South Normanton, Derbyshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Llanfawr parish Bartholomew
LLANFAWR, or LLANFOR a village and a parish Imperial
Llanfor (or Llanfawr) parish Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bettws township Bartholomew
BETTWS a township Imperial
Ciltalgarth place Bartholomew
CILTALGARTH a township Imperial
Garn hamlet Bartholomew
GARN a township Imperial
LLAN a township Imperial
LLAWR-Y-BETTWS a chapelry Imperial
NANTLLEIDIOG a township Imperial
PENMAEN a township Imperial
RHIWAEDOG (Isafon and Uwchafon) two town-ships Imperial
Rhos-y-Gwalia ecclesiastical district Bartholomew
UCHELDRE a township Imperial

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
Penmaen 0 1
Y Bala 52 2
Cynlas 0 2
Penllyn 0 2
Fron Goch 0 2
Rhos Y Gwaliau 0 1
Ismynydd 0 1
Selwrn 0 1
Ciltalgarth 0 2
Streflyn 0 1
Garn 0 2
Cyffdy 0 2
Doldrewyn 0 2
Llandderfel 0 3
Nantlleidiog 0 1
Llangywer 0 2
Crogen 0 2
Llangwm 0 2
Llanycil 0 2
Castell 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
LLANFAWR John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
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).
LLANFAWR OR LLANFOR John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
LLANFOR 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).
LLANFOR OR LLANFAWR 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.