luxuriant grass. Eigion isanother plural form of aig, meaning the sea, or a conflux of many waters. There are several lakes in thevalley, and the natural inference is that it was so called from its bifurcated aspect. English name —Watervale.Cwmglo. — Cwm, valley; glo, a corruption probably of goleu, goleuni, light; signifying a valley remarkable forenjoying the sunny beams. English name — Lightcomb.Cymydmaen. — Cytnyd-Cwmwd, a vicinity; maen, a stone. On the sands, opposite Bardsey Island, there isa stone called Maen Melyn Lleyn, from which the vicinity took its name. English name — Stoneton.Dinas Emrys. — Dinas, a fortified city; Emrys, the surname of a celebrated bard of the fifth century, who wasknown by the name of Merddin Emrys, or Ambrosius. King Gwrtheyrn presented the place to Emrys, andhence it is called after his name. English name — Emryston.Dolbadarn. — The church was dedicated to Padarn; hence the name. English name— Fatherton.Dolgarrog. — A compound of dol, a meadow, and carog, a torrent, a brook. The place is remarkable for itsdeep hollows and beautiful waterfalls. English name — Glenham.Dolwyddelen. — Some say that the right wording is Dolyddelen, Elen's meadow, from the supposition thatElen Lwyddog, daughter of Coel Codebog, took up her abode here. Others think it is Dol y meadow; gwydd,wood, and Elen. We rather think the name signifies the meadow of Gwythelan, or Gwyddelan, to whom thechurch of the parish was dedicated. English name — Bushton.Dwygfylchi. — Dwy, a corruption of dy, on, upon; gy-cydy with, united; fylchi y plural of bwlch, a gap, abreach, a pass. The name signifies the joint passes. Some think the right wording is Rhiwfylchi, whichsignifies a slope with passes. The village is perched on the mountain side, between Penmaen Mawr andPenmaen Bach. English name— Passton.Ebenezer. — The village derives its name from the Congregational Chapel called Ebenezer, which was builtwhen the place was developing into a populous village.Edeyrn. — Probably called in honour of Edeyrn ab Nudd. The church is dedicated to St. Edeyrn.Efail Newydd. — The name signifies a new smithy. English name — Smithby.Four Crosses. — Near the village there are two roads intersecting each other; hence the name.Garndolbenmaen. —Gam, a heap, a cairn; dol, mountain meadow; pen, top, head; tnaen, stone. In thevicinity there is a large mount, on which might have been a watch-tower. About the beginning of this centurysome cairns and urns were discovered here. English name — Cairnton.Garswyllt. — Probably a corruption of corswyllt y which signifies a wild bog. English name — Bogham.Glan Adda. — A corruption, probably, of Clyn Eiddw; clyn, a place covered with brakes; eiddw, ivy* Englishname — Ivyham.Glanwydden. — The village takes its name from a farm of the name in the vicinity. The name, probably, is acompound of glan, brink, side, shore, bank; and gwyddtn, a standing tree; or gwydd-din, woody hill. Englishname — Woodbank.Groeslon. — Grots-croes, cross; Ldn., a narrow road 'x' signifying the cross road, Ldn is cognate with laneEnglish name — Crossroad.Gwibernant. — This name is variously spelt namely, Ewybr Nant, a fleet, swift brook; Gwyber Nant* a brookof sweet water; and Gwiber Nant, the viper's brook. The last is the proper name. English name — Viper'sBrook.Origin of Place-names in Wales & Monmouthshire Page 41
Gwydir. — Prima facie one may take it to be a compound of gwy, water, and tir, land. Some derive it fromgwydir, glass, upon the supposition that the mansion of Gwydir was the first house in Wales to have glasswindows. Sir John Wynn mentions a date of 1512 on a window at Dolwyddelen, which is long before thebuilding of Gwydir. Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, who flourished about the year 1250, mused the following line:—" Trwy ffenestri Gwydir yd ym gwelant " —that is, " They see me through the glass windows."The name probably is a corruption of gwaed, blood, and tir, land, signifying the bloody land. Bloody battleswere fought here between Llywarch Hen and his foes about the year 610, and also between Grufiydd abCynan and Traehaearn ab Caradog, and others. English name — Bloodham.Gyffin. — An inflection of cyffin, a confine, a limit, a border. The village is situated on the rivulet Gyffin, aboutthree-quarters of a mile from Conway, which was anciently called Caer Gyffin. English name — Borderton*.Hirael. — Hir. long; ael, brow; ael bryn, the brow of a hill. The name is quite descriptive of the situation of thevillage. English name— Longbrow.Hebron. — The village took its name from the Congregational Chapel that was built in the place.Llanaelhaiarn. — The church is dedicated to Aelhaiam, a brother of Llwchhaiarn, and a saint of the .sixthcentury. English name — Ironbrow.Llanddyniol. — The church is dedicated to Deiniolen, a descendant of Dunawd, the founder of BangorIscoed. English name— Danielston.Llanllechid. — The church is dedicated to Llechid, daughter of Ithel Hael, and a saint of the sixth century.English name — Lurkton.Llaneugan, or Llaneinon. — The church is dedicated to Einion, a royal saint of the sixth century. Thefollowing inscription was in the belfry of the church some time ago : " Eneanus Rex Wallia Fabricavit" Englishname — Rexton.Llandegwynin. — The fair church of Gwynin, a saint of the seventh century, to whose memory it wasdedicated. English name — Whitham.Llangwnadle. — The church is dedicated to Gwynodl, son of Seithenyn, and a celebrated saint of the sixthcentury. English name — Lifeton.Llanrhychwyn. — According to the " Myvyrian," the church was dedicated to Rhychwyn, son of Ithel Hael.English name — Wailton.Llandwrog. — The church is dedicated to Twrog, son of Ithel Hael. English name — Towerton.Llanfor. — The church is dedicated to Mdr ab Ceneu ab Coel, a saint of the fifth century. English name —Morton.Llaniestyn. — The church is dedicated to Iestyn ab Geraint, the founder of it. He flourished about the end ofthe sixth century. English name— Iestyn.Llandudwen. — The church was dedicated to Tudwen, a Welsh saint. English name — Whitplace.Llandudno. — The church is dedicated to Tudno, son of Seithenyn, and a saint of the sixth century. Acurious rocking stone, called Cryd Tudno, Tudno's cradle, is seen on the Great Orme's Head. English name— Stopton.Llanberis. — The church was dedicated to Peris, a saint of the sixth century, and a cardinal missioned fromRome, took up his abode and died here. English name — Causeton.Llanarmon. — The church is dedicated to Gartnon, or Germanus, a saint and bishop of the fifth century.English name — Garmon. 'Origin of Place-names in Wales & Monmouthshire Page 42
Page 1 and 2: HANDBOOK OF THE ORIGIN OF PLACE-NAM
Page 3 and 4: § § § § §The Author begs to st
Page 5 and 6: pitiful cries of the railway offici
Page 7 and 8: Bishop Percy says that "in England,
Page 9 and 10: The city of Chester is still popula
Page 11 and 12: There's Cumwhitton, Cumwhinton, Cum
Page 13 and 14: Llwyn in its primary' sense means a
Page 15 and 16: PLACE-NAMES IN WALES.Wales. — The
Page 17 and 18: Church are generally dedicated to e
Page 19 and 20: think he was a contemporary of St.
Page 21 and 22: Rhosbeirio. — Rhos, a moor, a dry
Page 23 and 24: of Brecknock," states that this vic
Page 25 and 26: Cam cnwir ef Cwmdu,Cwm gwyn yw & n
Page 27 and 28: Penderyn. — A corruption probably
Page 29 and 30: Ardudwy. — Ar, upon or above; tud
Page 31 and 32: to mark its pre-eminence over the o
Page 33 and 34: Some think that eirw is a corruptio
Page 35 and 36: present form — Caerfyrddin.Abergw
Page 37 and 38: place of refuge; hence the name. En
Page 39 and 40: Llansawyl. — The church was dedic
Page 41 and 42: eject. The village took its name fr
Page 43: house, and attempted to kill an inf
Page 47 and 48: Nefyn. — The church was probably
Page 49 and 50: DENBIGHSHIRE.Anglicized form of Din
Page 51 and 52: Llangollen. — From Collen, a sain
Page 53 and 54: hands into their pockets to pay a c
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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that the two rivers in their flowin
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ecame the bishop of the see, and wa
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earth formerly stood on a summit on
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Pilleth. — A corruption of pwll,
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Howells, Rev. J., Mountain AshHowel
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Williams, D., PenywernWilliams, Rev
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