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Place name in Llannon (Glyn) *** Complete - Thanks ***
« on: Wednesday 16 February 11 02:14 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone identify / decipher this place name in Glyn, Llannon .. its from the 1861 Wales Census Llanelly / Llannon district 26 page 6

Best I can do is "Llaststweufach" .. :(

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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 09:03 GMT (UK) »
Phew,been going through the list of Carmarthenshire place names Peter and I can't find a match.Link below if you want a try.

George

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/gazetteer.html -
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth

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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 09:37 GMT (UK) »
I don't think it starts with Ll - see the birthplace column for lots of Lls for comparison.

Census ref is RG09/4117/17/6

It looks like a house name, every house has a different name. ???

EDIT:  From my vast knowledge of Welsh  ::) "fach" means little.

I notice that next door is Waslodwen - compare the W with that for William - so it's Waslodwenfach :)
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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 09:49 GMT (UK) »
I've been strolling through and I'm not sure that it is Ll - the rest of the name is ?astadwenfach   It's next to Tyr mynydd and just along from Quarry bach


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(I see that Geoff & 1  agree about the Ll  :D )
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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 09:49 GMT (UK) »
Wondering about that second T actually being a T,Geoff.Could it be the cross stroke from the first one?

Ah JL just seen that,a D then.
George.
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth

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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 10:01 GMT (UK) »
One of the sites I've checked has it beginning with a W - thus Wastodwen fach as Geoff has edited in!


* or Wastadwen fach

Da iawn with your fach/bach, Geoff
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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Thinking about it - I think it should be Wastad  from Gwastad meaning flat or level and then wen from gwen/gwyn = white

So - a little white level place  :D

I've not done much Welsh since 3rd form  ::)  :-X
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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn)
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 16 February 11 12:47 GMT (UK) »
It much better than Mine I.ve only been to Wales once...

You guys are great...  :)
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Re: Place name in Llannon (Glyn) *** Complete - Thanks ***
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 27 February 11 03:10 GMT (UK) »
"The History of Llanelli" by David Bowen (1856) mentions a Wastodwen Farm  :)
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