Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Llanddewi-Brefi parish Bartholomew
LLANDDEWI-BREFI a village and a parish Imperial

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

Place Type of entry Source
DOTHIE-CAMDDWR and DOTHIE-PISCOTTWR two townships Imperial
Dothie Camddwr and Dothle Piscottwr 2 townships Bartholomew
Garth and Ystrad township Bartholomew
GARTH AND YSTRAD a township Imperial
Garthely township Bartholomew
GARTHELY a chapelry Imperial
Gogoyan township Bartholomew
GOGOYAN a township Imperial
Gorwydd township Bartholomew
Gwynfil township Bartholomew
GWYNFIL a township Imperial
LLANIO a township Imperial
Prisk and Carfan township Bartholomew
PRISK and CARFAN a township Imperial

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 Llanddewi Brefi 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 Lampeter 7

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
Prysg 0 2
Ystrad 0 2
Garth 0 2
Llanio 0 2
Carfan 0 1
Gogoean 0 2
Gorwydd 0 2
Argoed 0 2
Ystrad 0 2
Gwynfil 0 2
Llanfair Clydogau 0 2
Betws Leucu 0 2
Caron Is Clawdd 27 4
Llangybi 0 2
Llanbadarn Odwyn 0 2
Bettws Bleddrws 0 2
Cwmcothi 0 2
Gartheli 0 2
Blaencaron 0 2
Penarth 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
LLAN DDEWI George Borrow Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery (Oxford, Mississippi, 1996).
LLAN DDEWI BREFI George Borrow Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery (Oxford, Mississippi, 1996).
LLANDDEWI BREFI 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).
LLANDEWI BREFI John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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.