Llangynwyd, Glamorgan : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
LLANGONOYD, or LLANGYNWYD a parish Imperial
Llangynwyd parish and railway station Bartholomew
Llangynwyd, Higher, Lower, and Middle 3 townships Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Llangynwyd.

Place Type of entry Source
Cwind&ucirc village Bartholomew
Maesteg town with railway station Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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
Troed Rhiw Garth 0 1
Cwm Du 0 1
Betws Tir Iarll 0 2
Maes Teg 0 2
Baiden 0 1
Pontycymmer 0 1
Ton Du 0 2
Blaengarw 0 2
Llangeinwyr 0 2
Ynysawdre 0 2
Ogmore 2 5
Abergarw 0 2
Aberkenfig 0 2
Margam 10 2
St Brides Minor 0 2
Newcastle 0 3
Hafod Y Porth 0 1
Blackmill 0 2
Cymmer 0 1
Pen Y Cae 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Llangynwyd. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
LLANGONOYD John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LLANGONOYD OR LLANGYNWYD John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LLANGYNWYD 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).
LLANGYNWYD HIGHER LOWER AND MIDDLE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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  • 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.
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