… points to bru- (womb, breast, source) + nant. Another possibility is bru- < breu- (brau = brittle, frail, rotten). n. BRWYNEN: SJ 0322 Barrog…
… points to bru- (womb, breast, source) + nant. Another possibility is bru- < breu- (brau = brittle, frail, rotten). n. BRWYNEN: SJ 0322 Barrog R. Nearby are Brwynen and Cefn Brwynen. OS 1836 has Brwynen. Brwynen is singular of brwyn = rushes. An attribution to a single rush is improbable; a stream called after this plant would probably be nant y Brwyn. In S.E.'s Dictionary brwynen afon = "a stream of a river." BRWYN:…
… one, the adjective byr, fern. ber, appears to be an acceptable derivation. Cf Nant Cwta and Hirnant. = short stream. BYS: Probably SO 0080…
… one, the adjective byr, fern. ber, appears to be an acceptable derivation. Cf Nant Cwta and Hirnant. = short stream. BYS: Probably SO 0080 Cydros R. T.M. Llandinam. 1847 has Cwmbus located SO 0080. M.R., 341, 1580 document cites "a little stream called Bys" in the township of Dethenydd in the parish of Llandinam, also mentioning "a little stream called Gwrach a certain water called Gywynion and a small steam called Avon (blank)," the…
… a pool which provided power for a woollen mill (ibid 58), the troughing of the water course probably accounts for the name. a. CAIN:…
… a pool which provided power for a woollen mill (ibid 58), the troughing of the water course probably accounts for the name. a. CAIN: SJ 2220 Efyrnwy L. According to S.E. the upper part of Cain was known as Myllon (v.). If cain is the adj., the name would indicate a fine, fair river. Cain, caing, = back, ridge, would give a more prosaic meaning, a river associated with such physical features on its…
… Cathau (v. GPC) is an alternative plural of cath (cat). The strangeness of this plural may have contributed to the acceptance of the similarily…
… Cathau (v. GPC) is an alternative plural of cath (cat). The strangeness of this plural may have contributed to the acceptance of the similarily sounding Caethle. The stream is known today as Nant Ty'n y Bryniau. (v.). n. y CAWELL: SH 9321 Hirddu Fawr R. Here the basin may be compared to a container. Another possibility is that the name arose through some long forgotten association with a cawell, (= creel, basket, cage). Cf…
… -t- is silent. 'Amnen vocatur que Kerist' occurs in a charter conferring land in Trefeglwys. (Mont. Coll. XXXIII 240). According to GPC there is…
… -t- is silent. 'Amnen vocatur que Kerist' occurs in a charter conferring land in Trefeglwys. (Mont. Coll. XXXIII 240). According to GPC there is ceri, cerien, first met in the C13, = service tree, berries of wild briar, hips, kernels, medlar. A botanical derivation is a possibility. CERNIOG: v. a. Gerniog. n. y CERRIG: SJ 0299 n. Llyn Mawr R. On Enc. M. Dwyrhiw 1795/6. Are these the Cerrig (stones) which gave the name,…
… CEUNANT Y GWYLLIAID: Same as n. y Gwylliaid (v.) Ceunant y Gwylliaid is on the lower part of the course. = of the ravine…
… CEUNANT Y GWYLLIAID: Same as n. y Gwylliaid (v.) Ceunant y Gwylliaid is on the lower part of the course. = of the ravine of the bandits. n. CEUNANT YR HULIN: SH 9912 Twrch L. Thus pronounced; an alternative form of the ending would be -yn. Nant yr Heilin and Ceunant yr Heilin are found on T.M. Township of "Cyffyn", Llangadfan, 1841. Heilyn = dispenser, servitor, cupbearer. The word has not been in common…
… should also be considered. It follows the observations in E.A. on the derivation of Cleidach/ Clydach, the names of many streams in South Wales…
… should also be considered. It follows the observations in E.A. on the derivation of Cleidach/ Clydach, the names of many streams in South Wales but not in Mid and North Wales. The name comes from the same Irish word as gave the river names Cladagh, Cloydagh in that language. In Ireland the rivers with this name are swift flowing over rocky beds. The theory is that while in South Wales the borrowed Irish word…
… n. CRAIG Y FRAN: SH 9708 n. Ffridd y Castell R. v. Bolo. = of the rock of the crow. n. CRAIG YR YSGYFARNOG:…
… n. CRAIG Y FRAN: SH 9708 n. Ffridd y Castell R. v. Bolo. = of the rock of the crow. n. CRAIG YR YSGYFARNOG: SN 992998 a. Garno L. Named on Map of Township of Uwchlaw'r Coed in (Pre) Enc. M. of the Parish of Llanwnog, (Llanwnog Deposit) 1829. = of the rock of the hare. n. CREIGIAU'R MARCH: SH 9522 Eunant L. = of the rock of the horse. n. y CREUAU: probably…
… n. CWM BELAN: SN 9582→ Dulas L. Also called Cynwydd (v.). Named after cwm and hamlet on its course. Belan < E. ball +…
… n. CWM BELAN: SN 9582→ Dulas L. Also called Cynwydd (v.). Named after cwm and hamlet on its course. Belan < E. ball + an. This is a common element in Montgomeryshire place names, = raised ground, hump, hill. CWM CAE Brook: SO 2793 Camlad L. Coom Cay Brook is noted in the Perambulation of Churchstoke, 1702. (Mont. Coll. XXXIV, 202) and is shown on map of townships of Church- stoke (Mont. Coll…
… CWM HARRY Brook: SO 1196 Bechan L. Upper and Lower Cwm Harry shown on SO 19. Brook mentioned in P.H. Tregynon (Mont. Coll. XXX,…
… CWM HARRY Brook: SO 1196 Bechan L. Upper and Lower Cwm Harry shown on SO 19. Brook mentioned in P.H. Tregynon (Mont. Coll. XXX, 8). = Harry's cwm. CWM HOPTON (Brook): SO 2292 Caebitrach R. Cwm Hopton Dingle, Pentrenant Dingle and Cwm y Lladron are shown on a map of the Townships of Churchstoke (Mont. Coll. XL, 220) and described as "each with its little stream." (ibid 208). Hopton appears in Doomsday Book as…
… n. CWM Y RHIWDRE: SO 0888 Mochdre Brook R. There is a hab. named after the cwm. Cwm y Rhiwdre was described in 1598…
… n. CWM Y RHIWDRE: SO 0888 Mochdre Brook R. There is a hab. named after the cwm. Cwm y Rhiwdre was described in 1598 as a villa in the Lordship of Kerry. (Mont. Coll. LVIII, 169). The stream is now called Reservoir Brook because it runs through what was a reservoir for Newtown. Rhiw = hillside, tre here probably = township. n. CWTA: SN 8484, joins n. Lluestwen— Maesnant. M.E. cites nant cutta from…
… MONTGOMERYSHIRE POLITICS: CLEMENT DAVIES AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT J. GRAHAM JONES. M.A.. Dip. Lib.. A.L.A.. D.A.A. When Clement Davies entered the House of Commons…
… MONTGOMERYSHIRE POLITICS: CLEMENT DAVIES AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT J. GRAHAM JONES. M.A.. Dip. Lib.. A.L.A.. D.A.A. When Clement Davies entered the House of Commons as Montgomeryshire's representative in June 1929, he was already forty-five years of age. Somewhat reluctantly, he had abandoned an especially promising and lucrative career as a barrister in order to come to the rescue of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association which had found itself in an appallingly difficult situation during 1926…