List of standardised Welsh place-names in Anglesey

Location of Isle of Anglesey in Wales.

The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Anglesey, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh. The list contains 140 entries, as of November 2023.

The list is based on recommendations provided by the Place-names Standardisation Panel, convened by the Commissioner, for expert advice on the standardisation of Welsh place-names. The panel bases their decisions on a set of guidelines (currently dating to June 2023), specific to Welsh settlement names (such as those of villages, towns, and cities) and topographic features (such as lakes, mountains and rivers). The panel does not cover house or building names, although similar principles could be applied to them or to names for new developments (for which the Commissioner offers their own advice to local authorities and housing developers).[1] The panel may also have used additional guidelines.[2]

The list was first published in 2018,[3] and took years to put together.[4] Upon creation, these lists were published under the Open Government Licence 3.0.[5][6]

List

Recommended standardised names Other name/spelling not recommended Type Grid reference
Welsh English
Amlwch Amlwch Settlement SH4493
Bachau Bachau Settlement SH4383
Benllech Benllech Settlement SH5182
Bethel Bethel Settlement SH3970
Biwmares Beaumaris Settlement SH6076
Bodedern Bodedern Settlement SH3380
Bodewryd Bodewryd Settlement SH3990
Bodffordd Bodffordd Settlement SH4276
Bodorgan Bodorgan Area SH3867
Bodwrog Bodwrog Settlement SH4077
Bryn-du Bryn-du Bryn Du Settlement SH3472
Bryngwran Bryngwran Settlement SH3577
Brynsiencyn Brynsiencyn Settlement SH4867
Bryn-teg Bryn-teg Brynteg Settlement SH4982
Burwen Burwen Settlement SH4193
Bwrdd Arthur Bwrdd Arthur Man-made feature SH5881
Caergeiliog Caergeiliog Settlement SH3078
Caergybi Holyhead Settlement SH2482
Caim Caim Settlement SH6280
Capel Coch Capel Coch Settlement SH4582
Capel Gwyn Capel Gwyn Settlement SH3475
Capel Mawr Capel Mawr Settlement SH4171
Capel Parc Capel Parc Settlement SH4486
Carmel Carmel Settlement SH3882
Carreg-lefn Carreg-lefn Carreglefn Settlement SH3889
Ceint Ceint Settlement SH4874
Cemaes Cemaes Settlement SH3693
Cemlyn Cemlyn Settlement SH3393
Cerrigceinwen Cerrigceinwen Settlement SH4273
Coedana Coedana Settlement SH4282
Dothan Dothan Settlement SH3774
Dulas Dulas Settlement SH4687
Dwyran Dwyran Settlement SH4466
Elim Elim Settlement SH3584
Engedi Engedi Settlement SH3676
Y Fali Valley Settlement SH2979
Gaerwen Gaerwen Settlement SH4871
Glanrafon Glanrafon Glan-yr-afon Settlement SH6080
Glyn Garth Glyn Garth Area
Gwalchmai Gwalchmai Settlement SH3975
Gwalchmai Uchaf Gwalchmai Uchaf Settlement SH3975
Gwredog Gwredog Settlement SH4086
Heneglwys Heneglwys Settlement SH4276
Hermon Hermon Settlement SH3868
Kingsland Kingsland Settlement SH2481
Llain-goch Llain-goch Llaingoch Settlement SH2382
Llanallgo Llanallgo Settlement SH4985
Llanbabo Llanbabo Settlement SH3786
Llanbadrig Llanbadrig Settlement SH3894
Llanbedr-goch Llanbedr-goch Llanbedrgoch Settlement SH5180
Llanddaniel-fab Llanddaniel-fab Llanddaniel Fab Settlement SH4970
Llanddeusant Llanddeusant Settlement SH3485
Llanddona Llanddona Settlement SH5779
Llanddyfnan Llanddyfnan Settlement SH5078
Llandegfan Llandegfan Settlement SH5673
Llandrygarn Llandrygarn Settlement SH3779
Llandyfrydog Llandyfrydog Settlement SH4485
Llanedwen Llanedwen Settlement SH5168
Llaneilian Llaneilian Settlement SH4692
Llaneuddog Llaneuddog Settlement SH4688
Llaneugrad Llaneugrad Settlement SH4882
Llanfachraeth Llanfachraeth Settlement SH3182
Llanfaelog Llanfaelog Settlement SH3373
Llan-faes Llan-faes Llanfaes Settlement SH6077
Llanfaethlu Llanfaethlu Settlement SH3186
Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf Settlement SH5083
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Settlement SH5371
Llanfair-y-Cwmwd Llanfair-y-Cwmwd Settlement SH4466
Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy Settlement SH3290
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll Llanfair-yn-Neubwll Settlement SH3076
Llanfechell Llanfechell Settlement SH3691
Llanfigel Llanfigel Llanfugail Settlement SH3282
Llanfihangel Dinsylwy Llanfihangel Dinsylwy Llanfihangel Din Sylwy Settlement SH5881
Llanfihangel Tre'r-beirdd Llanfihangel Tre'r-beirdd Settlement SH4583
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog Settlement SH4873
Llanfwrog Llanfwrog Settlement SH3084
Llangadwaladr Llangadwaladr Settlement SH3869
Llangaffo Llangaffo Settlement SH4468
Llangefni Llangefni Settlement SH4675
Llangeinwen Llangeinwen Settlement SH4365
Llangoed Llangoed Settlement SH6079
Llangristiolus Llangristiolus Settlement SH4373
Llangwyfan Llangwyfan Settlement SH3471
Llangwyllog Llangwyllog Settlement SH4379
Llanidan Llanidan Man-made feature SH4966
Llaniestyn Llaniestyn Settlement SH5879
Llanlleiana Llanlleiana Settlement SH3894
Llannerch-y-medd Llannerch-y-medd Settlement SH4184
Llanrhuddlad Llanrhuddlad Llanrhyddlad Settlement SH3389
Llansadwrn Llansadwrn Settlement SH5576
Llantrisant Llantrisant Settlement SH3683
Llanynghenedl Llanynghenedl Settlement SH3181
Llechgynfarwy Llechgynfarwy Settlement SH3881
Llechylched Llechylched Settlement SH3476
Llynfaes Llynfaes Settlement SH4078
Maenaddwyn Maenaddwyn Settlement SH4584
Malltraeth Malltraeth Settlement SH4068
Marian-glas Marian-glas Settlement SH5084
Moelfre Moelfre Settlement SH5186
Mynydd Mechell Mynydd Mechell Settlement SH3589
Nebo Nebo Settlement SH4690
Niwbwrch Newborough Settlement SH4265
Paradwys Paradwys Settlement SH4271
Pencarnisiog Pencarnisiog Settlement SH3573
Pengorffwysfa Pengorffwysfa Settlement SH4692
Penmon Penmon Settlement SH6380
Penmynydd Penmynydd Settlement SH5074
Penrhosfeilw Penrhosfeilw Settlement SH2280
Penrhosllugwy Penrhosllugwy Penrhos Lligwy Settlement SH4786
Pen-sarn Pen-sarn Penysarn Settlement SH4590
Pentraeth Pentraeth Settlement SH5278
Pentre Berw Pentre Berw Settlement SH4772
Pentrefelin Pentrefelin Settlement SH4392
Penygarnedd Penygarnedd Pen-y-garnedd Settlement SH5376
Pont-hwfa Pont-hwfa Pont-Hwfa Settlement SH2382
Pont-rhyd-y-bont Four Mile Bridge Settlement SH2878
Porthaethwy Menai Bridge Settlement SH5572
Porthllechog Bull Bay Settlement SH4294
Porthyfelin Porthyfelin Porth-y-Felin Settlement SH2483
Rhodogeidio Rhodogeidio Settlement SH4086
Rhosbeirio Rhosbeirio Settlement SH3991
Rhoscefn-hir Rhoscefn-hir Rhos Cefn Hir Settlement SH5276
Rhoscolyn Rhoscolyn Settlement SH2675
Rhos-goch Rhos-goch Rhosgoch Settlement SH4089
Rhos-meirch Rhos-meirch Rhosmeirch Settlement SH4677
Rhosneigr Rhosneigr Settlement SH3173
Rhostrehwfa Rhostrehwfa Settlement SH4474
Rhos-y-bol Rhos-y-bol Rhosybol Settlement SH4288
Rhyd-wyn Rhyd-wyn Rhydwyn Settlement SH3188
Soar Soar Settlement SH3872
Star Star Settlement SH5172
Talwrn Talwrn Settlement SH4977
Traeth Coch Red Wharf Bay Topographical feature SH5480
Trearddur Trearddur Settlement SH2578
Trefdraeth Trefdraeth Settlement SH4070
Trefor Trefor Settlement SH3780
Tregaean Tregaean Tregaian Settlement SH4579
Tregele Tregele Settlement SH3592
Tŷ-croes Tŷ-croes Tŷ Croes Settlement SH3472
Tyn-y-gongl Tyn-y-gongl Tyn-y-Gongl Settlement SH5182

References

  1. ^ "Technical guidance". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ "Guidelines for Standardising Place-names in Wales" (PDF). Welsh Language Commissioner. 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ School, Dr Dylan Foster Evans Head of. "Definitive list of Welsh place names published". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. ^ "Welsh Language Commissioner unveils place name list". BBC News. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  5. ^ "Other resources: Place-names in Wales | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  6. ^ "Welsh Place Names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 2023-11-18.