More Information on Place Names in the Vale
If you still can't find information about where you live, try
these websites.
Enwau Cymru
The Enwau Cymru website has been created to assist in finding
Welsh names for English places. The grid reference, modern
county/borough and traditional county details are all provided in
order to help differentiate between, for instance, one Newport and
the other.
Place Names Advisory
Service
For information on the standard forms of Welsh place-names,
contact the Welsh Language Board by emailing linkline@welsh-language-board.org.uk or follow
the link above.
How do
I say
Need help with pronounciation?
Turn to the BBC’s How do I say web pages
Want to learn more?
Ordnance Survey’s Guide to the Welsh Origins of Place Names in
Britain (PDF)