We are holding workshops across the Carneddau’s communities to gather and map place names and the stories, myths and legends that surround them.
A digital interactive map of the Carneddau’s place names that links the associated stories and legends will be produced. We are also recording people in communities talking about the place names and their historical significance.
This work will be contributed to the database of Welsh place names that is being compiled by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW).
Historical place names are a vital part of Wales’ rich history and culture. Welsh place names tend to be descriptive of the conditions, geographical locations or events of the period when the place names were given; they can tell us a lot about the history of that particular place during that particular time. It’s crucial that we record and preserve them.
Our interactive map (coming soon) will show the place names and meanings we have gathered so far.
Watch our film series on Carneddau Place Names, staring accomplished bards and writers, Ieuan Wyn and Myrddin Ap Daffydd, and Dr Sara Wheeler, at Wrexham Glyndwr University. Discover the natural and historical meanings behind our native place names, their significance, and importance to use to maintain our collective cultural knowledge.
Carneddau Farm Place Names
(Welsh Medium – English Subtitles Coming Soon)
Cynefin Hafod Y Gelyn Farm – W. Griffith
Come along to one of the community place names recording events where you can tell us about the place and field names you know about and the stories behind them, and help us to identify them on the map. Check out our events page.
If you are part of a group that is interested in local place names, get in touch and we will come to your community to do a workshop.
Have you got a place name to add? Please contact us to tell us about it.
Come along to one of the community place names recording events where you can tell us about the place and field names you know about and the stories behind them, and help us to identify them on the map. Check out our events page.
Have you got a place name to add? Please contact us to tell us about it.
If you are part of a group that is interested in local place names, get in touch and we will come to your community to do a workshop.