David Thorne was the guest of Cylch Cinio Cymraeg Llanelli on 18 October. This gave him an opportunity to explain some of the place-names around the town centre and the coastal path. Dai has lived at Felin-foel and Llangennech; so Continue reading →
One of the events of the Daniel Owen Festival on 18 October 2017 was the launch of the important Place-Names of Flintshire (University of Wales Press) by Hywel Wyn Owen and the late Ken Lloyd Gruffydd. There was a substantial Continue reading →
After five years of visits to other parts of Wales, the seventh Annual Conference of the Welsh Place-Name Society returned to Aberystwyth. It was held in the Drwm, at the National Library of Wales, in partnership with the Centre for Continue reading →
This is the group elected at the Annual General Meeting on 7 October to guide the Society’s activities for the next three years (left to right): David Thorne (Chair), Ifor Williams (Treasurer), Richard Huws (Membership Secretary), Hywel Wyn Owen, Gareth Continue reading →
This year, for the first time, we hired a small pavilion at the National Eisteddfod (with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund). This initiative was a huge success.
The stall was busy throughout the week, and a host of Continue reading →
A place-names workshop was held in Llangefni on April 26 with the co-operation of Anglesey Archives staff. The focus was on collecting the field names of the ancient parishes from the time of the Tithe Commutation (c. 1840), Continue reading →