… names seem to illustrate this view. The most obvious feature which gives rise to affiliated names is a confluence. The names of the two…
… names seem to illustrate this view. The most obvious feature which gives rise to affiliated names is a confluence. The names of the two streams are paired by calling one fawr and the lesser fach. With four tributaries of Evyrnwy in Llanwddyn an unusually logical pattern of names has evolved: Afon Eiddew being the combined waters of Nant Eiddew Fawr and Nant Eiddew Fach, and so with Eunant, Hirddu and Nadroedd. (It should however…
… basin. More would be found were the margin extended northwards. In Silvan Evans's list, which covers the whole of Montgomeryshire, three names appear twice,…
… basin. More would be found were the margin extended northwards. In Silvan Evans's list, which covers the whole of Montgomeryshire, three names appear twice, two three times and one four times. In the List below the following names appear more than once: Brwynen Camen Ceunant Cledan Colwyn Crygnant Dolau Gwynion Einion Eira Esgair Ewig Felen Ffinnant Ffridd Glyn Goch Gorlan Gwyllt/Wyllt Hafesp/Haffes Hely/Helygi/Luggy Hebog Hirnant Maesgwyn March/Marchnant Llwyd Pistyll Gwyn Rhaeadr Rhuddwr Sarn/Sarnau Sebon…
… change of name? The Mochdre Brook itself did not bear that name in Silvan Evans's list: there it is called Dulas. The more documentation…
… change of name? The Mochdre Brook itself did not bear that name in Silvan Evans's list: there it is called Dulas. The more documentation there is for a particular stream, the more evidence is available of changes of name.8 The names which appear to survive are those of streams which have some importance as regards size or connections. A small stream at one period may have been noteworthy because it marked the bounds of…
… There are four names in the Charters, Afon Garno, Pwll Llydan, Nanthanauc and Nant Garthbranddu. Today Afon Garno is the name of the river…
… There are four names in the Charters, Afon Garno, Pwll Llydan, Nanthanauc and Nant Garthbranddu. Today Afon Garno is the name of the river throughout its course; up to this century the length up stream from the village was known as Pwll Llydan. Nant Hanog has become Nant Glanhanog. The fourth is probably called Nant Allt y Fronddu today. Nine stream names appear in the testimonies presented to the court in a boundary dispute…
… Brook around Guilsfield.11 Some changes were the work of nature but alterations, extensions and diversions in the form of ditches, dykes,12 pools, channels, culverts…
… Brook around Guilsfield.11 Some changes were the work of nature but alterations, extensions and diversions in the form of ditches, dykes,12 pools, channels, culverts and mill-races were the concomitants of new agricultural practices, of the harnessing of water-power, of the building of settlements and of the construction of canals. The enclosure maps for the area already men- tioned, the Deytheur townships, provide several examples of fabricated water courses and which can be identified by…
… Often no generic is used. With such names in English speech the article appears, e.g. the Brogan, the Brochan and the Mule. The article…
… Often no generic is used. With such names in English speech the article appears, e.g. the Brogan, the Brochan and the Mule. The article is not required in Welsh with a stream name and its use is condemned. Where y/yr does appear it is either not the article but a sonantal development as in y Fyrnwy from Efyrnwy or is the result of adopting the English practice, e.g. yr Hafren,13 y Banw, y Trannon.…
… BIBLIOGRAPHY Arch. Camb. Archaeologica Cambrensis, 1846 present B.B.C.S. The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1921 present C.L1.H. Canu Llywarch Hen, Ifor Williams,…
… BIBLIOGRAPHY Arch. Camb. Archaeologica Cambrensis, 1846 present B.B.C.S. The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1921 present C.L1.H. Canu Llywarch Hen, Ifor Williams, Cardiff. 1935. Cymm. Y Cymmrodor (The Journal of the Honourable Society of the Cym- mrodorion) London, 1877 present E.A. Enwau Afonydd a Nentydd Cymru, R. J. Thomas, Cardiff, 1938. vol I. The second volume did not appear but further studies of stream names by R. J. Thomas are to be…
… Speed Atlas of Wales, reprint of 1678 edition, London 1970. (The Montgomeryshire map is inscribed, "Described by Christopher Saxton and augmented and published by…
… Speed Atlas of Wales, reprint of 1678 edition, London 1970. (The Montgomeryshire map is inscribed, "Described by Christopher Saxton and augmented and published by John Speed, 1610.") St. M. Ch. Charters of the Abbey of Strata Marcella, Ystrad Marchell. 1) numbered 1 34, charters, edited by J. Conway Davies and pub- lished in Mont. Coll. LI, 164-187. 2) numbered I V, Five Strata Marcella Charters, edited by E. D. Jones, Norma G. Davies, Rhiannon…
… n. ACHLAS: SJ 0126 Tanat R. At its source is Cyrniau Achlas. = of shelter, refuge. n. yr ADAR: SN 8888 n. Croes R.…
… n. ACHLAS: SJ 0126 Tanat R. At its source is Cyrniau Achlas. = of shelter, refuge. n. yr ADAR: SN 8888 n. Croes R. Shown on Enc. M. ofSheepwalks of Ystradynod 1826. = of the birds. n. yr ADARN; SO 1195 Highgate Brook L. Nearby is hab. Nant yr Adarn. Probably a colloquial plural of aderyn. = of the birds. n. yr ANGELL; SJ θ425→ Tanant R. Hab. Nant yr Angell preserves the name.…
… y BARCUD: SN 8490→ n Llwyd L. GPC has barcud/barcut = kite and buzzard. There is much ambiguity and variation concerning the use of…
… y BARCUD: SN 8490→ n Llwyd L. GPC has barcud/barcut = kite and buzzard. There is much ambiguity and variation concerning the use of the names of birds of prey in Welsh. a. BAROG: SJ 0824 Tanat R. S.E. has "Barrog or Afon Hirnant." Shown at source as a. Barog and lower as Hirnant on County VIII NE. Probably < bar(r) 1 og, the same element as in Crug y Bar, Berwyn. (v. E.A.…
… Blaen y Caeau is one of the unlocated eleven. = of the top of the fields n. BLAEN Y COED: On OS 1836 it…
… Blaen y Caeau is one of the unlocated eleven. = of the top of the fields n. BLAEN Y COED: On OS 1836 it joins "Nant Idda" now n. Eiddew Fach and flows along the course of the present n. Eiddew Fawr (v.). = of the top(end) of the wood. BOLO: The name first occurs in 1120 Charter (St. M. Ch. 11) Blaen Bolo i blaen "cannou". 14 In the same charter Abernodwydd (SJ…
… time denoted the County Brook (v.) as well. The attribution to royalty suggests age. = of the king. BRETWEN: In St M.Ch. 14 (1201)…
… time denoted the County Brook (v.) as well. The attribution to royalty suggests age. = of the king. BRETWEN: In St M.Ch. 14 (1201) the bounds of Riu Kaenessiet are described as "in length Carno to ford of river called Riu at Cwnhewen and in breadth from river finnant to river bretwen." Among other references in the Charters are St M. Ch. IV (1215) terre ab arannell usque ad ridywoch et aberbretwen et ryucanesseit";…