Ceri, Montgomeryshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Kerry parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
KERRY, or CERI a village, a parish, and a sub-district Imperial

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

Place Type of entry Source
BAHAITHLON a township Imperial
BRYNLLYWARCH a township Imperial
CEFN-Y-BEREN a township Imperial
DOLVOR, or Dolfor a township-chapelry Imperial
DREVOR a township Imperial
GARTHILLIN a township Imperial
GOITREY a township Imperial
GRAIG a township Imperial
GWENTHREW a township Imperial
GWERNESGOB a township Imperial
GWERNNGGO a township Imperial
KEFNYMONARCH a township Imperial
KEYLIBER (ISSA and UCHA) two townships Imperial
KILTHRIEW a township Imperial
PENYGELLI a township Imperial
SARN a chapelry Imperial
TRELLAN a township Imperial
WEEG-DOLVOR 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
Brynllywarch 0 2
Gwernesgob 0 2
Penygelli 0 1
Dolfor 0 2
Llanmerewig 0 2
Aberbechan 0 2
Dyffryn Llanfair 0 2
Newtown 7 2
Sarn 0 2
Abermule 0 2
Llanllwchaearn 0 2
Betws Y Crwyn 0 2
Dolforwyn 0 2
Llandysul 0 2
Felindre 0 2
Betws Cedewain 0 3
Penystrywaid 0 2
Mochdre 0 3
Bugeildy 0 2
Trebrodier 0 1

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
CERI John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
KERRY 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).
KERRY OR CERI John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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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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