Caron Uwch Clawdd, Cardiganshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Caron Uwch Clawdd. You may be able to find further references to Caron Uwch Clawdd in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
CARON-UWCH-CLAWDD, or Strata-florida a township-chapelry Imperial
Llancwnlle, or CARON-UWCH-CLAWDD township Bartholomew
Strata Florida ecclesiastical district and township with railway station Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Caron Uwch Clawdd within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
George Borrow Strata Florida and Tregaron 3
George Borrow Devil's Bridge 2
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 4: Strata Florida 2
William Gilpin To the source of the Wye 2
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 7: Anglesey 1
William Camden Rest of Wales 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Penarth 0 2
Blaencaron 0 2
Pontrhydfendigaid 0 2
Gwnnws 0 2
Ffair Rhos 5 0
Caron Is Clawdd 27 4
Llanddewi Abergwesyn 0 2
Ystradmeurig 0 3
Swydd Ffynnon 0 2
Doethie 0 4
Carfan 0 1
Ystrad 0 2
Argoed 0 2
Ysbyty Ystwyth 2 2
Pont Rhyd Y Groes 0 2
Hafod Uchtryd 4 1
Llanfihangel Abergwesyn 0 2
Eglwys Newydd 0 2
Prysg 0 2
Cwm Ystwith 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Caron Uwch Clawdd. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CARON UWCH CLAWDD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CARON UWCH CLAWDD OR STRATA FLORIDA John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LLANCWNLLE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
LLANCWNLLE OR CARON UWCH CLAWDD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
STRATA FLORIDA John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
George Borrow Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery (Oxford, Mississippi, 1996).
William Gilpin Observations of the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales (London: Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1800).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
STRAT FLEUR William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
STRATFLUR Gerald of Wales The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales (Oxford, Mississippi, 1997).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.