handbook of the origin of place-names in wales and monmouthshire

mansion in the vicinity is called Tyn-y-Rhyl, which means a house in the salt marsh; hence we are induced tothink that Rhyl is a mutation of Yr Hal, or Rhal English name — Saltton.Saltney. — An abbreviation of Salteney, which is a translation of the Welsh halenog, abounding with salt.The site of the present village was nothing better than a marsh until the year 1778.Sealand. — Soon after the incorporation of " The River Dee Company," in 1740, six hundred acres of thewaste marsh land of this district were purchased from the lord and freeholders of the manor of Hawarden,through which a new channel was cut for the Dee, and soon afterwards some thousands of acres of thesands were redeemed, which are now covered with good crops of corn, &c.; hence the name — Sealand.Trallon. — A compound of tra-llwnge, a sinking place, a quagmire. English name — Bogham.Trelan. — A compound of tref, a place, and llan, a church. English name- -Churchton.Tremeirchion. — Tref, place ; meirchion, a plural form of march; a word denoting a line of demarcation,made of rods or poles. Compare Marchwiail, Denbighshire. English name — Markton.Treuddyn. — The name is variously spelt. Treuddyn, Tryddyn, and Treddyn. The latter is the mostacceptable. Tre, a dwelling; dyn, a man. English name — Manton.Talar. — The name means a headland in a field. Tal, head or end; dr, land, ploughed land. English name —Headland.Threapwood. — Threap, perhaps from throp, the meeting of cross-roads. English name — Crosswood.Wepre. — A corruption of Gwybre, its ancient name. Owy, water; bre-bryn y a hill. The place is situated onthe river Dee. English name — Waterhill.Ysceifiog. — A corruption of Yscawog, abounding with ysgaw, the elder wood. The correct name of theparish is Llanfair Ysceifiog, so called, it is supposed, from its abundance of elder wood. English name —Elderham.GLAMORGANSHIRE.Morgan Mwynfawr, the Courteous, became the prince of Gwent, Essyllt, Gorwenydd, and Rheged in 543,and called them after his own name, Morganwg. Taking the postfix, wg, to be synonymous with the Latinlocus, Morganwg means Gwlad Morgan, which has been Anglicized into Glamorgan.Aberavon. — The right wording is Aberafan. Avon is a general term for river, but afan or avan is a propername, denoting here the river at the mouth of which this ancient town is situated. Ban is the root, whichmeans height. The river receives its contributory streams from high and lofty mountains. English name —Highmouth.Abercanaid. — The village is situate near the spot where the rivulet Canaid discharges itself into the Taff.Canaid means white, pure, bright. English name — Brightmouth.Aberdulais. — The village stands near the confluence of the rivers Dulas and Nedd. Some spell it Dulas,black-blue. English name — Lividham.Aberdar. — This populous place lies at the confluence of the rivulets Dar and Cynon. Dar is a corruption ofDyar y which signifies sound, noise, or din, so called, probably, from its noisy waterfalls in the upper part ofthe valley. English name — Dinmouth.Aberaman. — The streamlet A man joins the Cynon here; hence the name. Man is a commutative form ofban, height. English name — Highton.Aberthaw. — A corruption of the Welsh Aberddawen, a place situate at the mouth of the river Dawen. Theroot, probably, is taw, silent, quiet. English name — Stillmouth.Origin of Place-names in Wales & Monmouthshire Page 55