Cylchgronau Cymru

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 Francis Roberts in The National Library of Wales Journal, vol. v, 50-54. T.M. Tithe Maps and schedules in National Library of Wales relating to Montgomeryshire parishes. Watson The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, W. G. Watson, Edinburgh, 1926 W.G. A Welsh Grammar, J. Morris-Jones, Oxford, 1913. LIST NOTE: The List has been arranged in alphabetical order based on the initial letter after passing over such words as afon, nant, river and any article, y, yr, the. With several Welsh names this has resulted in the initial being the mutated form of an adjective or placename and not the letter under which the word would appear in a dictionary or on a map. (nant Felen, afon Garno). Afon, nant and river are rendered a., n. and r. Languages are denoted by their initial letter, preceded by 0 for old where necessary. The other abbreviations used are obvious ones, e.g. adj(ective), hab(itation), fem(inine), mas(culine), pl(ural). The grid references indicate the aber of the stream, i.e. its point of entry into another stream or a lake. The arrow stands for "flowing into." The R and L indicate whether the aber is on the right or left bank, looking down-stream. The symbols used are concerned with meanings and etymologies. < derived/developed from > develops into, becomes V root/stem hypothetical word/stem = means, meaning r. ABEL: SJ 1419→ Cain R. S.E. explains the name as a joke through association with Cain. A possible derivation is < abal < abl < E. able = powerful. n. ABERDEUNANT: Upper Portion of n. Gwestyn (v., and also Aberddwynant). Named after the hab., SN 9086, (= outflow from two valleys). S.E. states that a portion of this stream was known as Gwinau (v.). ABERDDWYNANT FAWR and ABERDDWYNANT FACH: Marked on OS 1836, Fawr on course of present Gwestyn (v) and Fach a tributary of Gwestyn. The name of the confluence became the name of the stream and was elaborated further with Fawr and Fach to differentiate the forks. Aberddwynant was superceded by the name associating the stream with the hab. Aberdeunant. (v.). ACRE Brook; SJ 3116 Severn R. Acre in place-names = piece of tilled land rather than a surface measure.